Articles
Nitrates banding and the options available to you
0 Nitrates banding and the options available to you Patrick Gowing, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to talk about the options available to dairy farmers impacted by the introduction of the new nitrates banding. Patrick explains that people need to optimise their nitrogen (N) allowance on […]
6 March 2023
Watch: Achieving compact calving with Future Beef Farmer Shane Keaveney
0 Watch: Achieving compact calving with Future Beef Farmer Shane Keaveney Shane Keaveney farms full time, with help from his wife Gráinne and three children, in Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon. He took over the farm in 2014 with five Saler in-calf heifers and has since grown the suckler herd to 37. The farm is […]
6 March 2023
Update from the Clover150 Programme
0 Update from the Clover150 Programme In 2021, a group of 30 farmers from across the country enrolled in the Clover150 programme, with a range of land types, geographic spread and farming enterprises. Over the past two years, white clover was established on farms by a combination of reseeding and oversowing. The objectives […]
6 March 2023
Tionchar úiré chosanta ar an micribhithóim ithreach
0 Tionchar úiré chosanta ar an micribhithóim ithreach Aoife Ní Dhuibh Is gás ceaptha teasa cumhachtach é ocsaíd nítriúil le poitéinseal téimh dhomhanda i bhfad níos mó ná dé-ocsaíd charbóin, rud a dhéanann dochar don chiseal ózóin freisin. Féadann eotrófú agus sil-leagan aigéad a bheith mar thoradh ar astuithe amóinia, le tionchair dhiúltacha […]
6 March 2023
Prevention is always better than cure for John Barry, Future Beef Farmer
0 Prevention is always better than cure for John Barry, Future Beef Farmer Vaccinations are a crucial part of John Barry’s herd health plan. John is currently in the middle of the calving season, so the prevention of respiratory disease in the spring-born calves is the main focus. John vaccinates all spring-born calves […]
5 March 2023
Balancing the books on silage quantity and quality
0 Balancing the books on silage quantity and quality Des Powell operates a sheep and beef farm just outside Templederry, Co. Tipperary, in conjunction with his parents George and Frieda. The farm is made up of 97ha of grassland, which is divided into two blocks but all situated within approximately 2km from the […]
5 March 2023
‘Soil sampling ensures I’m making the best use of expensive fertiliser’
0 ‘Soil sampling ensures I’m making the best use of expensive fertiliser’ Peadar O’Droscoll, Teagasc Signpost Programme and Carbery Monitor farmer, discussed the importance of soil sampling and his plan for clover establishment in the March edition of the Teagasc Signpost Programme newsletter. I milk 70 cows in Church Cross, Skibbereen, the home […]
4 March 2023
Growing Wild Willow Catkins and Birds Nests
0 Growing Wild Willow Catkins and Birds Nests Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity to look out for in the countryside. Willow Catkins Look out for willow catkins. Immature male catkins are covered in grey fur and elongate and open to allow […]
4 March 2023
Be Aware of Nature on Your Farm
0 Be Aware of Nature on Your Farm Hedge-cutting has now ceased from the 1st of March to avoid disturbances to birds and their nests. Non farmed areas are invaluable space for nature on your farm provided they are allowed to grow and flower. Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, tells us more. […]
3 March 2023
Agroforestry – grass, crops & food forests
0 Agroforestry – grass, crops & food forests Agroforestry is the integration of trees with either crops or livestock on the same land. John Casey, Teagasc forestry development officer, tells us more. Agroforestry is the integration of trees with either crops or livestock on the same land. It aims to achieve additional benefits […]
3 March 2023