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The Fundamentals of Soils Part 2: Soil Nutrients
The Fundamentals of Soils Part 2: Soil Nutrients The second part of The Tillage Edge’s special soil series sees Professor Mike McLaughlin continue his in-depth look at soil and its functionality with nutrients. Prof. McLaughlin discusses potash and how it can interact with soils and plants, and he also talks about nutrient […]
12 January 2023
Soils: a diversity of colours and functions
Soils: a diversity of colours and functions Would you be able to distinguish a soil from a rock? Could you name where a soil comes from by only looking at its colour? Can you list the ingredients for a good, healthy soil? And now that you mention it, what are soils made […]
12 January 2023
Using Red Clover in the Silage Sward
Using Red Clover in the Silage Sward Aidan and Luke Maguire farm just over 46 hectares of good free draining land near Navan in Co Meath. They are operating a Dairy-Calf to Beef enterprise with a high stocking rate of 2.8 LU/ha on the whole farm. Aidan was Teagasc Drystock Grassland Farmer […]
11 January 2023
Irish products ‘RumenGlas’ and ‘GasAbate’ generating promising results in reducing methane emissions
Irish products ‘RumenGlas’ and ‘GasAbate’ generating promising results in reducing methane emissions Mitigating methane emissions is recognised as the quickest way to slow down the impact of climate change, with Ireland committing to reduce agri GHG emissions by 25% by 2030. Agriculture is responsible for 37% of Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions […]
11 January 2023
Focus turns to sourcing on Dairybeef 500 farms
Focus turns to sourcing on Dairybeef 500 farms With Christmas having come and gone and with the New Year upon the start of the spring calf rearing cycle is just around the Dairybeef 500 participants. Buying the right calf at an appropriate price, optimising nutrition and health, along with limiting disease pressure, […]
11 January 2023
How to incorporate red clover into your beef system
How to incorporate red clover into your beef system Roscommon DairyBeef 500 farmer Martin Connolly is on this week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast to discuss how he incorporated red clover last year into his beef system, the pros, cons, tips and advice he has for anyone considering red clover this […]
11 January 2023
Teagasc Tillage Conference to focus on future challenges
Teagasc Tillage Conference to focus on future challenges This year’s Teagasc National Tillage Conference is set against the background of 2022 being one of the better seasons in recent memory, with excellent harvest conditions and historically high grain prices making 2022 a profitable season for tillage farmers in spite of elevated costs. […]
11 January 2023
Environmental benefits of key ACRES measures
Environmental benefits of key ACRES measures Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is Ireland’s new agri-environment scheme under Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan and administered by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine. Its objective is to help address biodiversity decline while delivering an income support for up to 50,000 farm families in […]
10 January 2023
Managing ewe lamb replacements – does it influence their performance as ewes?
Managing ewe lamb replacements – does it influence their performance as ewes? Dr Tim Keady joins Ciarán Lynch on this week’s OviCast podcast to discuss managing ewe lamb replacements and the influence that has on their subsequent productivity. Tim first outlines the various sources of replacements in the national flocks. With the […]
10 January 2023
Making Best Use of Soil Analysis Results
Making Best Use of Soil Analysis Results John O’Connell farms in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, alongside his wife Amanda and their three children. The O’Connell’s operate a mid-season lambing flock alongside a dairy heifer contract rearing enterprise. A key part of John’s farm plan and his plan to increase the sustainability of his […]
10 January 2023