Articles
Ensuring performance on DairyBeef 500 farms
0 Ensuring performance on DairyBeef 500 farms With the clock having gone back and the heavy rainfall over the past few weeks the winter is well and truly in on the majority of farms throughout the country. Tommy Cox, Teagasc DairyBeef 500 Advisor, tells us attention turns to the housing period and ensuring […]
2 November 2022
Energy Options – short, medium and long term
0 Energy Options – short, medium and long term Louise Clarke, Teagasc Pig Specialist, says energy is a resource that must be used efficiently and effectively and gives us some tips to reduce energy costs. Energy is a resource that must be used efficiently and effectively. It makes no sense to waste it. […]
2 November 2022
Grass 10 Featured Farmer – Aidan Maguire, Co. Meath
0 Grass 10 Featured Farmer – Aidan Maguire, Co. Meath Aidan farms near Navan in Co Meath. He has a Dairy-Calf to Beef enterprise with a stocking rate of 2.1 LU/ha on whole farm. The 2021 annual tonnage is 13.5 T DM/ha. Currently he has 48 heavy cattle and 143 weanlings out grazing. […]
1 November 2022
What food from beer waste would you like to go with your pint?
0 What food from beer waste would you like to go with your pint? Kamaljit Moirangthem, Rossana Coda and Dilip Rai, Teagasc, tell us how the by-products of beer production like brewer’s spent grain could be used as a food ingredient or as new food products. Our health is affected by the food […]
1 November 2022
Newford Farm is working to enhance the level of biodiversity on the farm
Newford Farm is working to enhance the level of biodiversity on the farm The farm has been selected as a demonstration farm as part of the Teagasc Signpost Programme. This will see a suite of measures introduced over the lifetime of the programme that will serve to reduce the volume of gaseous […]
31 October 2022
Adopting Best Practice
Adopting Best Practice Since the last in person Pig Conference in 2019, performance and output on Irish farms has continued to advance. Emer McCrum & Ciarán Carroll highlight a number of relatively low cost but high impact best practices that can be implemented on farm to maintain and support improved performance. In […]
31 October 2022
Energy & Biosecurity Considerations for the Poultry Industry
Energy & Biosecurity Considerations for the Poultry Industry Energy & Biosecurity Considerations for the Poultry Industry event which took place on Monday, 17 October in the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan. This event was run in conjunction with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA); Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and […]
30 October 2022
Producing Pigmeat Sustainably
Producing Pigmeat Sustainably Gerard McCutcheon, Teagasc Pig Specialist, takes us through some of the Indicators of Sustainability of the pig industry, the improvements that have been made over the years, and where we should focus our efforts going forward. World Population Global demand for food continues to grow. It is hard to […]
29 October 2022
Teagasc Research Impact Highlights in 2021
Teagasc Research Impact Highlights in 2021 In any given year, the impact of Teagasc research is a combination of the continuing impact of past research and the new impact of recent research. This publication highlights some of these new impacts achieved in 2021. Download Publication (PDF) Teagasc Research Impact Highlights in 2021, a […]
28 October 2022
Facilities and Work life balance on Steven Fitzgerald’s Farm
Facilities and Work life balance on Steven Fitzgerald’s Farm A Teagasc Tirlán Signpost Farm Walk, as part of Signpost Sustainability Week, took place on the farm of Steven Fitzgerald, in Co. Waterford on Thursday 20th October 2022. This is a family farm where parents and his wife Catriona are involved. Steven and […]
28 October 2022