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Exploring Farm Diversification: Organic Farming and Forestry
Exploring Farm Diversification: Organic Farming and Forestry Barry Caslin, Energy & Rural Development Specialist, explains how farm diversification through options like organic farming and forestry offers Irish farmers a sustainable way to boost income, reduce environmental impact, and enhance the resilience of their businesses. Organic Farming Organic farming presents a diversification opportunity […]
18 November 2024
10 Things to Know About… Food Security
10 Things to Know About… Food Security On Monday night’s episode of the television series 10 Things to Know About… Teagasc scientists feature in an episode on Food Security. This episode explores the challenges of growing food in Ireland amidst extreme weather and global instability. From late-planted crops to the war in […]
18 November 2024
Spring 2025 Food Industry Development Training Courses
Spring 2025 Food Industry Development Training Courses Discover a range of upcoming training courses designed to enhance skills and knowledge in the food and beverage sector. Introduction to New Product Development For the Food and Beverage Sector Whether you are new to food innovation/new product development or want to improve your pipeline […]
18 November 2024
Practical nutrient management solutions on beef farms
Practical nutrient management solutions on beef farms Research specific to Irish soils and conditions is offering valuable tools and strategies to help farmers tackle the issues of reducing greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions, minimising nutrient losses to water while, at the same time, ensuring the sustainability of their farm businesses. In this […]
17 November 2024
4 key winter housing considerations
4 key winter housing considerations Niall Kerins, Beef Specialist at Teagasc, outlines the key considerations and best practices for providing effective winter housing for cattle. There are numerous beef systems on farms across the country. Some farmers operate a few systems; from weanlings recently housed, finishing beef cattle, suckler cows due to […]
17 November 2024
How genetics has changed the science of animal breeding
How genetics has changed the science of animal breeding Maeve Williams, VistaMilk, explains how genetic differences and modern breeding techniques, including DNA sequencing, are used to improve traits for economic and environmental sustainability in dairy farming. Have you ever been sitting around a table with your siblings and wondered why you all […]
16 November 2024
Test your silage for better winter management
Test your silage for better winter management With housing taking place on farms across the country, it is the start of an expensive few months ahead. Silage quality should be tested, as this informs each farm of the correct amount of concentrates to feed to each animal group. Dr. Peter Doyle, Research […]
16 November 2024
Mating and Closing
Mating and Closing Philip Creighton of AGRIC, Teagasc Athenry, Co. Galway reports on mating, forage crops, and closing on the Sheep Research Demonstration Farm. Rams were turned out to ewes on October 11. The average body condition score (BCS) of ewes going to the ram was 3.4, which is an increase of […]
16 November 2024
Pneumonia: the silent killer
Pneumonia: the silent killer In the most recent all-island animal disease surveillance report pneumonia was diagnosed in 47.6% of suckler weanlings submitted for post mortem. Pneumonia (also known as bovine respiratory disease (BRD)) is the most significant infectious disease challenge in suckler weanlings. Bovine respiratory disease can be caused by a host […]
15 November 2024
Lowering Feed Cost: Picking the Low-Hanging ‘FCE’ Fruit
Lowering Feed Cost: Picking the Low-Hanging ‘FCE’ Fruit Gerard McCutcheon, Michael McKeon, and Laura Boyle, discussed strategies to enhance feed conversion efficiency to improve cost competitiveness, focusing on health, feed access, and minimizing stress at mixing, at the recent Teagasc Pig Farmers’ Conference. One of the four pillars of sustainability is financial […]
15 November 2024