Articles
Getting Winter Ready Part 2: Winter Nutrition
James Strain, Nutritionist with Inishowen Co-op, is on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast to discuss winter nutrition.
22 October 2025
LESS and protected urea use on Irish farms
Representative of almost 88,000 dairy, beef, sheep and tillage farms nationally, the recently published suite of National Farm Survey (NFS) enterprise factsheets shed light on the levels of protected urea and Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) use on Irish farms last year.
22 October 2025
Getting your SCEP female replacement strategy right
Beef Specialist at Teagasc, David Argue takes a closer look at the SCEP female replacement strategy targets. Is your herd on track?
22 October 2025
Reach for the measuring tape before housing stock
Shorter days, the clocks due to turn back and last weekend’s heavy rain have reminded farmers that the winter housing period is fast approaching.
21 October 2025
October grass: A delicate balancing act
For sheep farmers, October is a critical month for grassland management. Get it right and you’ll have sufficient supplies of grass for when ewes and lambs return to pasture next spring; get it wrong and you’ll end up feeding more meal/silage or hampering ewe performance during the breeding season.
21 October 2025
Considering a new business venture?
Teagasc is rolling out its Farm Business Options Training Programme across the country this Autumn.
21 October 2025
Best practice in milking courses available
Are you looking to improve your milking skills? Then the Best Practice in Milking Course may be of interest to you.
21 October 2025
Time for lime
Ground conditions and farm finances have aligned, meaning there are significant opportunities to apply lime. John Maher, Grass10 Manager, and John Leahy, dairy farmer in Athea, Co. Limerick, join Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss applying lime.
20 October 2025
Dairy costs: What sets the bottom and top performing farms apart
The recently released Teagasc National Farm Survey 2024 Dairy Enterprise Factsheet offers a useful snapshot of how Irish dairy farms performed last year. What’s interesting however is how it highlights the financial differences between the top, middle and bottom performing farms.
20 October 2025
Artificial Intelligence for food: Why the Irish food industry cannot afford to miss this one-day event
You have heard a lot about artificial intelligence (AI). But what does it mean for your business, your processes, your products and your future?
20 October 2025