Articles
Monitor breeding progress and sheep scheme compliance
Sheep Specialist at Teagasc, Damian Costello provides timely reminders on staying compliant with sheep schemes and monitoring ram performance as the breeding season gets underway.
14 October 2025
Accelerating bio-based innovation
As part of the Teagasc Thought Leaders series, Catriona Boyle spoke with Dr. Siobhán Jordan about how Teagasc is supporting the bioeconomy in a way that is practical and impactful from farm to fork.
13 October 2025
Selective Dry Cow Therapy – excellent management is the key to success
Pablo Silva Boloña, Teagasc Research Officer, whose work focuses on milk quality, dairy cow mastitis and selective dry cow therapy, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge.
13 October 2025
Reviewing bull finishing performance with the McCarthys
Future Beef and Signpost Programme participant, Eamon McCarthy reflects on the performance of his spring-born bulls, noticing significant variation in the performance of progeny from five-star sires.
13 October 2025
Soil sampling – an integral tool for your farm
The starting point in nutrient management planning on farms, Anthony Dineen, Climate Action & Sustainability Advisor, Macroom, Co. Cork, looks at the many benefits that soil sampling brings.
13 October 2025
Organic opportunities in the West
John Noonan highlights the sustainable practices of Enda and Noreen Monaghan, organic sheep farmers in Galway, and Joe Kelly, organic horticulture and suckler farmer in Mayo. These two farms are very different, illustrating the range of possibilities within organic farming.
12 October 2025
Grazing management update with Jason Coulter, Co. Sligo
On this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice and the start of closing up for early spring grass. It’s a great week to reseed paddocks sprayed and grazed.
12 October 2025
Top five tips for dairy farmers this October
From preparations for next spring to storage slurry requirements, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, Dr. Joe Patton shares his top five tips for October.
12 October 2025
Delivering science-based innovation to support industry
Teagasc’s position as a key contributor to Ireland’s innovation ecosystem, supporting industry engagement, commercialisation and entrepreneurship across the agri-food and bioeconomy sectors, has been confirmed by the recently published 2024 Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey (AKTS).
11 October 2025
Dairy Edge: Winter diets for liquid milk herds
Dr Mike Dineen, Teagasc Senior Research Officer, joins James Dunne on this episode of the Dairy Edge podcast to discuss making informed decisions around the diet for freshly calved cows.
11 October 2025