Articles
Protecting Farmland Pollinators
Protecting Farmland Pollinators Saorla Kavanagh’s paper in the Journal of Pollination Ecology explores the success of the Protecting Farmland Pollinators Scorecard Project, revealing how close collaboration with farmers and the implementation of a whole farm pollinator scoring system can effectively restore biodiversity. Research Officer Saorla Kavanagh recently published a paper in the […]
10 January 2024
New appointment to Teagasc Authority
New appointment to Teagasc Authority The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. has appointed Dr Helen Sheridan to the Teagasc Authority. Dr Helen Sheridan is an Associate Professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin. While now living in Dublin, Helen is from […]
10 January 2024
Newford Farm: A Year in Review
0 Newford Farm: A Year in Review December was a relatively quiet month on Newford Farm spent getting used to our new surroundings in Athleague. Stephen Frend tells us more about the past year at Newford, and plans for the future. The cows received their annual IBR booster and were treated for lice. […]
9 January 2024
Increase profitability of March-lambing flocks by shearing at housing
0 Increase profitability of March-lambing flocks by shearing at housing Dr. Tim Keady advises that shearing March-lambing ewes at housing in December improves subsequent animal performance by increasing lamb birth weight, enhances lamb weaning weight, reduces lamb age at slaughter by approximately two weeks, and offers additional benefits. Many producers house their March […]
9 January 2024
Scanning – making use of the information
0 Scanning – making use of the information With scanning complete on many flocks, Michael Gottstein, Head of Sheep Knowledge Transfer Programme, joins OviCast host Ciaran Lynch to speak about making use of this valuable information. The discussion starts on this year’s scanning results, before moving on to the immediate management changes that […]
9 January 2024
New Teagasc/FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards launched
0 New Teagasc/FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards launched New Teagasc/FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards were launched today, Tuesday, January 9 by Teagasc, with generous support from FBD. The aims of the Teagasc/FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards are to promote environmentally sustainable farming and highlight the progress that farmers are making to reduce their impact on the […]
9 January 2024
Why Cash is still King
0 Why Cash is still King Cash is the lifeblood of every farm business and cashflow management is critical to success, writes Trevor Dunwoody Teagasc Farm Management Specialist. Put simply, cash flow is the measure of the movement of money in and out of your farm business. Years with lower product prices, higher […]
9 January 2024
How to maximise the value of slurry
0 How to maximise the value of slurry Pat Tuohy and William Burchill join Emma-Louise Coffey on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss how farmers can maximise the value of slurry through tactical use and having optimum storage facilities on farm. At the outset, William says, if you are not prepared to […]
8 January 2024
Teagasc Supporting Farming in Kenya
0 Teagasc Supporting Farming in Kenya Teagasc currently leads three dairy development projects funded by Irish Aid and the EU across three different countries in East Africa – Kenya, Eritrea and Tanzania. Paul Maher, Dr. Anne-Marie Butler and Dr. Edna Curley tell us more. Combined, the three projects have an overall expenditure budget […]
8 January 2024
Optimizing Suckler Farming: Wesley Browne’s Approach
0 Optimizing Suckler Farming: Wesley Browne’s Approach Farming just outside Monaghan Town, Wesley Browne calves 90 cows in spring with all males finished as under-16 month old bulls and yearling heifers sold as breeding stock. Wesley’s farm is fragmented and heavy in nature and he has adopted a system that best suits him […]
8 January 2024