Articles
Calculate the number of females that you need to breed to Dairy AI
As always when breeding your replacement heifer calves there should be particular focus placed on breeding the maiden heifers to dairy AI as these should be your highest genetic merit animals. James Dunne tells us more.
30 March 2026
Busy start to the Spring in County Carlow
It’s a busy time on Eddie Gavin’s farm in Co. Carlow with lambing underway. Ciaran Lynch, Peter Lawrence, and Frank Campion tell us more.
30 March 2026
Why good people working on dairy farms are value for money
Wages often represent a significant cost on dairy farms and can appear to be an obvious area to target. However, as explained by Martina Gormley, Dairy Specialist, good people working on dairy farms can represent value for money.
30 March 2026
ICBF Sire Advice – an essential tool for all dairy farmers
To get maximum genetic gain, minimise calving difficulty risk using dairy beef sires, whilst delivering high Commercial Beef Value (CBV) progeny, dairy farmers should run ICBF Sire Advice every breeding season, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, Stuart Childs and Dan O’Riordan, ICBF, tell us more.
30 March 2026
Tillage Road Map 2030
The Tillage Road Map 2030 provides an overview of Ireland’s tillage sector to 2030, outlining current performance, market outlook, sustainability priorities, and future targets.
29 March 2026
Signpost update: Monitoring animal performance and multi species benefits
Spring is always a very busy time on the farm for Kay O’Sullivan, organic farmer and participant in the Teagasc Future Beef and Signpost Programmes, who shares the latest happenings from her farm in Mourneabbey.
29 March 2026
Ovicast – March Grass Update
The Ovicast Podcast catches up with Grass10 advisor, Nikki Kennedy, to discuss grassland management for March.
28 March 2026
Prioritising farm safety
Recent interactions with clients over the last few weeks have highlighted the risks that farmers still take in terms of farm safety. Andy Ryder, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Westport, shares key advice to farmers as they enter the busiest period of the year.
28 March 2026
Lee and Bandon-Ilen Catchment Action Plan to Improve Water Quality Launched
The Lee and Bandon-Ilen Catchment Action Plan, part of the Teagasc Better Farming for Water campaign, was officially launched by Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan T.D., at the Innishannon House Hotel in Cork today, Friday, 27 March.
27 March 2026
Yellow Rust is a Threat to All Winter Wheat Crops
Dr. Stephen Kildea, a researcher with Teagasc, and Conor O’Callaghan, a Teagasc tillage advisor, join the Tillage Edge podcast to discuss the threat that yellow rust poses to wheat crops this season.
27 March 2026