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Grazing infrastructure incentivised under TAMS 3
Grazing infrastructure incentivised under TAMS 3 Earlier this week, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine published its reference costs and eligible items available for grant aid under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme 3 (TAMS 3). A number of items which will improve grassland management and grazing infrastructure area eligible for […]
23 February 2023
Climate Action Plan brings financial rewards to Cavan dairy farm
Climate Action Plan brings financial rewards to Cavan dairy farm Alan Clarke, who farms at Killinkere, Virginia, Co. Cavan, has been a Signpost Farmer since 2021. Owen McPartland and Seamus Kearney outlined how a Climate Action Plan is benefiting his farm – both environmentally and financially – in the latest edition of […]
23 February 2023
Teat disinfectant – part of the solution to reducing SCC
Teat disinfectant – part of the solution to reducing SCC With milking in full swing, Martina Gormley, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, explains why now is a good time to evaluate post-milking teat disinfectant products. New intramammary infections caused by contagious pathogens can be reduced by at least 50% when post-milking teat disinfection is […]
22 February 2023
Nutrition of the dairy-beef calf during the milk feeding stage
Nutrition of the dairy-beef calf during the milk feeding stage February and March mark the traditional months for calf rearing on the majority of dairy-beef farms nationally. Feeding the calf correctly from arrival to weaning is critical to achieve the desired levels of liveweight gain and to ensure a successful calf rearing […]
22 February 2023
Missed the National Sheep Conference?
Missed the National Sheep Conference? The Teagasc National Sheep Conference – held in two locations in 2023 – featured topics such as resistance to drenches, organics, greenhouse gas emissions and multi-species swards. If you were unable to attend either event, recordings of the main speaker’s presentations are available below. Parasites of sheep […]
22 February 2023
Grass 10 Newsletter – 21st February 2023
Grass 10 Newsletter – 21st February 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 […]
22 February 2023
An overview of the ACRES Kerry / West Cork co-operation
An overview of the ACRES Kerry / West Cork co-operation The ACRES Kerry / West Cork co-operation project is one of eight co-operation projects across Ireland, which are working with farmers in areas of high nature conservation value as part of the Common Agricultural Policy’s national agri-environmental climate measure. It is funded […]
21 February 2023
Flock health and the common issues observed
Flock health and the common issues observed This week’s OviCast podcast is from a recent Let’s Talk Sheep webinar with Maresa Sheehan, who is based in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Regional Veterinary Lab in Co. Kilkenny. Maresa talks about the flock health issues that they observe in the […]
21 February 2023
Six steps you need to take for accurate fertiliser spreading
Six steps you need to take for accurate fertiliser spreading Achieving accuracy has been made more challenging thanks to the use of wider spreading machines and varying physical characteristics of fertilisers, particularly urea. Dermot Forristal, Teagasc Oak Park, explained how focusing on the following six points will help in the recent edition […]
21 February 2023
Teagasc Food Programme researchers receive funding from Horizon Europe Research Innovation Action Call
Teagasc Food Programme researchers receive funding from Horizon Europe Research Innovation Action Call Researchers at Teagasc have received funding for two new projects from the EU’s Horizon Europe Research Innovation Action call. The DOMINO and Co-Diet projects will begin in early 2023 and will focus on the health benefits of fermented foods […]
21 February 2023