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Milk quality award winners to host farm walk
The 2024 National Winners of the NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards, the Kennedy family from Drangan House, Cahir, Co. Tipperary will host a Milk Quality Farm Walk, tomorrow, Thursday August 28 at 11.30am.
27 August 2025
ACRES scorecard deadline fast approaching
ACRES participants and their ACRES advisors have been reminded to ensure that all required scorecards are submitted by the upcoming deadline of August 31, 2025.
27 August 2025
A labour efficient and profitable dairy beef system in action
Ahead of a major DairyBeef 500 farm walk next week on the farm of Thomas and Peter O’Hanrahan, DairyBeef 500 Campaign Advisor, Gordon Peppard talks us through how continuous farm development over the last number of years has helped reduce labour, improving both animal performance and farm efficiencies and profitability on the O’Hanrahan farm.
27 August 2025
Pregnancy scan your cows to avail of high cull cow prices
With cull cow prices strong, Beef Specialist at Teagasc, David Argue looks at the benefits of scanning suckler cows, a practice not only valuable in identifying empty cows early but also useful in projecting calving dates next spring.
27 August 2025
Record spring weather brings strong Irish apple harvest
Spring 2025 was Ireland’s warmest and sunniest on record, creating ideal conditions for apple orchards. Research Officer at Teagasc Oak Park, Dr. Alberto Ramos Luz explains why better pollination, strong fruit set, and excellent colour and flavour development mean growers – and consumers – can look forward to one of the best apple harvests in years
26 August 2025
Research update: Early results from hill lamb finishing study
Comparing the performance of finishing hill lambs indoors on three organic forage-based diets, Teagasc Research Officer, Dr. Frank Campion shares some early results from the GROFarmS hill lamb finishing study.
26 August 2025
Autumn focus on dairy farms
Dr. Aisling Claffey, Ruminant Nutrition Specialist at Teagasc, shares some key tasks to be considered on dairy farms over the coming weeks and months to set the farm up for a successful spring next year.
26 August 2025
Using the Signpost Advisory Programme to reduce the carbon footprint of your farm
George Ramsbottom, Head of the Teagasc Signpost Advisory Programme, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss how Irish dairy farmers can improve their farm’s carbon footprint.
25 August 2025
The programme of events for Generational Renewal Week 2025
Generational renewal is a growing priority in Irish Agriculture and to highlight the opportunities in farming, Teagasc has organised five events to take place during generational renewal week, which will run from Monday, 8 September to Friday, 12 September.
25 August 2025
Explore Upland Sheep at the CAFRE Hill Farm Open Day
Dr Eileen McCloskey, Senior Livestock Technologist at CAFRE explains how the ewes are managed according to type and suitability for the area of the hill, ahead of the Open Day at the Hill Farm Centre on Wednesday 3 September.
25 August 2025