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Forestry and Direct Payments – availing of positive interactions
Forestry and Direct Payments – availing of positive interactions Now is the time to focus on your Direct Payments, Tom Houlihan, Teagasc Forestry Specialist, tells us. With the new CAP 2023-2027 in place, the Direct Payments for 2023 includes a number of new schemes which replace previous schemes. For example, the new […]
28 April 2023
The Irish pig sector and the environment
The Irish pig sector and the environment On this episode of The Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Head of Teagasc Environment KT, was joined by Ger McCutcheon, Specialist Pig Development Officer in Teagasc, to discuss the Irish pig sector and the environment. A questions and answers session took place at the end of […]
28 April 2023
Planning your silage strategy – factors affecting silage quality
Planning your silage strategy – factors affecting silage quality As part of a three-part series on planning your silage strategy, Teagasc Beef Specialist Martina Harrington discusses the factors that affect silage quality on your farm. The biggest factor affecting silage quality is heading date. Looking at the diagram (figure 1) below, we […]
27 April 2023
Crops advice: Management tips for spring and winter barley and winter wheat
Crops advice: Management tips for spring and winter barley and winter wheat This week, Teagasc Tillage Specialist Ciaran Collins provides an update on spring barley, winter wheat and winter barley, including planting progress and fungicide treatments. Spring barley Plenty of spring barley remains to be sown in this stop-start spring. However, there […]
27 April 2023
Critical crop agronomy for late April and early May
Critical crop agronomy for late April and early May Planting of spring crops continues at pace, but there is still a substantial amount of planting to be completed. This is especially the case in the north east of the country. Ciaran Collins and Shay Phelan, both Tillage Specialists in Teagasc, join Michael […]
27 April 2023
No time like the present for white clover incorporation
No time like the present for white clover incorporation Apart from the benefits associated with lower levels of artificial nitrogen use, the inclusion of white clover into grassland swards has also been shown to improve animal performance. The latest edition of the Teagasc Grass10 newsletter provided details on clover oversowing on Teagasc’s Moorepark, Clonakilty […]
27 April 2023
Caution urged as ‘small number of local clusters’ of BVD identified
Caution urged as ‘small number of local clusters’ of BVD identified Caution has been urged as the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) eradication programme approaches a particularly critical juncture. In the past number of weeks, epidemiological investigations have identified the emergence of a small number of local clusters of infection, with infection having […]
26 April 2023
Planning your silage strategy – more to consider than just fertiliser
Planning your silage strategy – more to consider than just fertiliser The old adage of ‘fail to plan, plan to fail’ always jumps to mind around silage time. Often, however, the only planning is around fertiliser and how much to apply. In this article, as part of a three-part series on silage […]
26 April 2023
Adding clover into the grazing sward
Adding clover into the grazing sward On this week’s Beef Edge podcast, we’re joined by Ciaran Lynch, host of the Teagasc OviCast podcast, for a joint episode to discuss all things clover with Dr. Mike Egan, Teagasc Research Officer. Mike starts by highlighting the potential role of clover in drystock systems, how […]
26 April 2023
Grass10: Watch grazing targets as growth rates increase
Grass10: Watch grazing targets as growth rates increase As growth rates increase, the Teagasc Grass10 team advise to keep an eye on the grazing targets which have been established to work for all farms to keep a balance between grass supply and grass quality. The targets outlined below work very well when […]
26 April 2023