Articles
Housing season: Practical advice for livestock welfare
As winter housing approaches, sheds need to be ready for livestock, Enda Neylan explains the key steps farmers should take to ensure animal health, performance, and safety over the winter months.
4 October 2025
Moorepark Technology Ltd. appoints Kieran Duggan as Chief Executive Officer
Moorepark Technology Ltd. (MTL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kieran Duggan as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 20 October.
3 October 2025
Teagasc welcomes Ireland’s Horizon Europe success
Teagasc has welcomed the announcement that Ireland has now secured over €1 billion in funding from Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship programme for research and innovation.
3 October 2025
Places in remaining Transferring the Family Farm Clinics filling up fast
Are you looking for key advice on farm succession, planning the next steps or assessing the options available? If the answer is yes, then you are reminded to book your place at one of Teagasc’s upcoming Transferring the Family Farm Clinics.
3 October 2025
Preparing for Storm Amy – act before high wind events
Storm Amy will bring heavy rain and very windy or stormy conditions today. As weather warnings have been issued by Met Éireann, Health and Safety Specialist at Teagasc, Francis Bligh shares some safety tips for your farm.
3 October 2025
Pig Conference Preview with Ciarán Carroll
The Annual Teagasc Pig Farmer’s Conference will take place slightly earlier than usual this year on Tuesday 7th October in the Horse and Jockey Hotel, Tipperary and Wednesday 8th October in the Farnham Estate, Cavan.
3 October 2025
The stand-out practices on Don Somers’ tillage farm
Don Somers, a tillage farmer from Oylgate, Co. Wexford has won the overall Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Award 2025.
2 October 2025
Tillage Edge: The benefits of pre-emergent herbicides
Planting of winter cereals is now underway, with good progress being made in the north-east, while things are moving a little slower in the south.
2 October 2025
Don Somers wins the Teagasc/ FBD Environmental Sustainability Award 2025
Don Somers, a tillage farmer from Oylgate, County Wexford was announced as the overall winner of the Teagasc / FBD Environmental Sustainability Award 2025 at the awards ceremony in County Laois, yesterday, Wednesday, 1st October.
2 October 2025
Phosphorus and potassium in autumn – laying the groundwork for winter cereals
Good establishment is the foundation of a high yielding winter cereal crop. While nitrogen takes the spotlight in spring, it is phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) that do much of the heavy lifting during autumn and early growth, Crops Specialist at Teagasc, Ciaran Collins tells us more.
2 October 2025