Articles
Limiting Resistance to wormers on sheep farms
Limiting Resistance to wormers on sheep farms James Doran, Drystock Adviser, Teagasc Enniscorthy, shares four key actions recommended by a Teagasc working group to help slow the rate of anthelminthic resistance on farm. Resistance to wormers on sheep farms is fast becoming a major issue and represents a massive challenge to sheep […]
17 September 2022
Treating slurry to reduce emissions
Treating slurry to reduce emissions Dominika Krol, Maxwell Owusu-Twum and George Gleasure Teagasc Johnstown Castle and Shaun Connolly, NUI Galway bring us details on their research into Acidification and Amendments for Slurry Treatment and the Impacts on Emissions. This was presented at the recent Farming for a Better Future Open Day In […]
17 September 2022
Contract-Rearing Replacement Dairy Heifers – Is this an Option on my Farm?
Contract-Rearing Replacement Dairy Heifers – Is this an Option on my Farm? Aoife Forde, B&T Drystock Adviser, Teagasc Galway/Clare, tells us how contract-rearing of heifers from the dairy herd by drystock farmers has become popular in the past number of years. Contract-rearing involves the movement of replacement heifers from the dairy farm […]
16 September 2022
MOOCFORCHANGE- Massive open online course for forest change
MOOCFORCHANGE- Massive open online course for forest change Dr Ian Short and Jonathan Spazzi, Teagasc Forestry Development Department, recently took part in a MOOCFORCHANGE project meeting in Belgium, they tell us about Continuous cover forestry (CCF), which is a forest management approach suitable to both conifers and broadleaves. Continuous cover forestry (CCF) […]
16 September 2022
New research to understand piglets without even touching them
New research to understand piglets without even touching them On the latest podcast episode of Farmland, Agriland’s Stella Meehan, is joined by Teagasc’s Head of Pig Development, Edgar Manzanilla, to find out about a new research project that by studying milk, faeces and saliva, can gain a better understanding of piglets without […]
16 September 2022
OrganicBeef22 Open Day with John Purcell
OrganicBeef22 Open Day with John Purcell In this clip, meet our Teagasc organic specialists Elaine Leavy, Joe Kelleher and Martin Bourke who outline to us what you can expect to see at the upcoming OrganicBeef22 Open Day on the farm of John Purcell in Cashel, Co. Tipperary on Wednesday, 28 September 2022. […]
15 September 2022
Launch of Co-designed Tools to support Farm Animal Surveillance, Welfare and Biosecurity
Launch of Co-designed Tools to support Farm Animal Surveillance, Welfare and Biosecurity A range of farm animal surveillance, welfare and biosecurity tools were launched at a webinar on Wednesday, 14 September, as part of a research project funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The collaborative ‘SWAB’ research project […]
15 September 2022
Tillage update – Crop Margins 2023
Tillage update – Crop Margins 2023 After two excellent harvests in 2021 and 2022 where yields were above average and grain price increased to unprecedented levels, Ciaran Collins, Teagasc Tillage Specialist, looks forward to 2023. Costs did increase in 2022 particularly fertiliser but many tillage farmers avoided the worst of these as […]
15 September 2022
National Crops Forum
National Crops Forum The National Crops Forum was held on Thursday, 8 September, as a hybrid event, in the Killashee Hotel, Naas, county Kildare, and also as a live online webinar. The aim of the crops forum was to discuss the latest agronomy issues facing farmers, but also the increased risks for […]
15 September 2022
Teagasc Dairy Calf to Beef Course: Learn the skills to a profitable future
Teagasc Dairy Calf to Beef Course: Learn the skills to a profitable future Teagasc will commence a new advanced Dairy calf to beef course for new and existing dairy calf to beef farmers who wish to up skill and learn what it takes to run an economically and environmentally sustainable dairy calf […]
14 September 2022