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Future-proofing through breeding
Future-proofing through breeding The Economic Breeding Index (EBI) has revolutionised dairy breeding in Ireland. It has become the go-to tool when selecting dairy sires. Robert Prendeville, Alan Twomey and Adrian Curtin explain more in this article from the March/April edition of Today’s Farm. The EBI of dairy females continues to increase by […]
26 March 2023
Battling the weather with Future Beef Farmer Proinnsias Creedon
Battling the weather with Future Beef Farmer Proinnsias Creedon Proinnsias farms with his wife Máire and sons Ciarán, Aodhán and Diarmuid. The farm is located in Barrathanaknock, Clondrohid, Macroom, Co. Cork. He is farming 33.31Ha of variable land with a good bit of rough grazing ground. There is a lot of heavy […]
26 March 2023
A winning formula
A winning formula The infant formula market is of huge importance to the Irish dairy industry. Maintaining our excellent reputation is key to the economy, and this includes responding to increased chlorate residue levels in milk, which has health concerns for infants. International markets have set high standards for milk and dairy […]
26 March 2023
Watch: ‘Feed costs are very high so you need to be feeding accurately’
Watch: ‘Feed costs are very high so you need to be feeding accurately’ Farming organically since 2015, Amy Jackson farms in partnership with her husband Ross on their 50.5ha sheep and tillage farm in north Tipperary. They keep approximately 150 ewes that lamb in March / early April each year, with many […]
25 March 2023
CAP 2023-2027: How is your farm affected?
CAP 2023-2027: How is your farm affected? On the 1st of January this year, a new five-year CAP period started. Andy Ryder, Drystock Advisor, tells us there are a number of important changes occurring in relation to the distribution of CAP payments that farmers need to know about. The majority of farmers […]
24 March 2023
Watch: Pre-lambing nutrition in the first year of organic conversion
Watch: Pre-lambing nutrition in the first year of organic conversion Barry O’Hagan, a sheep farmer from Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, entered the organic conversion process earlier this year. Featuring in a recent Let’s Talk Organics webinar, he detailed how he is managing the nutritional needs of his ewes prior to lambing, which is […]
24 March 2023
Teagasc Signpost webinar series reached 150th milestone
Teagasc Signpost webinar series reached 150th milestone On the 150th edition of the Teagasc Signpost webinar series, Professor Frank O Mara, Director of Teagasc outlined the technology pathway that Irish agriculture and Irish farmers should follow to achieve the required reductions in Greenhouse gas emissions. Professor O’Mara, who also outlined the steps […]
24 March 2023
Transformation of Sitka spruce stands to continuous cover forestry- ContinuFOR
Transformation of Sitka spruce stands to continuous cover forestry- ContinuFOR Grace Jones & Ian Short, Forestry Development Department, tell us that in the 1920’s only 1% of Ireland’s land area had forests, yet now over 11% of Ireland is forested. About half of this forest is Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) plantations. Sitka […]
24 March 2023
Improving farm efficiency and the environment on Ballymaloe Farm
Improving farm efficiency and the environment on Ballymaloe Farm All tillage farmers can make small changes to reduce the farms environmental impact. On this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Darren Allen, a farmer from Ballymaloe Farm, Co. Cork, talks about the steps he has taken over the past few years to improve his […]
23 March 2023
Women researchers won all accolades at the 2023 GatewayUCC’s SPRINT Awards
Women researchers won all accolades at the 2023 GatewayUCC’s SPRINT Awards A new technology to enhance performance in electric vehicles, a new approach to green food packaging and a supplement to improve maternal health are among the award-winning projects at the SPRINT Awards 2023. Women researchers were awarded the top accolades in […]
23 March 2023