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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
Investigation of summer scour syndrome
0 Investigation of summer scour syndrome Typically presenting in weaned dairy and dairy-beef calves within a month of turnout to grass, researchers in Teagasc Grange are investigating the summer scour syndrome (SSS). Rischi Robinson, a Walsh Scholar in the Teagasc Animal and Bioscience Programme, provided attendees with an overview of this research as […]
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
New manager appointed in Teagasc Roscommon/Longford Advisory Region
0 New manager appointed in Teagasc Roscommon/Longford Advisory Region Gabriel Trayers has been appointed as Teagasc Regional Advisory Manager in the Roscommon and Longford region. The appointment was approved at the Teagasc Authority meeting today, Wednesday, July 3. Gabriel Trayers will lead the Teagasc team delivering advisory services to farmers and educational courses […]
3 July 2024
Labour on beef farms
0 Labour on beef farms In advance of BEEF2024, Teagasc completed an online labour survey of beef farms, which examined the level of off-farm employment, hours worked and some of the challenges arising in developing sustainable beef systems. One of the key drivers on beef farms that influences many of the decisions that […]
2 July 2024
Commercial Beef Value benefits showcased to dairy-beef producers
0 Commercial Beef Value benefits showcased to dairy-beef producers Farmers visiting the Dairy Calf-to-Beef Village as part of BEEF2024, Teagasc’s National Beef Open Day, heard of the benefits of the Commercial Beef Value (CBV), and how its use at purchase time can result in more profitable and efficient dairy-beef systems. Exploring the CBV […]
2 July 2024
A guide on the Genotyped Ram Task
0 A guide on the Genotyped Ram Task Sheep Ireland’s Sean Godfrey provides key information on the Genotyped Ram Task of the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS), focusing on the criteria, the benefits and where to find a SIS Eligible Ram. In 2023, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine launched the new […]
2 July 2024
Five-star cows deliver more
0 Five-star cows deliver more Farmers attending BEEF2024 were told of an analysis completed by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), which compared the performance of one-star and five-star suckler cows on basis of their Replacement Index. Narrowed to cows born between August 2017 and April 2018, key findings of the analysis which […]
1 July 2024