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Winners of Ag College’s Day announced
Winners of Ag College’s Day announced Salesian Agricultural College in Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick, hosted the 2023 Macra and Teagasc Ag College’s Day, yesterday, February 15th. Teams of 12 students from Teagasc and private agricultural colleges around the country competed in sport, presentations, and skills learned during the college year – such as […]
16 February 2023
Why use Protected Urea in 2023?
Why use Protected Urea in 2023? Mícheál Kelly, Teagasc Advisor, Galway/Clare, tells us protected Urea use increased by 59% in 2022, while ordinary Urea use increased by 28% in 2022. CAN based straight nitrogen use reduced by 22% in 2022. Protecting all the Urea being used by farmers would make a huge […]
15 February 2023
Grass 10 Featured Farmer: Aidan and Luke Maguire, Navan, Co. Meath
Grass 10 Featured Farmer: Aidan and Luke Maguire, Navan, Co. Meath Aidan and Luke Maguire operate a calf to beef enterprise on free-draining land in Navan, Co. Meath. They provided an update on their grazing management in this week’s edition of the Grass 10 newsletter. First rotation grazing management I set myself […]
15 February 2023
Galway farmer, Aonghusa Fahy on preparing for calving, calving the cow and caring for the newborn calf
Galway farmer, Aonghusa Fahy on preparing for calving, calving the cow and caring for the newborn calf Future Beef farmer Aonghusa Fahy from county Galway discusses preparing for calving, calving the cow and caring for the newborn calf on the latest Beef Edge podcast. To ensure he is fully prepared, Aonghusa will […]
15 February 2023
Beef farming and its challenges in Ireland
Beef farming and its challenges in Ireland Beef farming is a very important agricultural activity in Ireland contributing to over 25% of total agricultural output. There are almost 140,000 farms in Ireland, of which almost 100,000 have some form of a beef enterprise. The national breeding herd is made up of approximately […]
15 February 2023
Teagasc Grange suckler research herd management notes February 2023
Teagasc Grange suckler research herd management notes February 2023 The suckler beef research herd at Teagasc Grange comprises of 170 spring-calving cows made up of 2 cow breed types; Simmental x Limousin and Limousin x Holstein-Friesian (½ beef, ½ dairy). This herd of cows is assigned to two experiments; the Derrypatrick study […]
15 February 2023
Dealing with Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD)
Dealing with Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) Sarah Higgins, Ruminant & Equine Manager with MSD joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to talk about Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) and its impact. Sarah outlines what BRD is, how it impacts on animals and what people can do to reduce the impact […]
14 February 2023
Watch: ‘Back to basics’ on calf care
Watch: ‘Back to basics’ on calf care Calf care – ranging from the initial nutrition of the newborn calf, calf housing and management at weanling – is not only essential to minimise disease during the calf rearing period, but it’s critical to ensure the future productivity of both dairy and dairy beef […]
14 February 2023
Spring fertiliser planning
Spring fertiliser planning Teagasc Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist, Mark Plunkett, joins Ciarán Lynch on this week’s OviCast podcast to discuss fertiliser planning this spring. With fertiliser costs remaining high, Mark starts by explaining timing, location and rate of nitrogen application this spring with Mark highlighting the crops’ requirements at present. He […]
14 February 2023
Identifying a unique flavour profile for Irish grass-fed beef and lamb
Identifying a unique flavour profile for Irish grass-fed beef and lamb The high quality of Irish meats is not contested but there is a need to substantiate the quality claims especially in relation to flavour associated with grass diet / geographical region with robust scientific measurement. A unique flavour profile for Irish […]
14 February 2023