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Time to winter dose on dairy-beef farms
Time to winter dose on dairy-beef farms With dairy-beef animals now indoors well over a month on many farms, Tommy Cox, DairyBeef 500 Advisor, writes that now is good time for farmers to start thinking about their parasite control programmes. Fluke worms and external parasites can have a significant impact on animal […]
29 November 2023
Dairy-beef heifer systems at Johnstown Castle
Dairy-beef heifer systems at Johnstown Castle This week’s Beef Edge podcast features Ellen Fitzpatrick from Teagasc Johnstown Castle, who gave an interesting presentation at the Teagasc National Beef Conference. Describing how to make the most of low input, high output dairy beef heifer systems, Ellen discussed the trials ongoing and the performance […]
29 November 2023
Tackling the fluke challenge this winter
Tackling the fluke challenge this winter Veterinarian Shane McGettrick, who is Laboratory Manager at the DAFM Regional Veterinary Laboratory in Co. Sligo is on this week’s OviCast to talk about the fluke challenge this winter. Shane starts by discussing what fluke-related issues they are seeing in the lab at this point in […]
29 November 2023
Results from the Teagasc Sustainability Report
Results from the Teagasc Sustainability Report Cathal Buckley, Researcher at the Rural Economy Unit in Teagasc Athenry, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to discuss the results from the sustainability report of 2022 that was published in October of this year. Cathal first outlines the number of dairy farms […]
28 November 2023
Winner of the ‘Trees on the Farm’ Category of the 2023 Teagasc Forest Photo Competition Announced
Winner of the ‘Trees on the Farm’ Category of the 2023 Teagasc Forest Photo Competition Announced The Teagasc Forestry Development Department announced the prize winners in category 2 of its ongoing forest photo competition ‘Celebrating the New Forestry Programme 2023-2027’. The theme of category 2 is ‘Trees on the Farm’ and the […]
28 November 2023
Breeding targets for winter milk herds
Breeding targets for winter milk herds Breeding goals for winter milk herds, as James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist explains, should be centred on improving milk solids output, while improving fertility traits such as calving interval and six week calving rate. Feed efficiency, health and longevity are also important goals. The Economic Breeding […]
27 November 2023
10 Things to Know About… Where You Live
10 Things to Know About… Where You Live When choosing where we want to live, we usually ask questions such as, how far you are to the local shops, whether there are any good schools nearby, or if it’s a long and arduous commute to the workplace. We rarely consider how the […]
27 November 2023
Teagasc celebrates 60 years of academic publishing
Teagasc celebrates 60 years of academic publishing Teagasc recently launched the 60th Anniversary Special Issue of the Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research (Volume 61, Issue 1). This special issue consists of 12 papers, compiled in 2021 – the journal’s anniversary year – and highlights scientific advancements made over the last […]
27 November 2023
Irish beef in a global market
Irish beef in a global market 2023 has been a remarkable year for the global beef industry, Rupert Claxton, Meat and Livestock Director of Gira, told delegates at the Teagasc National Beef Conference. Considerable headwinds at the end of 2022 in the form of both rising costs for producers and industry, combined […]
26 November 2023
Signpost Series – Past, current and future fertiliser use
Signpost Series – Past, current and future fertiliser use On this episode of the Signpost Series Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Pat Murphy, Head of Environment KT, Teagasc & Mark Plunkett, Training and Development Specialist with the Teagasc Signpost Programme to discuss past, current and […]
26 November 2023