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‘Where are the women?’
‘Where are the women?’ During the opening and closing of her address to the recent conference on Irish Agriculture and the EU 50 years on, a journey through 50 years of Ireland’s EU membership, EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness posed the question ‘where are the women?’ The conference opened with an interesting video […]
12 November 2023
Research update: Aiming to eliminate concentrate supplementation to finish lambs
Research update: Aiming to eliminate concentrate supplementation to finish lambs Philip Creighton, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Athenry, Co. Galway reports on lamb performance across the groups on the Sheep Research Demonstration Farm. Rams were turned out to ewes on October 6. Ewe body condition score going to the […]
12 November 2023
Signpost Series: Ecologically significant habitats on farmland
Signpost Series: Ecologically significant habitats on farmland On this episode of the Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Teagasc Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer, was joined by Dr. Melinda Lyons, Environmental Management, TU Dublin, to discuss ecologically significant habitats on farmland. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the webinar, […]
11 November 2023
Managing Rainwater on Farms
Managing Rainwater on Farms The increasing intensity of rainfall due to climate change is an additional challenge for farmers to adapt to particularly as this can occur at any time during the year. Over the past 12 months, Ireland had its wettest October on record in 2022, its wettest March on record […]
11 November 2023
The Terminal and the Replacement Beef Index changes explained
The Terminal and the Replacement Beef Index changes explained To explain the upcoming improvements that are being made to both the Terminal and the Replacement beef indexes, Teagasc Beef Enterprise Leader Paul Crosson, in Teagasc Grange, and Dr Margaret Kelleher from ICBF, are on this week’s episode of the Beef Edge. They […]
10 November 2023
Teagasc Dairy Calf to Beef Course
Teagasc Dairy Calf to Beef Course A new advanced dairy calf to beef course will commence in December. The course is designed for new and existing dairy calf to beef farmers who wish to upskill and learn what it takes to run an economically and environmentally sustainable dairy calf to beef system. […]
10 November 2023
Overcoming challenges and providing new tools for continuous cover forestry practices
Overcoming challenges and providing new tools for continuous cover forestry practices Dr Ian Short of the Teagasc Forestry Development Department tells us of ForestMOOCForChange, a project to help overcome the initial challenges and provide exciting new tools for those who are considering a move to continuous cover forestry practices around Europe. Across […]
10 November 2023
Elevating gestating sow welfare – a win-win for sow and piglet performance
Elevating gestating sow welfare – a win-win for sow and piglet performance Laura Boyle and Keelin O’Driscoll tell us that since the 2013 ban on individual housing for pregnant sows after 28 days of pregnancy was introduced, the focus on pig welfare in the EU switched to implementing the ban on tail […]
10 November 2023
Teagasc unveil winners of Research and Innovation photo competition 2023
Teagasc unveil winners of Research and Innovation photo competition 2023 An image titled “The perfect apple” was officially announced as the overall winner of Teagasc’s Vision of Research and Innovation photography competition at an event in Oak Park House, Carlow on Thursday, 9 November, 2023. The winning image was taken by Dr […]
10 November 2023
UK farmers struggling with the wet conditions
0 UK farmers struggling with the wet conditions Farmers in the UK are struggling with wet conditions and Andrew Mahon, an Irish farm manager in the heart of England, is on the latest Tillage Edge podcast to chat about the farm he manages and the wider experience of farmers across the UK. Andy […]
9 November 2023