Articles
Best practice for animal health and performance over the winter
0 Best practice for animal health and performance over the winter Teagasc in conjunction with Animal Health Ireland recently held a farm walk on the farm of Future beef farmer, Oliver O’Hara. Gabriel Trayers tells us the topics for the walk centred around the best practice for animal health and animal performance over […]
8 November 2023
Farming in a modern climate at Ballinafagh
0 Farming in a modern climate at Ballinafagh Tom Tierney, a participant in the Teagasc Signpost Programme, tells us of the happenings on his farm over the month of October. Tom farms 165ha of owned and long-term leased land in partnership with his neighbour Gordon. Amidst an extremely difficult harvest, my attention was […]
8 November 2023
Catchment Science 2023
0 Catchment Science 2023 Over 200 scientists, advisors, farmers and representatives from the agri industry and the public sector are gathered in Wexford this week to hear the latest on water catchment science. Catchment Science 2023 is the fourth international conference hosted by the Agricultural Catchments Programme, funded by the Department of Agriculture, […]
8 November 2023
Bringing benefits in the bulk tank through grassland management
0 Bringing benefits in the bulk tank through grassland management Farming outside New Ross in Co. Wexford, Shay Ryan farms 97ha, with 56ha of this area being the milking platform. Milking 180 cows and carrying 45 replacement heifers, there is also a small beef enterprise on the farm. The EBI of the herd […]
7 November 2023
Making use of ICBF reports on suckler farms
0 Making use of ICBF reports on suckler farms Mícheál Kelly, B&T Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Galway/Clare, discusses the use of ICBF reports on suckler farms and how they may be of use when identifying the best and worst performing cows in your herd. One of the mandatory requirements of the new Suckler Carbon […]
7 November 2023
Monitoring mating liveweight and body condition score on BETTER sheep farms
0 Monitoring mating liveweight and body condition score on BETTER sheep farms Frank Campion of the Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Athenry, reports on mating liveweight and body condition scores on the BETTER sheep farms. Mating liveweight and body condition scores (BCSs) for the mature ewes from the lowland BETTER […]
7 November 2023
Recording Hill Sheep Groups – an opportunity for the hill sector to improve
0 Recording Hill Sheep Groups – an opportunity for the hill sector to improve Ireland, along with other countries, had tried hill sheep breed improvement in the past, but ultimately it failed for several reasons. These include: a lack of market for parentage recorded rams; no short-term gains seen; practical difficulties of recording […]
7 November 2023
ACRES planning – the right action in the right place
0 ACRES planning – the right action in the right place On this episode of the Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department, was joined by Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, and John Lusby, Birdwatch Ireland, to discuss planning ACRES – the right action in the right place. […]
7 November 2023
Solar energy opportunities for dairy farms
0 Solar energy opportunities for dairy farms As we all know, energy costs have increased dramatically since the war in Ukraine started and are unlikely to go back to pre-war levels. In this article, Patrick Gowing, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, offers some key advice for farmers considering installing solar on their farm. Rising energy […]
6 November 2023
Examining the options with store lambs
0 Examining the options with store lambs With the large number of store lambs currently on farms, farmers are considering finishing lambs, selling as stores, or buying store lambs for finishing. Eamonn Dempsey, Drystock Advisor in Tralee, looks at the options available to farmers. The target is to finish store lambs from grazed […]
6 November 2023