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The situation with current feed ingredient prices
The situation with current feed ingredient prices Kieran Keane, Pig Research Technician specialising in nutrition, with the Teagasc Pig Development Department joins Amy Quinn on the latest Pig Edge podcast to discuss current feed ingredient prices, the new Teagasc pig feed lab and current and upcoming Teagasc pig nutrition research trials. For […]
29 March 2024
Breeding Week 2024: A refresher on sexed semen
Breeding Week 2024: A refresher on sexed semen With approximately 300,000 sexed semen straws expected to be used on dairy farms this spring, Dr Stephen Butler of Teagasc Moorepark provided a refresher on this technology and outlined best practice for its use as part of the recent Efficient Dairy Breeding Webinar. Breeding […]
28 March 2024
Suckler herd breeding season success
Suckler herd breeding season success A successful breeding season within a suckler herd hinges on a number of key factors, Professor David Kenny, Head of Animal and Bioscience Department at Teagasc, told a recent Future Beef Webinar titled: ‘Getting your cow back in calf’. The starting point, Professor Kenny explained, is having […]
28 March 2024
Buffer zones – where to put them on your farm
Buffer zones – where to put them on your farm Buffer zones are important to protect waterbodies and Hugh Rooney, a Teagasc ASSAP advisor, joins this week’s Tillage Edge to talk about how buffer zones are necessary and what benefits these areas can bring. Hugh explains that protecting waterbodies from nitrates, phosphates, […]
28 March 2024
Grazing at a standstill after further rainfall
Grazing at a standstill after further rainfall On account of continuous rainfall, grazing has ground to a halt on many farms. The Teagasc Grass10 offers some key advice in dealing with this challenge. As many farmers have been grazing their drier paddocks with good access over the past number of weeks – […]
28 March 2024
Breeding Week 2024: Understanding the maintenance sub-index
Breeding Week 2024: Understanding the maintenance sub-index The maintenance sub-index of the EBI represents 8% of the total euro value of the EBI, but what does the maintenance figure actually represent and what should it mean to you? In this article, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, Stuart Childs talks us through what the sub-index […]
27 March 2024
Scope for earlier removal of clusters?
Scope for earlier removal of clusters? Milking is the main chore on dairy farms and typically consumes over 30% of total labour input. With high labour costs and problems accessing skilled labour, the recent trend has been to install milking parlours, with a greater number of clusters to be handled by one […]
27 March 2024
DairyBeef 500 financial and slaughter performance update
DairyBeef 500 financial and slaughter performance update DairyBeef 500 Manager, Alan Dillon is on this week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast with some tips for rearing calves at this time of year, the financial performance update for 2023 as well as slaughter performance. With a difficult spring to get cattle out […]
27 March 2024
Coping with another bad spring on beef farms
Coping with another bad spring on beef farms 2024 is starting on a similar bad note to 2023, writes Alan Dillion, DairyBeef 500 Manager, with incessant rainfall in the early part of the year leading to some serious issues on farm in terms of fodder supply, bedding supply, slurry storage and grazing. […]
27 March 2024
Young Equine Breeders National Championships Results
Young Equine Breeders National Championships Results The 2024 Young Breeder National Championships took place on Saturday, 23 March, at Kildalton Agricultural College, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny. The event was hosted by Teagasc and Horse Sport Ireland, supported by Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine under ‘National Breeding Services’. Wendy Conlon, Teagasc Equine […]
26 March 2024