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Threats to the Barn Owl – actions to encourage their conservation
0 Threats to the Barn Owl – actions to encourage their conservation John Carrig, the founder of the Barn Owl Project, joins Cathal and Deirdre on this episode of the Environment Edge podcast for the second part of his discussion about Barn Owls in Ireland. In this episode, John highlights the threats to […]
5 July 2023
Ask your Teagasc Advisor about Farm Health and Safety
0 Ask your Teagasc Advisor about Farm Health and Safety Tom Curran, Teagasc Head of Advisory Services, has called on farmers to emphasise health and safety when consulting with advisors. He made his call at the Teagasc Moorepark Dairy Open Day, where the importance of farm health and safety was emphasised. Tom Curran’s […]
5 July 2023
New grass and clover genetic improvement programme launched
0 New grass and clover genetic improvement programme launched Teagasc and Goldcrop have signed a long-term grass and clover genetic improvement agreement, today, 4 July, at the Teagasc Moorepark Dairy Open Day. The new breeding and commercialisation collaboration will be called Pasture Innovations. The new breeding and commercialisation collaboration will be called Pasture […]
4 July 2023
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
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