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Watch: Timber categories and sales methods – conifer forest management
Watch: Timber categories and sales methods – conifer forest management In this video, Sean Kelly who is the Purchasing Manager with Laois Sawmills explains the difference between different timber categories including pulpwood, stakewood, palletwood and sawlog. Sean also discusses the three different ways how forest owners can sell their timber.Laois Sawmills are […]
21 July 2023
Watch: Moorepark Pig Farm Update
Watch: Moorepark Pig Farm Update In this video we meet Aisling Holmes, research technician at the Teagasc Pig Research Facility (TPRF). Aisling discusses some of the main performance figures in the TPRF for 2022 and highlights some of the areas they are concentrating on and husbandry changes they have made in the […]
21 July 2023
Energy and Farm Diversification Options Showcased
Energy and Farm Diversification Options Showcased Thousands of people attended the Energy and Farm Diversification show which took place in Gurteen Agricultural College yesterday, Thursday 20 July. Talks were delivered all day across three pavilions: Energy Pavilion – Anaerobic Digestion, Energy Policy, Solar, Electricity, Biomass, Community Energy Farm Diversification Pavilion – Secrets […]
21 July 2023
Be a Farm Safety Hero
Be a Farm Safety Hero Acknowledging a Farm Safety Hero is the Friday theme of Farm Safety Week 2023. John McNamara, Teagasc Senior Health and Safety Specialist tells us more Teagasc wishes to particularly pay tribute to Farmers who have given an account of their injury or ill health so that others […]
21 July 2023
Tracking the changes of carcass traits in beef animals
Tracking the changes of carcass traits in beef animals Shauna Mulhall, Teagasc Moorepark, discusses research work which examined data from approximately 23 million animals born between 1986 and 2020 to track the changes in carcass traits of beef and dairy animals. The beef industry plays a vital role in the Irish economy, […]
20 July 2023
Over 50% of winter barley yet to be harvested
Over 50% of winter barley yet to be harvested Unseasonably wet weather over recent weeks has posed challenges to tillage farmers trying to complete the harvesting of winter barley crops, Teagasc Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer, Michael Hennessey told yesterday’s meeting of the National Fodder and Feed Security Committee. On harvest progression, […]
20 July 2023
Highlights from the Teagasc Crops Open Day Part 4 – BYDV advice, ramularia control & beta glutens in barley
Highlights from the Teagasc Crops Open Day Part 4 – BYDV advice, ramularia control & beta glutens in barley This is the final Tillage Edge podcast highlighting the best of the Teagasc Crops Open Day held in Oak Park, Carlow. On this episode, Louise McNamara and Stephen Byrne, researchers in Oak Park, […]
20 July 2023
Farm Safety Week Focus: Long Term Health
Farm Safety Week Focus: Long Term Health The Farm Safety week focus for Thursday is long term health. Managing your own personal health and safety must be central to good management on the farm. Manual Handling About a third of all reported injuries are due to poor manual handling. Most manual handling […]
20 July 2023
6 key steps to deal with wet conditions on beef farms
6 key steps to deal with wet conditions on beef farms The early summer months brought near drought conditions for much of the country. Since mid-June, however, there has been a significant amount of rain – especially in some southern, northern and western areas. Teagasc Drystock Specialist Alan Dillon has some advice […]
19 July 2023
Farm Safety week – Livestock handling
Farm Safety week – Livestock handling The Farm Safety week focus for Wednesday is livestock handling. With cattle out grazing it is an important time to think about how interactions with your cattle can be planned and managed carefully to avoid risk. Francis Bligh tells us how we can stay safe while […]
19 July 2023