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Steps to assess your feed options this winter
0 Steps to assess your feed options this winter Aisling Molloy, Teagasc Future Beef Programme Advisor, details how farmers enrolled in the programme are managing fodder supplies and outlines a number of simple steps to assess your feed options this winter. Update your fodder budget The fodder budget tool in PastureBase is a […]
3 December 2023
Rectifying soil fertility starts now
0 Rectifying soil fertility starts now John Kilboyle, B&T Advisor at Teagasc Galway/Clare, reminds farmers of the two new requirements of the latest Nitrates Action Plan, while highlighting what they mean for farmers. Below is a reminder of the two new requirements from the latest Nitrates Action Plan: From 1st January 2023, all […]
3 December 2023
IBR: impacts and control
0 IBR: impacts and control As a bonus Beef Edge episode, Dr. Maria Guelbenzu from Animal Health Ireland (AHI) who presented at the Teagasc National Beef Conference, discusses the prevalence of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR), and why Ireland needs to move towards a national eradication programme. For more episodes from the Beef Edge […]
2 December 2023
Minding yourself this winter
0 Minding yourself this winter The main cause of poor mental health is stress, explains Roisin Scully, KT Masters Student at Teagasc Ballinrobe, and working in agriculture at present is a taxing profession. This is due to influences such as record high input costs, labour shortages and the recent unfavourable weather affecting crop […]
2 December 2023
Dairy-beef weighing scheme payments to commence next week
0 Dairy-beef weighing scheme payments to commence next week Payments under the National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme, which offers herd owners grant aid to weigh up to 50 calves at a payment rate of €20 per head, will commence on December 4, the Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue told a full house at […]
1 December 2023
Right product, right place and right time key for farmers in ACP catchments
0 Right product, right place and right time key for farmers in ACP catchments Working with over 300 farmers across six catchments, the Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP) has been in operation since 2008. A Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine funded initiative, it’s a combined research and advisory programme with a broad […]
1 December 2023
Agroforestry Business Model Innovation Network Horizon Project
0 Agroforestry Business Model Innovation Network Horizon Project John Casey, Agroforestry Business Model Innovation Network (AF4EU) Horizon Project co-ordinator, Teagasc, tells us about the project. With a growing interest in agroforestry systems expressed by many farmers, the Agroforestry Business Model Innovation Network (AF4EU) Horizon Project AF4EU – AF4EU comes at an opportune time […]
1 December 2023
Reviewing 2023 and forecasting the year to come
0 Reviewing 2023 and forecasting the year to come The Teagasc Outlook 2024 Conference took place on November 28th, where an economic overview and outlook for the various agricultural sectors was presented by a number of leading Teagasc experts. Michael McKeon, Specialised Pig Advisor with the Teagasc Pig Development, represented the pig sector […]
1 December 2023
Drainage issues on tillage land – part 2
Drainage issues on tillage land – part 2 In the second of a two part series on drainage, Michael Hennessy continues his discussion with Pat Tuohy, a researcher in Teagasc dealing with soil hydrology and drainage, to talk about field drainage issues on tillage farms. Pat discusses how it is important to […]
30 November 2023
Double whammy of lower yields and prices hit cereals returns
Double whammy of lower yields and prices hit cereals returns The average tillage farm income is forecast to be approximately 60% lower in 2023 than in 2022, the recently published Outlook 2024, Economic Prospects for Agriculture report, which was prepared by the Teagasc Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department, has revealed. Although […]
30 November 2023