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Beef 2022 is Supporting sustainable beef farming
Beef 2022 is Supporting sustainable beef farming Come along to the Beef2022 open day at Teagasc Grange on July 5th and meet Teagasc specialists, researchers and advisors who will provide you with all the latest on all things Beef. Paul Crosson, Head of Beef Enterprise and Pearse Kelly, Head of Teagasc Drystock […]
27 June 2022
Using Protected Urea
Using Protected Urea Using protected urea in grassland results in lower nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions than CAN and lower ammonia losses than urea. This makes it the most sustainable fertiliser N source for meeting both greenhouse gas and ammonia loss emission commitments, as Sandra Hayes, Teagasc advisor reminds us here Using Protected […]
26 June 2022
Alternative fodder crops and general advice
Alternative fodder crops and general advice Cattle performance replies on having high quality forages and feed on the farm going into the coming winter. With this in mind, it is worth investigating the use of alternative crops such as Kale, Rape or Redstart to bolster the high quality feed available. John Crowley, […]
26 June 2022
Saving our soil
Saving our soil Teagasc is engaged in an extensive range of research including national and international collaborations. Teagasc highlights the impacts of its latest research in “Research impact highlights in 2020”. Soil is one such area as Teagasc researchers Michael Gaffney and Dheeraj Rathore outline here Michael Gaffney, Dheeraj Rathore, Vincent Michel […]
26 June 2022
Meat Quality Village in Beef 2022
Meat Quality Village in Beef 2022 Our beef is regarded in many markets as a premium product because of our high forage diets, traceability and ever improving sustainability. Here, Aidan Murray, Teagasc Beef Specialist introduces the Meat Quality Village, which is part of the Teagasc Beef 2022 open day at Grange on […]
25 June 2022
Clonakilty Agricultural College Drystock Unit Farm Update – Spring 2022
Clonakilty Agricultural College Drystock Unit Farm Update – Spring 2022 David Hallisey, College Lecturer at Clonakilty Agricultural College gives an update from the Drystock unit for Spring 2022. David covers the suckler, sheep and calf-to-beef enterprises in the unit and also provides a grass update. Sucklers Suckler cows began calving on the […]
25 June 2022
Multi species swards: grazing trial at Johnstown Castle
Multi species swards: grazing trial at Johnstown Castle Despite lower fertiliser nitrogen, dairy cattle on multi-species swards performed similarly to a herd on grass-clover, a Teagasc grazing trial shows. Aidan Lawless (Johnstown Castle), Mike Dineen (Moorepark), David Wall (Johnstown Castle) and John Finn (Johnstown Castle) discuss this research here Despite lower fertiliser […]
24 June 2022
Organic farming with Fergal Byrne
Organic farming with Fergal Byrne On Wednesday, 8th June 2022, Organic Sheep, Cereals and Beef Finishing farmer Fergal Byrne, Calverstown Little, Dunlavin, Co. Kildare hosted a Teagasc Organic Farm Walk. Fergal shares details about his organic farm here, which is very informative for anyone considering converting to organic farming Fergal Byrne farms […]
24 June 2022
When should breeding season end?
When should breeding season end? On many spring-calving herds, the aim is to align calving date to turnout date to try and match grass growth and demand. With the breeding season well underway in spring-calving suckler herds, farmers are now considering when to remove the stock bull. John Kilboyle, Teagasc Tuam Advisor […]
24 June 2022
Meet Don Somers, Signpost farmer
Meet Don Somers, Signpost farmer Don Somers, Signpost farmer, has a lot of field operations complete for the main crops on the farm. Winter oilseed rape crops are looking very good overall with all field work complete. There is some club root present, due to growing short term brassica type cover crops […]
23 June 2022