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Major Forestry Open Day at Teagasc Oak Park, Carlow
0 Major Forestry Open Day at Teagasc Oak Park, Carlow Almost 300 forest owners, foresters and industry stakeholders attended a Teagasc Forestry Open Day yesterday, 4 July 2024 at Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow. This event highlighted the comprehensive sectoral supports provided by the Teagasc Forestry Development Department. Attendees had a great opportunity to […]
5 July 2024
Beat the Heat: Keeping cool this summer
0 Beat the Heat: Keeping cool this summer Although the weather to date has proved disappointing with average temperatures below normal for this time of year, current predictions indicate that temperatures in July, August and September will trend above normal. Emer McCrum tells us how to beat the heat on farm. Recent years […]
5 July 2024
Quality, traceability and trust – Supermac’s reasons for buying Irish beef
0 Quality, traceability and trust – Supermac’s reasons for buying Irish beef Since the opening of its first location 46 years ago on the Main Street in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Supermac’s, the company founded by Pat McDonagh, has grown to be a prominent buyer of Irish beef. Now with over 100 restaurants dotted […]
4 July 2024
How this Cork family achieved a smooth farm succession process
0 How this Cork family achieved a smooth farm succession process Alan Dillon, DairyBeef 500 Manager, recently visited a family in Co. Cork, who’ve ticked all the boxes when it comes to the key things to consider in the farm succession process. John Horgan from Kilworth, near Fermoy, Co. Cork, is a part-time […]
4 July 2024
Top of the crops
0 Top of the crops For six decades, the Crops Research Centre at Teagasc’s Oak Park campus has been at the forefront of development and innovation in crop science and agronomy. Richie Hackett tells us more. 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the official opening of the Crops Research Centre at Oak Park, […]
4 July 2024
Crop Outlook: Winter crops, spring beans and potatoes
0 Crop Outlook: Winter crops, spring beans and potatoes Shay Phelan discusses the current status and challenges of winter barley, wheat, spring beans and potatoes. Winter crops The first winter barley crops will be ready for harvesting within the next two weeks. In general green area has been maximised by good disease control […]
4 July 2024
New varieties are bringing improved resistance
0 New varieties are bringing improved resistance John Dunne, Arable Trials and Agronomy Manager at Goldcrop, joined the Tillage Edge podcast this week to chat about the varieties coming through the system. John first discusses the array of existing and new varieties that were on display at the Goldcrop Open day in Cork. He […]
4 July 2024
Listen: The key messages from the BEEF2024 Dairy Calf-to-Beef Village
0 Listen: The key messages from the BEEF2024 Dairy Calf-to-Beef Village Alan Dillon, Teagasc DairyBeef 500 Manager, joins host Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to highlight the key messages discussed with farmers who visited the Dairy Calf-to-Beef Village as part of BEEF2024, Teagasc’s National Beef Open Day. Alan outlines the […]
3 July 2024
Time to review your winter feed situation
0 Time to review your winter feed situation With PastureBase Ireland showing a 1.2t DM/ha reduction in total grass growth for the first six months of the year when compared to the previous five-year average, the Teagasc Grass10 team is advising farmers to complete a fodder budget to review their winter feed situation. […]
3 July 2024
Farmer awareness and preferences for GHG mitigation measures
0 Farmer awareness and preferences for GHG mitigation measures Based on a survey of 400 farms contained within the National Farm Survey (NFS), the awareness and willingness of farmers to adopt a range of greenhouse gas mitigation measures were drawn out. Dr Cathal Buckley, Research Officer at the Teagasc Agricultural Economics and Farm […]
3 July 2024