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Is your farm on target for autumn grass build up?
Is your farm on target for autumn grass build up? This week, the Grass10 weekly newsletter focuses on building grass for the autumn, when to start extending the rotation, rotation length and target farm covers. Now is the time to focus on target farm cover, extending the rotation length and grass budgeting, […]
18 August 2023
If you go down to the woods today you just might find a forest school
If you go down to the woods today you just might find a forest school In a forest school setting, children can run, climb and play in ways that are not always possible in traditional classrooms. This can help them build strength, co-ordination and self-confidence. Michael Somers, Teagasc Forestry Development Officer, found […]
18 August 2023
Watch: Teagasc Pig Research Farm Update August 2023
Watch: Teagasc Pig Research Farm Update August 2023 Aisling Holmes, Research Technician in Teagasc Pig Research Farm, gives us an update on the research trials currently taking place in the unit. A trial using the liquid feed system is taking place in the farrowing rooms. In the weaner section a complex trial […]
18 August 2023
Success for Teagasc students at Agro Challenge in Slovakia
Success for Teagasc students at Agro Challenge in Slovakia Students Ellen Doherty and Conor Farrell, both attending Teagasc Kildalton Agricultural College, and Wayne Smith and Rosie O’Brien, students in Gurteen College, successfully participated in the Agro Challenge competition, which took place in Nitra, Slovakia from August 15th to 18th. The first time […]
18 August 2023
Support for Baraka Agriculture College in Kenya to upgrade dairy facilities
Support for Baraka Agriculture College in Kenya to upgrade dairy facilities The Baraka Agriculture College in Kenya, a sister college of Mountbellew Agricultural College in Co. Galway, has been provided capital funding to support the update of its dairy facilities. Made available through the FBD Trust, the funding will create the opportunity […]
18 August 2023
Challenging season for finishing lambs
Challenging season for finishing lambs Ciaran Lynch, Teagasc Sheep Specialist, reports on the many challenges this season has thrown up for lamb finishing and explains why putting a plan in place is critical when managing the remaining lambs on your farm this season. The lower performance reported on farms in the early […]
17 August 2023
Tillage update: Making adjustments to the Straw Incorporation Measure
Tillage update: Making adjustments to the Straw Incorporation Measure Michael Hennessy, Teagasc Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer, provides an update on the harvest, focusing on straw management and the Straw Incorporation Measure. The harvest continued this week, but not all areas have managed three or four dry days together. Where this did […]
17 August 2023
Rule changes for grazing cover crops and oilseed rape planting season
Rule changes for grazing cover crops and oilseed rape planting season New rules brought in this year under Conditionality GAEC 6 will exclude tillage farmers who do not have grassland from grazing cover crops, according to Shay Phelan, a Tillage Specialist in Teagasc. On this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Shay outlines the […]
17 August 2023
Teagasc students compete in Agro Challenge in Slovakia
Teagasc students compete in Agro Challenge in Slovakia Students Ellen Doherty and Conor Farrell, both attending Kildalton Agricultural College, and Wayne Smith and Rosie O’Brien, students in Gurteen College, are flying the Teagasc flag at the sixth Agro Challenge taking place in Nitra, Slovakia from August 15th to 18th. The first time […]
17 August 2023
It has being a tricky grass year for Dairybeef 500 farmer Irvine Allen, but performance is good
It has being a tricky grass year for Dairybeef 500 farmer Irvine Allen, but performance is good Irvine is farming in Mount Temple just outside Moate in County Westmeath. He farms 58 hectares of land in 2 blocks and purchases 120 predominantly Friesian bull calves each year. Fergal Maguire, Teagasc DairyBeef 500 […]
16 August 2023