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Jessy’s Farm Safety Art Competition Winners
Jessy’s Farm Safety Art Competition Winners Jessy the Sheep Dog, our Teagasc Farm Safety mascot, loves to help keep everyone safe on the farm. As part of farm safety week, Jessy and her friends ran an art competition and asked you to show her how you stay safe with livestock on the […]
19 July 2023
Prevalence and seasonality of trace mineral concentrations in sheep-grazed pastures
Prevalence and seasonality of trace mineral concentrations in sheep-grazed pastures Minerals perform many important functions in the body and imbalances (deficiency or toxicity) can have detrimental effects on the performance, fertility, health and profitability of livestock. An adequate supply of minerals is essential for maintaining optimum growth, health and reproduction of livestock […]
18 July 2023
€60 million project to improve water quality targeted at 15,000 farmers
€60 million project to improve water quality targeted at 15,000 farmers Support of €60 million for the improvement of water quality at local, catchment and national levels has been announced. It expects to target 15,000 farmers in priority areas nationally. Through a WATER European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project, the Local Authority Waters […]
18 July 2023
Increases in air temperatures, rainfall and sunshine hours over the last 30 years
Increases in air temperatures, rainfall and sunshine hours over the last 30 years Today, Met Éireann, Ireland’s National Meteorological Service, publishes a comprehensive summary of Ireland’s latest climate averages, for the period 1991-2020. These are the 30-year averages of observed variables such as rainfall and temperature. The key findings from Met Éireann’s […]
18 July 2023
Farm Safety Week Focus: ATV Safety
Farm Safety Week Focus: ATV Safety Using an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) can very easily and suddenly cause a very serious or fatal injury. ATV crashes can kill on impact. When an ATV turns over it can crush the chest area with its weight or cause an impact injury. Francis Bligh outlines […]
18 July 2023
Using white clover to reduce nitrogen fertilisation
Using white clover to reduce nitrogen fertilisation Reduced nitrogen fertiliser use at farm level will require greater utilisation of white clover in grazing swards in order to maintain herbage production, Brian McCarthy, Deirdre Hennessy and Áine Murray tell us more. Recent European Union and Irish Government policy changes have placed a greater […]
17 July 2023
Sheep enterprise working well with suckler herd for Olivia Hynes
Sheep enterprise working well with suckler herd for Olivia Hynes “The summer months are all about getting lambs ready for sale and getting the ewe flock right for mating” As Olivia lambs all of her sheep flock in February, drafting lambs started in June and will continue into July, she explains: “Lambs […]
17 July 2023
Teagasc Supports Farm Safety Week 2023
Teagasc Supports Farm Safety Week 2023 Teagasc Director Professor Frank O’Mara stated that “Teagasc strongly supports Farm Safety Week 2023” and called on farmers to use the Week to invigorate management of health and safety on their farms. Professor O’Mara stated that Teagasc will be publishing material related to daily themes to […]
17 July 2023
5,000 learners to benefit from cattle handling simulators annually
5,000 learners to benefit from cattle handling simulators annually The provision of funding to Teagasc for the procurement of calving and injecting simulators for use in agricultural colleges and research centres has been announced. When making the announcement, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility […]
17 July 2023
Cover crop timing is just around the corner
Cover crop timing is just around the corner John Mahon, Teagasc Signpost Tillage Advisor, tells us more about the growing of a second non-commercial crop in between two commercial crops. The names originate from the objective in sowing these crops: Cover crop was in order to cover the ground with green material […]
16 July 2023