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Watch: Putting grass ‘front and centre’ in Co. Meath
0 Watch: Putting grass ‘front and centre’ in Co. Meath Michael McGuigan farms part time with his wife Aisling and daughter Penny at Longwood, Co. Meath. Located all around the farmyard, the 23.5ha farm is a mixture of sandy gravel and clay soil and is home to an autumn-calving suckler herd. Male progeny […]
4 August 2023
Forest and Energy Sustainable Living Section at the Tullamore Show 2023
0 Forest and Energy Sustainable Living Section at the Tullamore Show 2023 The Tullamore Show and FBD National Livestock Show 2023 is on Sunday, August 13. It is Ireland’s largest one-day show, averaging over 60,000 visitors in recent years. Featuring over 700 trade stands from across the agriculture sector, home industries, farm produce, […]
4 August 2023
A delicate balance
0 A delicate balance A collaboration between Teagasc and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute is aiming to better understand viral-bacterial interaction in the poultry gut and its effect on food safety. The gut is home to a highly complex ecosystem comprising various microbiomes (microorganisms that live within a given environment, such as the […]
4 August 2023
Harvest update and stubble cultivation
0 Harvest update and stubble cultivation Ciaran Collins, Teagasc Tillage Specialist, joined the Tillage Edge podcast this week to chat about the harvest and stubble cultivation rules which farmers should be aware of. Ciaran said the harvest is stop/start, with good progress being made in winter barley, winter oilseed rape and winter oats. […]
3 August 2023
Winter fodder situation on DairyBeef 500 farms
0 Winter fodder situation on DairyBeef 500 farms The dry spell in late May / early June affected participating farmers in the DairyBeef 500 Campaign across the country very differently, explains Gordon Peppard, DairyBeef 500 Advisor. Farmers in the north west and west saw little or no effect of the dry weather, whereas […]
2 August 2023
Designing a sheep handling unit
0 Designing a sheep handling unit Edward Egan, Teagasc Advisor, features on the latest OviCast episode to discuss designing a sheep handling unit. Having good handling facilities can reduce labour, improve both safety and welfare for handler and sheep alike and also encourages timely, preventative actions. Edward talks about the booklet he produced […]
2 August 2023
Wet weather management techniques back in play
0 Wet weather management techniques back in play After what has been described as the wettest July on record, which has resulted in grazing conditions becoming challenging on many farms, this week’s Grass 10 newsletter focuses on the implementation of wet weather management techniques. Grazing conditions have been hampered – especially on heavier […]
2 August 2023
Quarantine procedures for sheep coming onto the farm
0 Quarantine procedures for sheep coming onto the farm Damian Costello, Teagasc Sheep Specialist, outlines best practice for binging new animals onto farm. The July to September months each year see a lot of movement of breeding stock and store lambs between farms. The risk of buying in animals carrying infectious disease or […]
1 August 2023
Situation and outlook for feed and fertiliser
0 Situation and outlook for feed and fertiliser The Teagasc Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department published its annual Situation and Outlook for Irish Agriculture last week, which provides an update on the forecast average margins and incomes which are likely across the agricultural sector in Ireland in 2023. Along with providing the […]
1 August 2023
Flexibility granted for shallow cultivation rule
Flexibility granted for shallow cultivation rule In recognition of the recent unseasonably wet period of weather, an agreement has been reached to allow an extended period of time for farmers to complete the shallow cultivation measure required post-harvest of certain tillage crops. The current 14-day period to complete the shallow cultivation measure […]
31 July 2023