Articles
Considering Red Clover Silage
0 Considering Red Clover Silage The rise in input costs has heightened interest in lowering chemical N inputs. One consideration is introducing red clover to silage fields in particular. Red clover has a poor persistency relative to white clover and under grazing conditions the growing point which is above ground can be damaged. […]
1 January 2023
Turkey – a major sheep producer
0 Turkey – a major sheep producer Tim Keady and Brid McClearn, Teagasc, recently had the opportunity to visit Turkey as national coordinator and project manager of the EuroSheep project. Eurosheep is an EU funded project with the aim of exchanging knowledge and experience to improve sheep nutrition, health and management, thus flock […]
1 January 2023
Seaweed TV show featuring Teagasc researchers wins award
0 Seaweed TV show featuring Teagasc researchers wins award The TV episode ’10 Things to Know About … Seaweed’, won the visual category at the Guild of Agricultural Journalists awards The episode was broadcast in 2021 and featured Maria Hayes, Sinead Waters, David Kenny, Stuart Kirwan, Emily Roskam, Caroline O’Donnell and Goldy De […]
1 January 2023
Environmental Benefit of Key ACRES Measures
Environmental Benefit 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 […]
31 December 2022
Getting Ready for 2023 Dairy Season
Getting Ready for 2023 Dairy Season The 2022 dairy season is almost finished on most spring calving herds. Here we highlight some areas that will require some attention over the next few weeks before cows start calving again in February. Grass: In general 2022 will be remembered as a good grass growing […]
31 December 2022
In order to forward sell grain, we must know our costs
In order to forward sell grain, we must know our costs Tillage farmers are heading into the 2023 season with some trepidation. Input costs have increased to unprecedented levels and positive crop margins can only be sustained by a continuation of current high grain prices and high yields. Often an elusive combination. […]
31 December 2022
Sustainable and Profitable Beef – The Key Drivers
Sustainable and Profitable Beef – The Key Drivers The Teagasc National Beef Conference 2022 took place at the shearwater hotel Ballinasloe amidst freezing conditions experienced earlier in mid-December 2022. “Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef Farming” was the theme of the conference set against the increasing challenges posed by increasing input prices and […]
30 December 2022
Conserving Local Farming History in East Cork
Conserving Local Farming History in East Cork Tillage farmer Brenda Scanlan from Co. Cork approached me earlier this year enquiring if there was any aid available to help people repair and protect old farm buildings from inevitable decay. Some roof slates on one particular building on the farm had been lost or […]
30 December 2022
The role of trees and forests on farms
The role of trees and forests on farms Can agriculture and forestry be compatible land uses? Can trees provide benefits for the farm business, the environment and the farm family? A new Forest Strategy to 2030 is being finalised and sets out clear objectives for the role of trees and forests in […]
30 December 2022
Bring your paperwork up to date
Bring your paperwork up to date The level of field work which can be undertaken at this time of the year is minimal and will remain so for the next couple of months. You may be thinking about the mountain of paperwork which is waiting for you in the office but you […]
29 December 2022