Articles
What’s new in dairy-beef systems?
0 What’s new in dairy-beef systems? A Teagasc team recently met with a group of Wexford farmers to discuss the latest developments in dairy-beef production, writes Pearse Kelly, Head of Drystock Knowledge Transfer at Teagasc. Ellen Fitzpatrick, Research Technologist at Teagasc Johnstown Castle, opened the discussion by explaining that the trials in Johnstown […]
6 June 2024
‘Off colour’ spring barley causing concern for growers
0 ‘Off colour’ spring barley causing concern for growers Ciaran Collins, Teagasc Crops Specialist, looks at some of the factors leading to spring barley crops being ‘off colour’, and some of the remedial actions required. Overall, this year’s spring barley crops are better than expected considering that the majority of crops were planted […]
6 June 2024
The Kilkenny farmer getting the best from organic manures
0 The Kilkenny farmer getting the best from organic manures Kilkenny farmer Kevin O’Donnell joins Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to explain how he is getting the best from organic manures on his tillage operation. Kevin has been using manures for a number of years and is in the process […]
6 June 2024
Mid-season breeding decisions to improve farm profitability
0 Mid-season breeding decisions to improve farm profitability Effectively at half time, Michael Donoghue, B&T Dairy Advisor, Teagasc Galway/Clare, writes on the decisions farmers need to make in the second half of the 2024 breeding season to ensure it’s a success. Most spring-calving dairy herds are now entering the fifth week of the […]
5 June 2024
Breeding, drafting lambs and preparing for silage with Oliva Hynes, Future Beef Farmer
0 Breeding, drafting lambs and preparing for silage with Oliva Hynes, Future Beef Farmer Olivia Hynes farms full time in Co. Roscommon on 70ha, split between owned and rented land. Operating a mixed farming system, carrying 45 suckler cows and 280 ewes, June centres on breeding, saving silage and the drafting of lambs. […]
5 June 2024
Mid-season worm control for dairy-beef systems
0 Mid-season worm control for dairy-beef systems As we move through the summer and stock return to paddocks they have already grazed, parasite burdens will start to develop across farms. Tommy Cox, DairyBeef 500 Advisor, offers some key advice on dosing dairy-beef animals. Parasites can have a significant impact on animal performance, therefore […]
5 June 2024
‘Standardising of carbon credits an opportunity to bring money into agriculture’
0 ‘Standardising of carbon credits an opportunity to bring money into agriculture’ The future introduction of carbon removals and carbon farming (CRCF) regulations by the EU will create opportunities for Irish agriculture. That’s according to David Dolan, Nuffield Scholar and dairy farmer, who joined a recent episode of the Teagasc Signpost Series webinar, […]
5 June 2024
Stomach worm control in lambs
0 Stomach worm control in lambs Stomach worms are one of the major production-limiting diseases of growing lambs, writes Orla Keane, Teagasc Research Officer. They reduce feed intake and heavy worm burdens result in failure to thrive, scour and in severe cases even death. There are a number of different worm species that […]
4 June 2024
How the lamb trade is shaping up for the summer
0 How the lamb trade is shaping up for the summer Seamus McMenamin, Sheep Sector Manager with Bord Bia, joins this episode of the OviCast podcast to look at the lamb trade. Joining host Ciaran Lynch, Seamus discusses factory throughput this year to date, what’s been happening with international trade, falling ewe numbers […]
4 June 2024
Grass weeds – a growing problem on Irish tillage farms
0 Grass weeds – a growing problem on Irish tillage farms Shay Phelan, Teagasc Tillage Specialist, and Vijaya Bhaskar, Teagasc Researcher, Oak Park, write: The recent Enable Conservation Tillage (ECT) project aimed to inform farmers, who wish to transition into reduced cultivation systems, about one of the potential pitfalls: uncontrollable grassweeds. In the […]
4 June 2024