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Proinnsias Creedon Future Beef Farm Update
Proinnsias Creedon Future Beef Farm Update Proinnsias farms with his wife Máire and sons Ciarán, Aodhán and Diarmuid. The farm is located in Barrathanaknock, Clondrohid, Macroom, Co. Cork. Here Aisling Molloy, Future Beef Programme Advisor, gives us an update on his farm. Grassland The biggest weed burden on the farm is from […]
22 May 2023
Improving the biodiversity value of your forest
Improving the biodiversity value of your forest Steven Meyen, Teagasc Forestry Development Officer talks about how to improve the biodiversity value of your forest. He advises on how to keep browsing animals out, create/leave deadwood and more. A question I get asked regularly is how to make a forest more ecologically valuable. […]
22 May 2023
Agritourism 2023 – ‘agritourism for sustainable agriculture’
Agritourism 2023 – ‘agritourism for sustainable agriculture’ Teagasc Rural Development together with the Irish Self Catering Federation hosted an Agritourism conference at Teagasc, Ashtown today, Monday, 22 May to highlight opportunities for farm families in developing an on-farm tourism business. Setting up-on farm holiday accommodation, in the form of bed and breakfast […]
22 May 2023
Building winter feed reserves with Future Beef farmers Eamon and Donnchadh McCarthy
Building winter feed reserves with Future Beef farmers Eamon and Donnchadh McCarthy Eamon McCarthy and his son Donnchadh are farming in Carrigeen, Glendine, Youghal, Co. Waterford. Both work part-time on the farm. Here Aisling Molloy, Future Beef Programme Advisor, gives us an update on nutrition and performance on their farm. Nutrition The […]
21 May 2023
The factors affecting bull fertility
The factors affecting bull fertility David Kenny, Teagasc Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Grange, Co. Meath, reports on some of the factors affecting the fertility of bulls. Irish statistics suggest that the main reasons for the culling of natural service breeding bulls in beef herds were: injury (23.2%); locomotory issues […]
21 May 2023
Cobalt supplementation – effect on ewe and lamb performance
Cobalt supplementation – effect on ewe and lamb performance The productivity of Irish lowland flocks is low at approximately 1.3 lambs reared per ewe joined, and has remained relatively static for the last 40 years. In this article, Dr. Tim Keady, Teagasc Athenry, looks at the effect of cobalt supplementation on ewe […]
21 May 2023
Improving biodiversity on farm
Improving biodiversity on farm Eamonn Dempsey, Teagasc Advisor, tells you how you can improve biodiversity on your farm. Biodiversity covers all plant and animal species as well as micro-organisms that grow and live on and around your farm. Biodiversity is flora, fauna and the habitats in which they exist. Everywhere has some flora and […]
21 May 2023
Milking efficiency of rotary and herringbone parlours
Milking efficiency of rotary and herringbone parlours Milking efficiency is often defined as the number of cows milked per hour, or cows milked per operator per hour. In order to achieve optimum milking efficiency, there must be successful engagement between factors that can have most impact on the milking process such as […]
20 May 2023
How can we help bees?
How can we help bees? Today is World Bee Day! The purpose of the international day is to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem. In Ireland there are 77 solitary bee species, 21 bumble bee species and one honey bee species. One third of our bee species […]
20 May 2023
Forests and human health and well-being
Forests and human health and well-being Paul Butler, Teagasc Forestry Specialist, tells us about the importance of non-timber values of forests. I was lucky enough to work for several years as a young graduate in a huge forest reserve in the south eastern amazon of Peru. I remember one morning meeting a […]
19 May 2023