Articles
The benefits of 5-star suckler cows
With a critical replacement strategy deadline under the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) fast approaching, it’s worth remembering some of the benefits of 5-star cows on the Replacement Index.
25 October 2025
Let’s Talk Trees meetings kick off in Ballinasloe
The Let’s Talk Trees series of forestry information meetings kicked off last Tuesday evening in Ballinasloe with a great turnout of farmers, landowners and forest owners wishing to learn more about the opportunities to plant trees and other supports under the national forestry programme. Noel Kennedy, Teagasc forestry adviser tells us more.
24 October 2025
Benchmarking: Focusing efforts to improve farm performance
Benchmarking helps farmers see where they stand and identify opportunities to improve profit and efficiency.
24 October 2025
Feeding the lactating sow: Meeting energy requirements
As part of the Teagasc Pig Farmers’ Conference, Dr. Peadar Lawlor discussed why optimising nutrition during lactation has become even more important given the rise in born alive rate.
24 October 2025
The changes in the Irish egg industry
Rebecca Tierney takes a closer look at the egg industry in Ireland and the changes and developments which have been taking place in recent years with Teagasc’s Pig and Poultry Specialist, Michael McKeon.
24 October 2025
SCEP and dairy beef weighing deadlines approach
Farmers enrolled in either the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) or National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme are reminded of a key deadline for the submission of weight data.
24 October 2025
Autumn closing: Time to protect farm cover
Although the average farm cover on Irish dairy farms measuring grass through PastureBase Ireland stood at 822kg DM/ha, a wide degree of variability exists across farms.
23 October 2025
LESS slurry declarations and ACRES
Participants in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) who have selected the Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) action are reminded that the deadline for declaring such applications is just around the corner.
23 October 2025
Using red clover silage during the first winter
A recent experiment was undertaken at Teagasc Moorepark to investigate the effect of offering red clover silage to replacement dairy heifers during their first winter in comparison to grass silage diets.
23 October 2025
What is AgNav Tillage?
AgNav is a free, voluntary digital sustainability platform available to farmers and advisors across Ireland, as part of a recent Today’s Farm article, Signpost Advisory Programme Manager, George Ramsbottom wrote about its uses on tillage farms.
22 October 2025