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Weather, workload and money: the issues stressing Irish farmers
Weather, workload and money: the issues stressing Irish farmers Emma Dillon, Mary Brennan and Brian Moran, tell us how the National Farm Survey shows how the social sustainability side of agriculture is changing. Sustainability is generally said to have three dimensions, namely economic, environmental and social. Much focus to date has been […]
27 October 2023
Moorepark weighs in on farrowing room feeding
Moorepark weighs in on farrowing room feeding Aisling Holmes & Kieran Keane presented recently at the Teagasc Pig Farmers’ Conference 2023. They spoke about how productivity on Irish pig farms is always improving, and some practices in the farrowing house in Moorepark that help sustain and enhance these production improvements. Productivity on […]
27 October 2023
Teagasc Conference on 50 years of EU membership and Irish Agriculture
Teagasc Conference on 50 years of EU membership and Irish Agriculture A conference to mark 50 years of Ireland’s membership of the European Union and its impact on agriculture, is taking place at the Teagasc Research Centre Ashtown, County Dublin today, Friday, . Teagasc Director Professor Frank O Mara welcomed […]
27 October 2023
Update on planting progress this wet autumn
Update on planting progress this wet autumn Planting progress of winter cereals has been slow in most places and at a virtual stop in others and on the latest Tillage Edge podcast, Ciaran Collins and Shay Phelan, both tillage specialists in Teagasc, chat through the current progress and what actions farmers can […]
26 October 2023
Bringing precision to the spreading of organic manures
Bringing precision to the spreading of organic manures Although farmers try to be accurate with chemical fertiliser spreading, through the use of tray testing and fertiliser spreader calibration, bringing precision into spreading organic manures is very important. That’s a according to Dermot Forristal, Teagasc researcher in crop mechanisation, who joined Michael Hennessy, […]
26 October 2023
Signpost Series – From Data to Decarbonisation
Signpost Series – From Data to Decarbonisation On this episode of The Signpost Series which took place on Friday, 20 October, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc is joined by James Rambaud, Technologist, Teagasc to discuss ‘From Data to Decarbonisation: Building the Backbone of a National Carbon Monitoring Network’. A […]
26 October 2023
ACRES courses and October tasks for completion
ACRES courses and October tasks for completion October 2023 has been a busy month to date for agricultural schemes and compliance with deadline dates. Sinéad Devaney, B&T Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Galway/Clare, includes some reminders of these in this article. National Genotyping Programme – sign up to this via ICBF by 31st October […]
26 October 2023
The A to E of successful farm transfer
The A to E of successful farm transfer Traditionally in Ireland, land continuously passes from one generation to the next. This transfer of ownership does not always go smoothly. While there is no magic formula to guarantee the successful transfer of a farm from one generation to the next, major difficulties can […]
26 October 2023
Maximise all beef and suckler scheme payments this year
Maximise all beef and suckler scheme payments this year There was a number of new beef schemes introduced in 2023, namely the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP), the National Beef Welfare Scheme (NBWS) and the National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme. In a year where costs are remaining high and it looks like […]
25 October 2023
Breeding, grassland and finishing lambs in Ballyhaise College
Breeding, grassland and finishing lambs in Ballyhaise College Fergus O’Rourke and Niall Conaty from Teagasc Ballyhaise Agricultural College in Co. Cavan join the latest OviCast podcast to provide an update on the flock. To start, Fergus gives a background to the farm and flock, while Niall discusses the breeding plan, keeping an […]
25 October 2023