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Sustainable Farmer Award winners announced
Sustainable Farmer Award winners announced Winners highlight benefits of implementing sustainability practices. The winners of the inaugural Sustainable Farmer Awards, a partnership between the FBD National Livestock Show, Bord Bia, Teagasc and the Irish Farmers Journal were presented with their prizes by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. […]
14 August 2023
Doubling of budget for liming programme
Doubling of budget for liming programme An increased budgetary provision has been announced for the Liming Programme 2023, which sees the scheme’s total budget increase from an initial €8m, which was allocated at part of Budget 2023, to €16m. Due to a high number of applications under the scheme, which creates an […]
14 August 2023
Major international farm safety and farmer health conference to be held in Ireland
Major international farm safety and farmer health conference to be held in Ireland Teagasc will host a major international conference on farm safety and farmer wellbeing from August 23rd to August 25th 2023 at Teagasc Research and Innovation Centre, Dunsany, Grange, Co. Meath and Teagasc, Ashtown, Dublin 15. The conference has attracted […]
14 August 2023
How can we breed for a younger age of slaughter?
How can we breed for a younger age of slaughter? Ireland is the first in the world to include age of slaughter in national breeding objectives. Alan Twomey, Teagasc researcher in genetics, explains why age of slaughter is a key trait for beef herds to reduce costs and improve environmental efficiency. Beef […]
13 August 2023
Weaning early a good move
Weaning early a good move Frank Campion of the Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Athenry, Co. Galway reports on how early weaning worked well on some of the BETTER sheep farms. As mentioned in the July update, some of the flocks took the decision to wean lambs off the ewes […]
13 August 2023
Seeking training in new product development?
Seeking training in new product development? The development of new products is one of the many key elements for success of both established and fledgling food and beverage companies. This October, the Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Co. Dublin, will host two courses for actors in the food and beverage sector looking […]
13 August 2023
Planning for winter oilseed rape
Planning for winter oilseed rape The recently released Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) figures show the crops grown in Ireland this year, and make for some very interesting reading. The cereal area has fallen by 6% but when proteins and oilseeds are included, […]
12 August 2023
Looking for an SIS-eligible ram?
Looking for an SIS-eligible ram? The DAFM Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) provides financial support to farmers for taking extra steps to improve the welfare of their flock. Farmers get €12 per breeding ewe for completing flock welfare measures, Ignacio Mullin, Sheep Ireland, tells us more. The targeted welfare areas include: Lameness control; […]
11 August 2023
Watch: Oak Cleaving – traditional wood crafts
Watch: Oak Cleaving – traditional wood crafts This short video shows the traditional method, used before saws were invented, for cleaving oak posts from large logs. This technique makes use of longitudinal lines of separation in the timber caused by oak shake. Oak is a native tree in Ireland. It grows very […]
11 August 2023
Investment options for existing buildings under TAMS 3
Investment options for existing buildings under TAMS 3 Emer McCrum, Teagasc Pig Development Officer, details the options available to pig farmers to upgrade existing buildings under the Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme (PPIS) of TAMS 3. Given the prolonged period of losses sustained by the sector from late 2022 onwards, it is […]
11 August 2023