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Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of chemical N fertiliser
Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of chemical N fertiliser The National Dairy Conference 2022 took place on Tuesday December 6th, Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork and Thursday December 8th, Mullingar Park Hotel, Co. Westmeath. This paper was presented by Jonathan Herron, Siobhan Kavanagh and Laurence Shalloo, Teagasc. Summary Nitrous oxide makes up 25% of […]
12 December 2022
Beef farmers are willing agents of change to drive sustainability of the sector confirms BovINE
Beef farmers are willing agents of change to drive sustainability of the sector confirms BovINE For its final dissemination conference in Brussels (1st December 2022), BovINE partners welcomed online over 250 delegates from across Europe in the morning, and key EU policy-players including from DG Agri, DG Sante, Copa-Cogeca and EUFRAS to […]
12 December 2022
Organics – good for soil and the bottom line
Organics – good for soil and the bottom line Donal and Frederique Keane run an organic suckler-to-beef and cereal farm with their daughters Pauline, Marie and son John at Camelton Stud, Summerhill, Co Meath. “There have always been cat- tle and tillage enterprises on our farm,” says Donal. “In the early 2000s, […]
12 December 2022
Management and housing guidelines to achieve excellent calf welfare
Management and housing guidelines to achieve excellent calf welfare At the Teagasc Dairy Conference 2022, Dr. Emer Kennedy spoke about management and housing guidelines to achieving excellent calf welfare. Summary Irish farmers have a good reputation in terms of animal welfare it is now more important than ever that this is retained […]
11 December 2022
Nitrogen strategy on clover swards – what does the research say?
Nitrogen strategy on clover swards – what does the research say? At the Teagasc Dairy Conference 2022, Dr. Deirdre Hennessy presented on Nitrogen strategy on clover swards – what does the research say? Summary White clover is a It can fix atmospheric N and make it available for grass growth Fixed N […]
11 December 2022
Signpost Programme Featured Farmers – Ken Gill
Signpost Programme Featured Farmers – Ken Gill Ken Gill farms full time on his own in Clonbullogue, Co Offaly. He is trading as Ballydermot Organic Farm Ltd. Ken’s breeding season started on 2nd November and is going well. Breeding Ken’s breeding season started on 2nd November and is going well. There have been […]
11 December 2022
Increasing milk production efficiency from pasture-based diets
Increasing milk production efficiency from pasture-based diets Michael Dineen, Teagasc, presented this research at the National Dairy Conference 2022 which took place on Tuesday December 6th, Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork and Thursday December 8th, Mullingar Park Hotel, Co. Westmeath. Summary Ruminant production systems must maximise their use of human inedible feeds Lower […]
10 December 2022
Opportunity at Teagasc – Animal Nutritionist
Opportunity at Teagasc – Animal Nutritionist An exciting opportunity is available at Teagasc for an Animal Nutritionist to actively lead and support the development of a Teagasc ruminant nutrition advisory programme that will improve competitiveness, profitability and environmental efficiency on dairy and dry stock farms. Job Objectives Working in close collaboration with […]
10 December 2022
Signpost Programme Featured Farmers – Joseph Egan
Signpost Programme Featured Farmers – Joseph Egan Joseph Egan is an organic dairy farmer near Ballygar, Co. Galway, milking 65 cows at present of which 20 are heifers, with all milk supplied to Aurivo. The herd supplied 357kgs of milk solids in 2021 at 4.36% butterfat and 3.46% protein. 80 acres of […]
10 December 2022
Time for Soil Sampling
0 Time for Soil Sampling Under the new nitrates directive all tillage farmers are required to take soil tests. For 2023 if an up to date soil test for P is not available then P is assumed to be index 4 (no P allowance). Now is the ideal time to identify fields on […]
9 December 2022