Articles
Deepening the understanding of farming in the uplands
Representing a significant proportion of land across the island, almost 200 delegates joined CAFRE and Teagasc for the Uplands Symposium 2025 to deepen their understanding of upland farming systems and to explore future policy opportunities.
5 September 2025
Watch: Insights from the new manager at Newford
Newford Farm welcomed its new farm manager Shane McGuinness, a Roscommon native from a beef farming background, this summer.
4 September 2025
Making strides in an organic tillage journey
Teagasc Organic Tillage Specialist, Martin Bourke reports from Wicklow where Tommy Delahunt outlines his progression into organic tillage farming; his key message – rotation, rotation, rotation.
4 September 2025
Varieties for 2026 – a report from the Seedtech Open Day
For this second Tillage Edge episode from seed company open days, Michael Hennessy catches up with Seedtech’s Tim O’Donovan after its open day in Waterford.
4 September 2025
Teagasc Crops Forum 2025: Protecting yield and adding value
Ciaran Collins, Crops Specialist previews the fast-approaching Teagasc Crops Forum, taking place on September 10 at 1.50pm in the Killashee Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare.
4 September 2025
Lessons on labour from the Aurivo Focus Farms
Dairy farmers are in a period of strong financial performance, however there is no hiding from the fact that it requires hard work. With long-term sustainability and generational renewal in mind, making work easier and more flexible is becoming increasingly important.
4 September 2025
Beef Edge: The Beef Welfare Scheme – what you need to know
Margaret Brennan, Assistant Principal Officer over Beef Schemes with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the new Beef Welfare Scheme announced recently and to give an update on all things scheme related.
3 September 2025
Have you declared your Farming for Water Catch Crops?
Farmers who’ve established two-month catch crops under the Farming for Water EIP are being reminded that the declaration deadline is fast approaching.
3 September 2025
Time to plan castration
Early, well-managed castration of dairy beef males reduces stress on calves, improves safety on farms and prevents complications later in life, DairyBeef 500 Advisor, Fergal Maguire tells us more.
3 September 2025
Why are new potatoes so hard to find in Irish shops this year?
The shortage of new potatoes on shop shelves has a lot to do with bad weather in previous years and too many old spuds in storage, Shay Phelan tells us more in a recent RTE Brainstorm Article.
3 September 2025