Articles
Growing Wild – Meadowsweet, Ox-eye Daisy and Selfheal
0 Growing Wild – Meadowsweet, Ox-eye Daisy and Selfheal Now is the time to look out for Meadowsweet, Ox-eye Daisy and Selfheal, according to Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, who takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity. Meadowsweet One of the positive grassland indicator plants in ACRES, which […]
9 July 2023
Innovation drivers in horticulture
0 Innovation drivers in horticulture Dermot Callaghan, Head of the Horticulture Department, examines some of the challenges and opportunities facing the horticulture sector. With a €521 million farm gate value, the horticulture sector is spread across two key sub-sectors – horticulture food (€417 million) and amenity horticulture (€104 million). The sector is diverse […]
9 July 2023
Where to next for the Nitrates Derogation?
0 Where to next for the Nitrates Derogation? Thousands descended on Teagasc Moorepark for the National Dairy Open Day on Wednesday, July 4th where pathways to secure a sustainable future for the Irish dairy industry were discussed. Along with the challenges posed by policy amendments, economic returns and climate change, the future security […]
8 July 2023
Kale or rape as a winter forage crop
0 Kale or rape as a winter forage crop Míchéal Kelly, Drystock Advisor, asks if kale or rape as a winter forage crop is worth it? As the age old saying goes – ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’. This could not ring more true for winter feeding. Many farmers are enquiring in […]
8 July 2023
Woodland for Water
0 Woodland for Water March 2023 has seen the establishment of almost 3 hectares of new native woodland and undisturbed water setbacks at Teagasc’s Animal and Grassland Research & Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Co. Cork. John Casey, Forestry Advisor, and Eimear Connery, ASSAP Advisor, tell us more. There is a wide recognition of the […]
8 July 2023
Massive numbers of dairy farmers attend Teagasc Moorepark’23 Open Day
0 Massive numbers of dairy farmers attend Teagasc Moorepark’23 Open Day Thousands of dairy farmers attended Moorepark’23, the Teagasc National Dairy Event for 2023, which took place earlier this week at the Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Securing a Sustainable Future was the theme of this […]
7 July 2023
An insight into the Signpost Advisory Programme
0 An insight into the Signpost Advisory Programme On this episode of the Signpost Series, Dr. Tom O’Dwyer, Head of Signpost Programme, is joined by Dr. George Ramsbottom, Head of Signpost Advisory Programme, to give an insight into the Signpost Advisory Programme. A questions and answers session took place at the end of […]
7 July 2023
Watch: Selling my Timber, a farmer’s experience
0 Watch: Selling my Timber, a farmer’s experience Con Keigher tells us why he considered forestry, and shares some thoughts on how forestry can be made more attractive to farmers. Con Keigher is a livestock farmer in Co. Roscommon, who diversified into forestry in 1996 when he planted 22ha of sitka spruce, norway […]
7 July 2023
What’s rare is precious
0 What’s rare is precious The supply of pigmeat in Ireland and across mainland Europe is rapidly becoming limited, if not quite yet rare! This is primarily because of the tough economic conditions over the last two years but also due to pig disease (ASF & PRRS), welfare legislation (Germany) and climate/environmental issues […]
7 July 2023
Do you suspect herbicide resistance on your farm?
0 Do you suspect herbicide resistance on your farm? Avail of the free herbicide resistance testing from Oak Park to test suspect resistant weeds, of Blackgrass, Italian ryegrass, Wild oats, Bromes, Annual meadow-grass, Poppy, Chickweed, and Corn marigold. We encourage growers/advisors to submit ANY grass and broad-leaved weeds that you suspect to be […]
6 July 2023