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Agricultural science students have a low farm injury risk perception
0 Agricultural science students have a low farm injury risk perception A major study has found that just over half of agricultural science students think that the level of risk they face whilst doing farm work is low. The study, part of the BeSafe Project which is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food […]
7 March 2023
Na buntáistí a bhaineann le staidéar i gColáiste Talmhaíochta
0 Na buntáistí a bhaineann le staidéar i gColáiste Talmhaíochta Le Seosamh O’Deá, Múinteoir i gColáiste Chill Daltún. Ag ár lá oscailte i gColáiste Chill Daltún le déanaí, bhí mé ag caint le tuismitheoir agus chuir sí ceist an-simplí orm – conas a bhainfeadh a mac nó a hiníon leas as dul go […]
7 March 2023
How many cows do you need to breed to dairy AI?
0 How many cows do you need to breed to dairy AI? The genetic potential of an animal initially comes from the average of both sire and dam figures; therefore mating your best females to dairy AI is as important as selecting the correct bull team, James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, explains more. […]
6 March 2023
Nitrates banding and the options available to you
0 Nitrates banding and the options available to you Patrick Gowing, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to talk about the options available to dairy farmers impacted by the introduction of the new nitrates banding. Patrick explains that people need to optimise their nitrogen (N) allowance on […]
6 March 2023
Watch: Achieving compact calving with Future Beef Farmer Shane Keaveney
0 Watch: Achieving compact calving with Future Beef Farmer Shane Keaveney Shane Keaveney farms full time, with help from his wife Gráinne and three children, in Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon. He took over the farm in 2014 with five Saler in-calf heifers and has since grown the suckler herd to 37. The farm is […]
6 March 2023
Update from the Clover150 Programme
0 Update from the Clover150 Programme In 2021, a group of 30 farmers from across the country enrolled in the Clover150 programme, with a range of land types, geographic spread and farming enterprises. Over the past two years, white clover was established on farms by a combination of reseeding and oversowing. The objectives […]
6 March 2023
Tionchar úiré chosanta ar an micribhithóim ithreach
0 Tionchar úiré chosanta ar an micribhithóim ithreach Aoife Ní Dhuibh Is gás ceaptha teasa cumhachtach é ocsaíd nítriúil le poitéinseal téimh dhomhanda i bhfad níos mó ná dé-ocsaíd charbóin, rud a dhéanann dochar don chiseal ózóin freisin. Féadann eotrófú agus sil-leagan aigéad a bheith mar thoradh ar astuithe amóinia, le tionchair dhiúltacha […]
6 March 2023
Prevention is always better than cure for John Barry, Future Beef Farmer
0 Prevention is always better than cure for John Barry, Future Beef Farmer Vaccinations are a crucial part of John Barry’s herd health plan. John is currently in the middle of the calving season, so the prevention of respiratory disease in the spring-born calves is the main focus. John vaccinates all spring-born calves […]
5 March 2023
Balancing the books on silage quantity and quality
0 Balancing the books on silage quantity and quality Des Powell operates a sheep and beef farm just outside Templederry, Co. Tipperary, in conjunction with his parents George and Frieda. The farm is made up of 97ha of grassland, which is divided into two blocks but all situated within approximately 2km from the […]
5 March 2023
‘Soil sampling ensures I’m making the best use of expensive fertiliser’
0 ‘Soil sampling ensures I’m making the best use of expensive fertiliser’ Peadar O’Droscoll, Teagasc Signpost Programme and Carbery Monitor farmer, discussed the importance of soil sampling and his plan for clover establishment in the March edition of the Teagasc Signpost Programme newsletter. I milk 70 cows in Church Cross, Skibbereen, the home […]
4 March 2023