Articles
Hitting your grass targets
Hitting your grass targets Pearse Kelly, Head of Drystock, tells us how we can hit our grass targets in this months Teagasc Beef newsletter. Both weather and ground conditions have been excellent across the country in recent weeks. Air and soil temperatures have been well above normal, and rainfall levels have been […]
12 March 2023
Scanning of ewes and ensuring lambs receive adequate colostrum
Scanning of ewes and ensuring lambs receive adequate colostrum Frank Campion, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Athenry, Co. Galway, reports on scanning of yearling ewes and the hill flocks, and we learn more about why making sure lambs receive adequate colostrum is so vital. Scanning The flocks lambing yearling ewes […]
11 March 2023
Higher value from protein crops
Higher value from protein crops The demand for plant protein is increasing exponentially. Globally, the plant protein market is estimated to be worth 17 billion per annum and Irish farmers are well positioned to tap into this developing market. Ciaran Collins, Teagasc Tillage Specialist, explains more. Exploiting the benefits of plant protein […]
11 March 2023
Benefits of once-a-day milking
Benefits of once-a-day milking Work carried out at Teagasc Moorepark suggests that once-a-day milking does not impact Cheddar cheese composition and can improve cheese yield and some sensory and nutritional attributes. Until recently, limited work had been done to explore how dairy products are affected by milking frequency, but research by Teagasc […]
10 March 2023
A family affair in Kildalton College suckler herd
A family affair in Kildalton College suckler herd Visitors to the Teagasc stand at the National Ploughing Championships back in September may have met our special bovine guests. As part of the beef display at the event, which focused on calving heifers at 24 months, a suckler cow and two of her […]
10 March 2023
Evaluating different establishment systems for malting barley
Evaluating different establishment systems for malting barley The Teagasc/Boortmalt joint programme undertook a demonstration to evaluate the performance of different establishment systems in a 2022 malting barley crop. With an increased interest in non-plough systems for the establishment of malting barley – driven by the cost and time involved with ploughing and […]
10 March 2023
Ag cosaint ár n-ithreacha
Ag cosaint ár n-ithreacha An Dr Fiona Ní Bhraonáin Tá ithreacha i measc na n-acmhainní nádúrtha is tábhachtaí atá againn. Cuireann a ról ríthábhachtach i dtáirgeadh bia, i stóráil carbóin agus i sláinte plandaí iad i gcroílár na ndúshlán domhanda maidir le slándáil bia agus athrú aeráide. Ar an leibhéal idirnáisiúnta, tá […]
10 March 2023
Earnáil na Foraoiseachta in Éirinn – Roinnt Fíricí agus Figiúirí
Earnáil na Foraoiseachta in Éirinn – Roinnt Fíricí agus Figiúirí Steven Meyen agus Nuala Ní Fhlatharta Déanaimid ceiliúradh freisin ar Seachtain na Gaeilge na bliana seo le físeán gearr. Soláthraíonn Ciara, comhairleoir foraoiseachta fíorúil Teagasc, roinnt fíricí agus figiúirí bunúsacha ar earnáil na foraoiseachta in Éirinn. Pléann sí clúdach foraoise, úinéireacht, comhdhéanamh […]
10 March 2023
Adding Value to Pigmeat
Adding Value to Pigmeat Keelin O’Driscoll, Teagasc Research Officer, tells us about a new project which aims to provide a means to capture value associated with intrinsic and extrinsic quality of the whole pork carcass from a sustainable pork system, supporting successful diversification of the pork chain. During the past couple of […]
10 March 2023
Grass 10 Newsletter – 7th March 2023
0 Grass 10 Newsletter – 7th March 2023 This week’s edition of the Grass 10 newsletter features PastureBase Ireland data, predicted growth, soil temperatures and rainfall levels and the weekly Grass10 checklist. PastureBase Data Predicted rainfall Counties map showing predicted rainfall (mm) for the next 7 days from farms involved in the MoSt […]
9 March 2023