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Precision nitrogen management – what is it and why is it required?
0 Precision nitrogen management – what is it and why is it required? Those attending today’s Moorepark Open heard of precision nitrogen management – a key tool to optimise grass production and minimise nitrogen loss using grass growth predictions and grass measurements. To date, chemical nitrogen fertiliser application guidelines have very much followed […]
4 July 2023
Becoming the 50-hour farmer – reducing workload on dairy farms
0 Becoming the 50-hour farmer – reducing workload on dairy farms Dairy farmers are now placing greater emphasis on quality of life, time off and time with family away from the farm as critical measures of family farm business success, those attending today’s Moorepark Open Day heard. While long working hours increase the […]
4 July 2023
Work Organisation for Farmer Health and Safety video launched
0 Work Organisation for Farmer Health and Safety video launched Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Farm Safety, Martin Heydon T.D. today, Tuesday, 4th July, launched a ‘Work Organisation for Farmer Health and Safety’ video at the Moorepark Dairy Open Day in Fermoy, […]
4 July 2023
AgNav – a sustainable digital platform to support farmers
0 AgNav – a sustainable digital platform to support farmers A new sustainability digital platform called AgNav, which has been jointly developed by Teagasc, ICBF and Bord Bia, with the support of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is being showcased to thousands of farmers at the Teagasc National Dairy Open […]
4 July 2023
Moorepark ’23: Current and future technologies to meet sustainability challenges
0 Moorepark ’23: Current and future technologies to meet sustainability challenges Irish dairy farming has undergone a transformation during the last 10 years. Up until 2015, there had been 31 years of the EU milk quota regime, which stifled innovation. Since then, there has been significant expansion due to the pent up capacity […]
4 July 2023
Setting the scene for Moorepark ‘23
0 Setting the scene for Moorepark ‘23 Crowds were welcomed back to Moorepark today, July 4th, to see the research being conducted and to meet the Teagasc teams and industry stakeholders present. Laurence Shalloo, Head of Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Programme, Teagasc, Moorepark, welcomed those attending Moorepark ’23, while also highlighting […]
4 July 2023
White clover is a second-half player
0 White clover is a second-half player July 1st is the half time whistle in the grazing calendar. The Grass10 blueprint to grow 14t DM/ha and achieve 10 grazings per paddock is now at the half way mark, John Douglas, Grass10 Advisor, tells us more. Farmers who use this model to grow lots […]
3 July 2023
Silage out as growth recovers on Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms
0 Silage out as growth recovers on Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms After a prolonged dry spell, recent rainfall and mild temperatures have resulted in a recovery in the grass growth rates being recorded on the Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms. Providing an update on the performance of the enrolled farms, Sandra Hayes, Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farm Programme […]
3 July 2023
Predicting intramammary infection in late-lactation cows
0 Predicting intramammary infection in late-lactation cows Over-use of antibiotics is linked with the development of antimicrobial resistance. To reduce this risk, the EU introduced a regulation that means dry cow antibiotics can only being used on cows that demonstrably have an intramammary infection, Clare Clabby tells us more. Cows that are not […]
3 July 2023
Watch: What to expect at Moorepark ‘23
0 Watch: What to expect at Moorepark ‘23 Final preparations are underway for the Teagasc Moorepark Open day, which takes place tomorrow, July 4th. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Securing a Sustainable Future’. This open day will highlight the various technologies and practices available to farmers to underpin the economic, environmental […]
3 July 2023