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Are your sheep wormers working the way they should?
Are your sheep wormers working the way they should? Monitoring worm burdens through faecal egg counts is a tool available to sheep farmers to save on costs and reduce labour input. Additionally, when used as part of the drench test protocol, it allows farmers to test the effectiveness of the dosing products […]
23 July 2024
Sharp decline in tillage incomes in 2023
Sharp decline in tillage incomes in 2023 Family Farm Income on tillage farms declined by 71% year-on-year, the Teagasc National Farm Survey 2023, published today, July 23, has shown. Representing a total of 6,246 tillage farms, the average earned a Family Farm Income of €21,399, or €292/ha for a 73ha farm. Production […]
23 July 2024
‘For every accident there can be about 10 near misses’
‘For every accident there can be about 10 near misses’ Day two of Farm Safety Week, an initiative organised by the IFA Family & Social Affairs Committee and supported by Teagasc, aims to promote awareness of the near misses occurring on farms and to encourage farmers to learn from their mistakes. Dr […]
23 July 2024
Transitioning to low chemical N input clover swards at Ballyhaise
Transitioning to low chemical N input clover swards at Ballyhaise In advance of this week’s Ballyhaise Open Day, taking place on Wednesday, July 24 from 10am, the project team summarise the current trial on clover grazing systems, share early results and look at the implications this research may hold. The financial landscape […]
22 July 2024
Better Farming for Water
Better Farming for Water Cathal Somers, Teagasc Water Quality Specialist, and Deirdre Glynn, Teagasc ASSAP Advisor in Kilkenny, and hosts of the Environment Edge podcast, join Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the recently launched Teagasc campaign for water quality, Better Farming for Water. Deirdre first explains where water […]
22 July 2024
Ensuring you have enough fodder for winter 2024-2025
Ensuring you have enough fodder for winter 2024-2025 Following a wet start to 2024 and a prolonged winter housing period, silage and fodder reserves on many farms were completely exhausted this spring. Grass growth to date in 2024 has been poor with further supplementary feeding of fodder taking place in recent weeks […]
22 July 2024
Teagasc supports Farm Safety Week 2024
Teagasc supports Farm Safety Week 2024 Farm Safety Week is an opportune time to review safety standards and practices on your farm. As part of its Farm Health and Safety Programme, Teagasc will support this initiative again this year. Running from today, Monday, July 22 to Friday, July 26, Farm Safety Week […]
22 July 2024
A place for white clover in the ‘BMW’ region?
A place for white clover in the ‘BMW’ region? After developing and sharing blueprints for profitable grazing dairy systems in the Border, Midlands and West (BMW) region, the attention at Ballyhaise Farm turned to white clover in 2020. Now in its third full year of production, Grassland Researcher at Ballyhaise, Donal Patton […]
21 July 2024
Top tips for making good quality baled silage
Top tips for making good quality baled silage As contractors and farmers are busy saving baled silage when the weather allows, Ciaran Beatty, Drystock Advisor at Teagasc Castlerea, shares some topical tips to ensure that you make the best silage possible. Mowing Aim to mow when the grass is dry and thus […]
21 July 2024
Practical actions for efficient and environmentally sustainable farms
Practical actions for efficient and environmentally sustainable farms Owen Fenton and Bridget Lynch discuss integrating technologies into farming systems to improve soil health, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, emissions reduction, and water quality, encouraging farmers to adopt one new technology each season. Integration of actions into farming systems The aim of the Johnstown Castle […]
21 July 2024