Articles
Tillage Update – 9th June 2022
0 Tillage Update – 9th June 2022 Mark Plunkett, Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist reports on tillage crops and how they are developing in the southeast. Rain fall in the first week of June was welcome as soil moisture deficits were at 50mm here in the south east. Further rainfall forecast will help […]
9 June 2022
Weed Control in Productive Grassland
0 Weed Control in Productive Grassland Weed control is a key element of productive grassland and should involve the adoption of an integrated pest management plan approach where cultural control methods are considered before the use of pesticides. Eamonn Dempsey, Teagasc Advisor, Tralee has advice on how best to approach weed control Know your […]
8 June 2022
Planning for Succession & Inheritance
0 Planning for Succession & Inheritance Planning for succession is a vital process to engage in, for all farm families. It is through this process that that the next generation of farmers or farm owners are brought into farming or the ownership of land. Thomas Curran, Regional Manager of Teagasc Cork West has […]
7 June 2022
Sowing multi-species swards
0 Sowing multi-species swards If you applied for the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine Multispecies Sward Measure, you may be interested in learning a little more about how best to sow multi species swards. The Teagasc Signpost team has summed up what you need to know in a factsheet here Download […]
7 June 2022
Time to start thinking about weaning
0 Time to start thinking about weaning As we move into June we need to plan for weaning of mid-season flocks. The recommended age to wean lambs at in most grass based systems occurs at 14 weeks or 100 days so as they can transition over to a forage based diet. Ciaran Lynch, […]
7 June 2022
Spring Barley, Spring Beans and Farm Safety
0 Spring Barley, Spring Beans and Farm Safety Michael McCarthy, Teagasc Tillage Advisor, Clonakilty West Cork has timely advice on fungicide application on spring barley and spring beans and cautions about being farm safety aware at all times during the busy summer season. Photo above shows chocolate spot on spring beans Spring Barley Disease […]
7 June 2022
Lime – the forgotten fertiliser
0 Lime – the forgotten fertiliser Improving soil fertility, especially soil pH, leads to increased Nitrogen use efficiency and an increase the availability of soil phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) for plant uptake. James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist sums up why it is so important to apply lime and why it makes financial […]
6 June 2022
Growing Wild – whitethorn and cow parsley
0 Growing Wild – whitethorn and cow parsley Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity to look out for in the countryside. Here she shares some interesting facts of nature about whitethorn, also known as hawthorn, and cow parsley Whitethorn or Hawthorn Look […]
5 June 2022
Hebe Shrub 2.0
0 Hebe Shrub 2.0 A novel Hebe shrub developed by researchers at Teagasc has the potential to be a new candidate crop for the growing cut foliage sector. Farhana Afroze, Helen Grogan & Andy Whelton of the Horticulture Development Dept and Gerry Douglas formerly Forestry Development Dept worked on the research Main image […]
5 June 2022
Taking Advantage of Growth Rates
0 Taking Advantage of Growth Rates The old saying goes that “a wet and windy May will fill the barn with corn and hay” and by all accounts, the current growth rates are living up to this saying. Advisor Míchéal Kelly has advice on how to make best use of this grass growth […]
4 June 2022