Articles
How will calving heifers at two years benefits you both economically and environmentally?
How will calving heifers at two years benefits you both economically and environmentally? The landscape of beef farming is changing rapidly. Moving from talking solely about increasing output from a profitability point of view to also discussing how we can produce beef more sustainably. Beef Specialist Martina Harrington gives advice on producing […]
14 April 2022
Tillage Update April 14th 2022
Tillage Update April 14th 2022 Over the last number of weeks, the planting of spring crops has progressed very well with very good weather and seedbed conditions. Many crops are emerging to fully emerged as soil temperatures are quite good. Mark Plunkett Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist, has advice on planting. Spring […]
14 April 2022
Pat and Sean Kelly – Cows with different milk sub-indexes and Heat Behaviour
Pat and Sean Kelly – Cows with different milk sub-indexes and Heat Behaviour The breeding focus for today is on cows with different milk sub-index and what this means in terms of income. Dairy Specialist George Ramsbottom gives more information. Heat behaviour and time of AI is the topic covered by Stuart […]
13 April 2022
SmartCow Project linking European Research Infrastructures successfully
SmartCow Project linking European Research Infrastructures successfully The SmartCow final conference took place on Wednesday, 6 April in Brussels, with the findings from the SmartCow consortium during the past four years presented. About SmartCow SmartCow is a European infrastructure project, integrating key European cattle research infrastructures to promote their coordinated use and […]
12 April 2022
Meet Teagasc BETTER Farm Sheep Programme Participant – Kevin Carey
Meet Teagasc BETTER Farm Sheep Programme Participant – Kevin Carey The Carey family have been farming sheep on the picturesque Erris peninsula near Bellmullet for generations with Kevin, and his family, the latest generation to take over running the farm. Here Sheep Specialist Damien Costello gives an outline of the enterprise. The […]
12 April 2022
Pat and Sean Kelly – Herd details and performance
Pat and Sean Kelly – Herd details and performance Over the coming week Dairy Daily with George Ramsbottom, Dairy Specialist, will focus on the breeding performance and genetic merit of the dairy cows on the farm of Pat and Sean Kelly, Arrabawn Suppliers from Kilruane, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. Today’s video is on […]
11 April 2022
Sustainability Training Programme for Farmers and Co-operatives wins Top Accolade at National Training Awards
Sustainability Training Programme for Farmers and Co-operatives wins Top Accolade at National Training Awards A ‘game changing’ new programme addressing the training and development needs of co-operatives and their farmer members and producers, as they work to reduce their carbon footprint, has won the prestigious Pearse Walsh Award. The Pearse Walsh Award […]
11 April 2022
The Clover Reporter is Jim White
The Clover Reporter is Jim White This week’s The Clover Reporter returns to the farm of Jim White, Clonmel Co. Tipperary. Jim recently held a Clover Farm Walk on his farm. He outlines his clover plan for 2022 and his top tip for Clover in April. Name: Jim WhiteLocation: Clonmel, Co.TipperaryEnterprise: DairySoil Type: Dry Soils% Farm […]
10 April 2022
Longer days, more work, greater danger
Longer days, more work, greater danger Spring is here, and with it peak workload. Reduce your risk of injury or even death with some simple precautions. Francis Bligh and John McNamara Teagasc Health and Safety specialists have suggestions for keeping safe at calving time, when handling slurry and around machinery here Last […]
10 April 2022
Fertilising for First Cut Grass Silage Factsheet
0 Fertilising for First Cut Grass Silage Factsheet Teagasc recently published a compendium of 20 factsheets providing the latest technical advice on soils, nutrients and fertiliser. The tenth of these is about Fertilising for First Cut Grass Silage and can be read here. All 20 will be published here on Teagasc Daily Farmers […]
9 April 2022