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Lessons on pasture utilisation and meal feeding to be learned from 2022
Lessons on pasture utilisation and meal feeding to be learned from 2022 2022 was an extraordinary year on Irish dairy farms. Although input price volatility overshadowed much of the year, dairy incomes still managed to hit record highs on the back of all-time high milk prices. With volatility now seemingly an ever-present […]
18 December 2023
Mutual benefits – Cork tillage and dairy farmers work together
Mutual benefits – Cork tillage and dairy farmers work together Ciaran Collins, Teagasc Crops Specialist, and Advisor Michael McCarthy report on Cork tillage and dairy farmers working together in a textbook example of the ‘circular economy’ at work in farming. Niall Canty and his father Denis are tillage farmers and contractors from […]
18 December 2023
The Wexford farmers helping to take back the Blue Flag
The Wexford farmers helping to take back the Blue Flag With the help of the county council, Wexford farmers are working hard to improve water quality in their local seaside village of Duncannon and things are looking good. Eoin Kinsella, agricultural scientist with Wexford County Council and Project Manager with the Duncannon […]
18 December 2023
Recuperation for yourself and your cows during the dry cow period
Recuperation for yourself and your cows during the dry cow period Although 2023 has been a long and challenging year on dairy farms, now is the right time to take back control and help get 2024 off to a good start, writes Tom Murphy, B&T Advisor at Teagasc Galway/Clare. Compact calving spring […]
17 December 2023
Watch: Monitoring body condition score at Teagasc Grange
Watch: Monitoring body condition score at Teagasc Grange Suckler farmers should aim to body condition score (BCS) their cows at least three times per year, housing, pre-calving and breeding, writes Colin Byrne, Research Officer at Teagasc Grange. This means farmers should handle their cows as per guidelines described in the video below. […]
17 December 2023
Signpost Series – Sustainable diets: Balancing personal and planetary health
Signpost Series – Sustainable diets: Balancing personal and planetary health On this episode of the Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc, was joined by Dr. Sinead McCarthy, Teagasc, to discuss sustainable diets: Balancing personal and planetary health. A questions and answers session took place at the end of […]
17 December 2023
The trends for beef prices in 2024
The trends for beef prices in 2024 Rupert Claxton, Livestock Director from GIRA Consultancy, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast with his presentation from the Teagasc National Beef Conference. Rupert has worked as a strategy consultant in the food sector since joining Gira in 2003, with a high level of specialisation […]
16 December 2023
Anaerobic digestion: What does it offer farmers?
Anaerobic digestion: What does it offer farmers? Providing feedstock to anaerobic digestion plants could present opportunities to farm businesses, writes Maurice Deasy, Teagasc Athenry, and Ciara Beausang, Teagasc Grange. The anaerobic digestion plant at Teagasc Grange will help identify the best options. What is anaerobic digestion? Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the breakdown […]
16 December 2023
People’s choice – pick the overall winners of the Teagasc Forestry Photo Competition
People’s choice – pick the overall winners of the Teagasc Forestry Photo Competition Since its launch in September, Teagasc has received hundreds of entries to our annual forestry photo competition. ‘Celebrating the New Forestry Programme 2023-2027’ focused on the multi-functional nature of forests. This year’s competition featured three themes of: Trees and […]
16 December 2023
Watch: Teagasc Pig Research Farm Update December 2023
Watch: Teagasc Pig Research Farm Update December 2023 In the final update video of 2023 we meet Aisling Holmes research technician at the Teagasc Pig Research Facility (TPRF). Aisling provides an update on activities at the Pig Research Farm. She mentions the upcoming sale of a batch of pigs from the low emissions […]
15 December 2023