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The National Beef Conference Panel Discussion
The National Beef Conference Panel Discussion This week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast is a recording of the Teagasc National Beef Conference panel discussion titled ‘Delivering sustainability at farm level’ which took place on the 13th December in the Shearwater hotel, Ballinasloe. It was Facilitated by Matt O’Keeffe, from the Irish […]
21 December 2022
Maximising weight gain over the winter period with Aonghusa Fahy
Maximising weight gain over the winter period with Aonghusa Fahy Aonghusa farms with his wife Olivia and two children in Tullira, just outside Ardrahan, Co. Galway. He is part-time farming and working full-time off farm as a secondary school teacher, teaching construction, DGC and agricultural science. The farm is divided with 22ha […]
21 December 2022
Grass weeds and herbicide resistance in crop production
Grass weeds and herbicide resistance in crop production Vijaya Bhaskar AV and Dermot Forristal, Teagasc, summarise their recent research which focused on grass weeds and herbicide resistance in crop production. The survey found that grass weeds have increased on Irish tillage farms due to increases in winter cereals and non-inversion tillage adoption, […]
20 December 2022
Minister Heydon announces investment in equine skills simulators
Minister Heydon announces investment in equine skills simulators Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Farm Safety, Martin Heydon T.D. has announced investment in three equestrian training simulators at Teagasc Kildalton College at Piltown, County Kilkenny. The simulators will assist students in the […]
18 December 2022
Review of 2022 with PastureBase Ireland
Review of 2022 with PastureBase Ireland On Wednesday, 7th December, John Douglas & Joseph Dunphy from Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O’Leary from PastureBase hosted a webinar which focused on a review of 2022 with PastureBase Ireland. John Douglas & Joseph Dunphy from Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O’Leary from PastureBase showed you how […]
17 December 2022
Minister Pippa Hackett announces overall winner of Teagasc Forest Photo Competition 2022
Minister Pippa Hackett announces overall winner of Teagasc Forest Photo Competition 2022 The overall winner of the 2022 Teagasc forest photo competition was announced by the Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, today, Friday 16th December. The worthy winner of the “Celebrating our shared national vision for […]
17 December 2022
National Beef Conference 2022
National Beef Conference 2022 “Profitable Pathways to Sustainable Beef Farming” – Conference Proceedings Download Publication (PDF) Irish beef farmers have consistently shown that they can adapt to the many new challenges and opportunities that they have had to face over the years. The last 12 months have been particularly challenging with significant increases in […]
16 December 2022
Ministers McConalogue and Heydon announce over €3.6 million for climate-related research in a joint collaboration with New Zealand
Ministers McConalogue and Heydon announce over €3.6 million for climate-related research in a joint collaboration with New Zealand Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., and Minister of State with special responsibility for research and innovation Martin Heydon T.D., announced awards of over €3.6M for Irish researchers in four […]
16 December 2022
Winner of the “Forests for Wood” Category of the 2022 Teagasc Forest Photo Competition Announced
Winner of the “Forests for Wood” Category of the 2022 Teagasc Forest Photo Competition Announced The Teagasc Forestry Development Department announced the prize winners in category 3, the final category, of its forest photo competition ‘Celebrating a shared national vision of trees, woods and forests’. The theme of category 3 is “Forests […]
16 December 2022
Outlook 2023 from a tillage farm point of view
Outlook 2023 from a tillage farm point of view The recent Teagasc Outlook Webinar 2023 makes for some interesting reading from a tillage farm point of view. Shay Phelan, Teagasc Crops specialist, tells us; Dr. Fiona Thorne presented the figures relating to tillage crops and there are a few standout comments that […]
15 December 2022