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Grassland management and an update from the DairyBeef 500 Campaign
0 Grassland management and an update from the DairyBeef 500 Campaign Tommy Cox, Teagasc DairyBeef 500 advisor, joins Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast with an update on the programme. As well as discussing grassland management, Tommy also touches on the upcoming national open day on the farm of Austin and […]
5 July 2023
Counting down to the end of breeding with Future Beef Farmer John Barry
0 Counting down to the end of breeding with Future Beef Farmer John Barry Farming in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, the breeding season commenced on John Barry’s farm on April 29th and will continue until mid-July. Aisling Molloy, Future Beef Programme Advisor to the farm, provides an update on its progress. This year, John […]
5 July 2023
Threats to the Barn Owl – actions to encourage their conservation
0 Threats to the Barn Owl – actions to encourage their conservation John Carrig, the founder of the Barn Owl Project, joins Cathal and Deirdre on this episode of the Environment Edge podcast for the second part of his discussion about Barn Owls in Ireland. In this episode, John highlights the threats to […]
5 July 2023
Ask your Teagasc Advisor about Farm Health and Safety
0 Ask your Teagasc Advisor about Farm Health and Safety Tom Curran, Teagasc Head of Advisory Services, has called on farmers to emphasise health and safety when consulting with advisors. He made his call at the Teagasc Moorepark Dairy Open Day, where the importance of farm health and safety was emphasised. Tom Curran’s […]
5 July 2023
New grass and clover genetic improvement programme launched
0 New grass and clover genetic improvement programme launched Teagasc and Goldcrop have signed a long-term grass and clover genetic improvement agreement, today, 4 July, at the Teagasc Moorepark Dairy Open Day. The new breeding and commercialisation collaboration will be called Pasture Innovations. The new breeding and commercialisation collaboration will be called Pasture […]
4 July 2023
Precision nitrogen management – what is it and why is it required?
0 Precision nitrogen management – what is it and why is it required? Those attending today’s Moorepark Open heard of precision nitrogen management – a key tool to optimise grass production and minimise nitrogen loss using grass growth predictions and grass measurements. To date, chemical nitrogen fertiliser application guidelines have very much followed […]
4 July 2023
Becoming the 50-hour farmer – reducing workload on dairy farms
0 Becoming the 50-hour farmer – reducing workload on dairy farms Dairy farmers are now placing greater emphasis on quality of life, time off and time with family away from the farm as critical measures of family farm business success, those attending today’s Moorepark Open Day heard. While long working hours increase the […]
4 July 2023
Work Organisation for Farmer Health and Safety video launched
0 Work Organisation for Farmer Health and Safety video launched Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Farm Safety, Martin Heydon T.D. today, Tuesday, 4th July, launched a ‘Work Organisation for Farmer Health and Safety’ video at the Moorepark Dairy Open Day in Fermoy, […]
4 July 2023
AgNav – a sustainable digital platform to support farmers
0 AgNav – a sustainable digital platform to support farmers A new sustainability digital platform called AgNav, which has been jointly developed by Teagasc, ICBF and Bord Bia, with the support of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is being showcased to thousands of farmers at the Teagasc National Dairy Open […]
4 July 2023
Moorepark ’23: Current and future technologies to meet sustainability challenges
0 Moorepark ’23: Current and future technologies to meet sustainability challenges Irish dairy farming has undergone a transformation during the last 10 years. Up until 2015, there had been 31 years of the EU milk quota regime, which stifled innovation. Since then, there has been significant expansion due to the pent up capacity […]
4 July 2023