Articles
Long-term Land Leasing
0 Long-term Land Leasing Why are landowners considering Long-term Land Leasing? Gordon Peppard, Teagasc Collaborative Farming Specialist has the answer to this and lists the many benefits including enhanced tax relief incentives, advantages for the lessee, details on stamping the lease & valuable information you should know Profitability of existing enterprise Some farming […]
3 February 2022
New Appointment to Teagasc Authority
0 New Appointment to Teagasc Authority Donald Scully has been appointed to the Teagasc Authority for a five-year term by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD. Donald Scully is a member of the ICMSA executive committee and is a dairy farmer from Cherryhill House, Ballyhyland, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. […]
3 February 2022
Teagasc Virtual Tillage Conference 2022
0 Teagasc Virtual Tillage Conference 2022 The 2022 National Tillage Conference took place virtually, split over two days. The first session took place on Thursday, 13 January and the second took place on Thursday, 27 January. Catch up with both days here in this double webinar on Teagasc Daily Session One – Thursday, […]
3 February 2022
Somatic Cell Count (SCC) management in early lactation
0 Somatic Cell Count (SCC) management in early lactation Early identification of Somatic Cell Count (SCC) issues is important to being in control of SCC through lactation and especially as we head into the new era of selective dry cow therapy later this year. Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist explains how the California […]
1 February 2022
Planning to reduce lamb mortality in 2022
0 Planning to reduce lamb mortality in 2022 Strong lamb prices over the last year may be eroded by rising input costs on sheep farms. Maximising profitability can be achieved by maximising output and controlling costs. This includes improving lamb survival through good ewe body condition, as Michael Gottstein, Teagasc Head of Sheep […]
1 February 2022
Virtual Sheep Conference 2022 – Session 2
0 Virtual Sheep Conference 2022 – Session 2 On Thursday 27 January, Dr. Philip Creighton, Teagasc Sheep Enterprise Leader, chaired this interesting discussion on ‘Reducing lamb mortality and new veterinary medicine regulations for 2022’. You can access the webinar and conference publication here Proceedings from the Virtual Sheep Conference 2022 which took place […]
1 February 2022
Colostrum – Liquid Gold
Colostrum – Liquid Gold The provision of adequate colostrum in appropriate quantities is probably the single most effective means of keeping new born calves healthy and enables them to fight infection and disease. Séamus Nolan, Dairy Advisor Teagasc Castlerea explains the 123 rule of feeding colostrum and has good advice Ireland has […]
31 January 2022
Three Reasons to use Protected Urea in 2022
Three Reasons to use Protected Urea in 2022 Protected urea grows more grass in the long term. This is just one of three reasons why farmers should use Protected Urea in 2022. Mark Plunkett, Patrick Forrestal and Siobhán Kavanagh, Teagasc detail these and how to use it while Patrick Forrestal has tips […]
31 January 2022
Streamlining the spring workload in dairying
Streamlining the spring workload in dairying Monitor farmers are critical to demonstrate good farming practice to other dairy farmers in the region. Here Mark Treacy, features a profile of one monitor farm: The Buttimer family, who are dairy farming in Ballineen, Co. Cork. Mark outlines how labour is efficiently planned for the […]
31 January 2022
Housing, scanning and planning for spring in Co Leitrim
Housing, scanning and planning for spring in Co Leitrim John O’Connell is a Teagasc BETTER Farm Sheep Programme participant, farming on the outskirts of Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim. He runs a mid-season lambing flock and a contract rearing system that caters for both dairy heifer and bull calves. Ciaran Lynch & Tom Coll […]
29 January 2022