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Teagasc National Sheep Conferences 2023
Teagasc National Sheep Conferences 2023 The Teagasc National Sheep Conferences will take place this year on Tuesday, 24th of January in the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan town and Thursday, the 26th of January in the Brandon House Hotel, New Ross, County Wexford. Both conferences start at 7pm with a line-up of four speakers […]
13 January 2023
Turning the tide on antibiotic resistance: how seaweed can help us fight superbugs of the future
Turning the tide on antibiotic resistance: how seaweed can help us fight superbugs of the future Foods like seaweeds have been used as natural medicines for thousands of years, and Teagasc is exploring the potential of seaweed to kill bacteria that can live in our food or infect our hospitals. Antibacterial chemicals […]
13 January 2023
Managing ash dieback
Managing ash dieback Teagasc’s Forestry Development Department have produced a series of videos “Managing ash dieback” to provide objective advice to forest owners whose ash plantations have been affected by ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus). Here we highlight the important factors that need to be considered when removing the infected ash trees and […]
13 January 2023
Grass10 Newsletter – 10th January 2023
Grass10 Newsletter – 10th January 2023 Happy New Year to all readers of the Grass10 weekly newsletter! Predicted Rainfall Counties map showing predicted rainfall (mm) for the next 7 days. This is from farms involved in Elodie Ruelle’s MoSt grass growth model on 78 farms. Predicted Grass Growth Counties map […]
12 January 2023
Spring sown winter wheat
Spring sown winter wheat The Teagasc harvest report published in November 2022 predicted that approximately 55,000 ha which indicates that there is possibly some winter wheat seed still in bags on farms. While there were some limited opportunities to drill in late November most of this seed is likely to be still […]
12 January 2023
The Fundamentals of Soils Part 2: Soil Nutrients
The Fundamentals of Soils Part 2: Soil Nutrients The second part of The Tillage Edge’s special soil series sees Professor Mike McLaughlin continue his in-depth look at soil and its functionality with nutrients. Prof. McLaughlin discusses potash and how it can interact with soils and plants, and he also talks about nutrient […]
12 January 2023
Soils: a diversity of colours and functions
Soils: a diversity of colours and functions Would you be able to distinguish a soil from a rock? Could you name where a soil comes from by only looking at its colour? Can you list the ingredients for a good, healthy soil? And now that you mention it, what are soils made […]
12 January 2023
Irish products ‘RumenGlas’ and ‘GasAbate’ generating promising results in reducing methane emissions
Irish products ‘RumenGlas’ and ‘GasAbate’ generating promising results in reducing methane emissions Mitigating methane emissions is recognised as the quickest way to slow down the impact of climate change, with Ireland committing to reduce agri GHG emissions by 25% by 2030. Agriculture is responsible for 37% of Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions […]
11 January 2023
Focus turns to sourcing on Dairybeef 500 farms
Focus turns to sourcing on Dairybeef 500 farms With Christmas having come and gone and with the New Year upon the start of the spring calf rearing cycle is just around the Dairybeef 500 participants. Buying the right calf at an appropriate price, optimising nutrition and health, along with limiting disease pressure, […]
11 January 2023
How to incorporate red clover into your beef system
How to incorporate red clover into your beef system Roscommon DairyBeef 500 farmer Martin Connolly is on this week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast to discuss how he incorporated red clover last year into his beef system, the pros, cons, tips and advice he has for anyone considering red clover this […]
11 January 2023