Articles
The benefits of scanning suckler cows
The benefits of scanning suckler cows Is it at least 30 days since the last cow in your herd could has been served? If your answer is yes, then you should consider scanning your cows. Catherine Egan, Teagasc Beef Specialist, outlines the benefits of scanning your suckler cows in this article. For […]
30 July 2024
Options for finishing lambs on Irish Sheep Farms
Options for finishing lambs on Irish Sheep Farms Michael Gottstein discusses the challenges sheep farmers face due to difficult weather, impacting lamb performance, grass growth, and the need for strategic lamb drafting and sales to ensure sufficient resources for ewes. It has been an unusual and difficult year for sheep farmers. The […]
30 July 2024
Now is the time for lime
Now is the time for lime Stuart Childs highlights the importance of spreading lime to optimize soil pH and improve fertiliser response for increased grass production and reduced fodder costs, alongside guidelines for nitrogen application before the closed season. There is much talk of fertiliser in recent days with the minister’s decision […]
29 July 2024
Learnings from 2024 – have you enough high quality silage?
Learnings from 2024 – have you enough high quality silage? A delayed turnout on many farms over the course of spring 2024 has reaffirmed the requirement of having adequate stocks of high quality silage available to support cows during early lactation when grazing isn’t possible. But how much is required? As part […]
29 July 2024
A Kilkenny and Cork farmer talk about the harvest so far and the frustration over straw
A Kilkenny and Cork farmer talk about the harvest so far and the frustration over straw Farmers, James O’Reilly, from Kilkenny, and James Hegarty, from Cork, join this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to chat about the harvest so far. James O’Reilly says that winter barley yields were mixed and the average is […]
29 July 2024
Measures to improve water quality funded through Farming for Water EIP
Measures to improve water quality funded through Farming for Water EIP Sinead Devaney, ASSAP Advisor at Teagasc Galway/Clare, writes on the role of the Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme (ASSAP), and shares key details on the application process for the Farming for Water EIP – a €50 million scheme with 40 […]
29 July 2024
Sexed semen accounted for over 20% of dairy AI serves in 2024
Sexed semen accounted for over 20% of dairy AI serves in 2024 The use of sexed semen has significantly increased on dairy herds over recent years, visitors to the Ballyhaise’24 – Dairy Open Day heard, with such serves accounting for over 20% of dairy AI in 2024. Sexed semen, the usage of […]
28 July 2024
The grassland improvements at the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm
The grassland improvements at the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm Chloe Millar, Jack Spillane, Michael Egan and Ciarán Hearn share details of how the Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm has transformed in terms of grassland management since the lease was signed on the venture in 2022. The 112ha […]
28 July 2024
Signpost Series: Calf welfare and TAMS supports
Signpost Series: Calf welfare and TAMS supports On this episode of the Signpost Series, host Mark Gibson, Teagasc Head of Outreach and Innovation, was joined by Stephanie Ronan and Dr Robert Leonard, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), to discuss calf welfare and TAMS supports. Stephanie Ronan provided an overview […]
27 July 2024
More options and higher profits from high CBV animals
More options and higher profits from high CBV animals Animals of a higher Commercial Beef Value (CBV) offer beef finishers more options when selecting the most appropriate finishing strategy for their farm. This was a key message imparted to attendees at the recent Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm Open Day […]
27 July 2024