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Enhancing women’s role in rural life, agriculture and rural affairs
Enhancing women’s role in rural life, agriculture and rural affairs The FLIARA Project aims to enhance women’s role in rural life, agriculture and rural affairs. FLIARA – Female Led Innovation in Agriculture and Rural Areas – is a three-year project with a €3m budget, funded through the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Programme, […]
20 January 2023
Grass10 Featured Farmer – Dara Killeen
Grass10 Featured Farmer – Dara Killeen Dara Killeen farms with his wife Beatrix, father Charlie and daughter Isabella, milking 160 cows on 46 Ha. Dara completed his opening AFC last week and completed a spring grass budget on PastureBase Ireland to help him manage grass supply throught the spring. Location: Eyrecourt, Co. GalwayEnterprise: […]
19 January 2023
The Fundamentals of Soils Part 3: Soil Testing
The Fundamentals of Soils Part 3: Soil Testing This is the third episode of four for The Tillage Edge’s special soil series and this week, Dr Karen Daly, a soil scientist from Teagasc, joins Michael Hennessy to chat about the types of soil test used to measure critical nutrients and the tests […]
19 January 2023
Tips to reduce risk in what’s set to be a testing year for tillage farmers
Tips to reduce risk in what’s set to be a testing year for tillage farmers The recent Teagasc Outlook Webinar 2023 makes for some interesting reading from a tillage farm point of view. While the average incomes achieved on tillage farms were good in 2022, the outlook for harvest 2023 is a […]
19 January 2023
Taking a Silage Sample
Taking a Silage Sample Silage sampling for a laboratory analysis is recommended to get a more detailed report on the nutritional value of silage, Eamonn Dempsey, Teagasc Advisor, tells us more. Samples should not be taken until at least 5 to 6 weeks after ensiling and is essential to give the farmer […]
19 January 2023
EU Pig Supply – how many pigs will be going to market?
EU Pig Supply – how many pigs will be going to market? The low profitability across the European pig sector in the last 24 months has led to some pig producers deciding to exit the sector through destocking. In Ireland the national sow herd census in 2021 was estimated at 146,000, and […]
19 January 2023
What should I be looking for in a pre-calving mineral?
What should I be looking for in a pre-calving mineral? In advance of calving season, on this week’s Beef Edge podcast, Catherine Egan is joined by Teagasc Head of Dairy, Joe Patton, to find out how to manage cow nutrition in the crucial weeks pre and post-calving. Mineral supplementation prior to calving […]
18 January 2023
The Calm before the Storm on many Suckler Farms
The Calm before the Storm on many Suckler Farms As we move through this month calving will be edging ever closer on many suckler farms so a little planning can go a long way to ensure things run smoother once calving begins. Starting with the cows. How are things looking? Are they […]
18 January 2023
Grass10 Newsletter – 17th January 2023
Grass10 Newsletter – 17th January 2023 Grassland Excellence for Irish Livestock Predicted Rainfall Counties map showing predicted rainfall (mm) for the next 7 days from farms involved in the MoSt grass growth model (78 farms). Predicted Grass Growth Counties map showing predicted grass growth over the next 7 days […]
18 January 2023
Release of key evidence and conclusions on meat’s role in society
Release of key evidence and conclusions on meat’s role in society Scientific experts announced today, Monday, 16 January, the release of key evidence and conclusions following the International Summit on the Societal Role of Meat, and in advance of publication of a peer-reviewed edition of the journal Animal Frontiers to be published […]
18 January 2023