Articles
Understanding myostatin and its role in muscle growth and carcass traits in cattle
0 Understanding myostatin and its role in muscle growth and carcass traits in cattle The myostatin gene, a key player in regulating muscle growth in cattle, has gained significant attention in the agricultural and livestock communities. According to Dr. Cliona Ryan, a Geneticist at Teagasc who joined the recent Teagasc Future Beef webinar […]
3 April 2025
Grass supplies behind target on 28% of dairy farms
0 Grass supplies behind target on 28% of dairy farms Despite super grazing conditions and predictions that grass growth rates will improve this and into next week, the Teagasc Grass10 team is advising farmers to carefully monitor grass supplies on their farms. This message, as delivered in its weekly newsletter yesterday, April 1, […]
2 April 2025
Listen: The benefits of grass-white clover and multispecies sward systems
0 Listen: The benefits of grass-white clover and multispecies sward systems Teagasc researcher, Sarah Burke is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss her latest research on grass-white clover and multispecies sward systems. A source of inefficiency in beef cattle production systems is the failure to meet live weight targets throughout the […]
2 April 2025
Getting suckler cows bulling earlier
0 Getting suckler cows bulling earlier In advance of the suckler breeding season, Catherine Egan, Beef Specialist at Teagasc, and Prof. David Kenny, Head of the Teagasc Animal and Bioscience Research Department, look to Teagasc research to find solutions to get cows bulling earlier this spring. Nationally, the calving-to-calving interval is currently 397 […]
2 April 2025
Signpost update: The happenings from Tom Tierney’s farm in Co. Kildare
0 Signpost update: The happenings from Tom Tierney’s farm in Co. Kildare Tom Tierney, a participant in the Teagasc Signpost Programme, tells us of the latest happenings from his farm in Prosperous, Co. Kildare, including an update on winter bean performance, winter tasks and his participation in a regenerative agriculture programme. Winter beans […]
2 April 2025
New post-weaning strategies being tested out at Teagasc Pig Research Facility
0 New post-weaning strategies being tested out at Teagasc Pig Research Facility A 200-sow pig research centre based at Teagasc Moorepark, the Teagasc Pig Research Facility (TPRF) will test out post-weaning feeding and housing strategies this year. Aisling Holmes, TPRF Farm Technician, has provided an update on the latest developments at the facility […]
2 April 2025
Actions for the new National Sheep Welfare Scheme revealed
0 Actions for the new National Sheep Welfare Scheme revealed Details of the new €22 million National Sheep Welfare Scheme were released yesterday, March 31, by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Consisting of mandatory (category A) and voluntary (category B) actions, participants must complete two of the former and one […]
1 April 2025
What fertiliser does your silage ground need?
0 What fertiliser does your silage ground need? Mark Plunkett, Specialist on the Teagasc Signpost Programme, joins Ciaran Lynch on this week’s OviCast podcast to explore the nutrient requirements for this year’s silage crop. Mark provides valuable insights into the nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) demands of a silage crop, detailing […]
1 April 2025
Estimating farm building costs
0 Estimating farm building costs Tom Fallon, Farm Buildings & Infrastructure Specialist at Teagasc Kildalton, takes a closer look at farm building costs, sharing itemised costs for a dairy unit and a slatted cattle unit. Expenditure on farm buildings is by its nature a long-term capital investment that needs careful planning, both from […]
1 April 2025
What quality of silage is needed for milking cows?
0 What quality of silage is needed for milking cows? With the beginning of the second rotation just around the corner, lower grass availability on some farms means that silage may have to be re-introduced to the diet. As part of the ‘Nutrition of the spring-calving dairy cow in the early lactation period’ […]
1 April 2025