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Moorepark: Opportunities exist, but cost control essential
Farmers attending the Moorepark Open Day today, July 2, were shown a blueprint for a more profitable and sustainable dairy farming future.
2 July 2025
Making dairy farms more attractive places to work
As less than 5% of dairy farmers are under 35, farmers attending the Moorepark Open Day, today, July 2 were reminded that the future of Irish dairying depends not just on productivity, but also on people.
2 July 2025
Fewer male dairy calves and more beef from the dairy herd
The practical advice and synchronisation programmes for effective use of sexed semen on commercial dairy farms were developed and refined by Professor Stephen Butler and his team at Teagasc Moorepark. Few technologies have delivered as much for the Irish dairy and beef industries.
2 July 2025
EBI values to be revised
Some 25 years since its launch, the Economic Breeding Index (EBI) has become the envy of dairy breeding programmes globally, allowing Irish dairy farmers to select and breed for more profitable and efficient dairy cows for a grass-based system.
2 July 2025
20% more grass growth achievable on dairy farms
Farmers attending Teagasc’s flagship dairy event, Moorepark 2025, today, July 2, were presented with a clear pathway to increase grassland productivity, with Teagasc researchers sharing a strategy to increase grass growth by 20%.
2 July 2025
Multispecies swards add the finishing touch on Sligo farm
Jonathan Higgins, who with his father Philip, runs a mid-season lambing sheep flock alongside a contract heifer-rearing system in Skreen, Co. Sligo, joins this week’s OviCast podcast.
1 July 2025
Time to catch on to rye?
Rye, a relatively new crop to Ireland, sparked plenty of discussion among tillage farmers at the Crops and Technology Open Day, held in Teagasc Oak Park on June 25.
1 July 2025
Listen: The Benefits of Genotyping
ICBF business analysts, Mark Waters and Gearoid Slattery, join James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the National Genotyping Programme, how it has performed to date, the benefits of genotyping, some the challenges that have been faced and the opportunity for new participants in the next phase of the programme.
30 June 2025
Silage: Get it right on dairy farms
Silage quality and quality – Ruminant Nutrition Specialist, Dr. Aisling Claffey writes on the importance of striking a balance between dry cow feed and a quality buffer, the key parameters of quality grass silage and why chasing bulk isn’t necessarily a good thing.
30 June 2025
Improving your ACRES score
John Enda Flannelly, a Drystock Advisor based in Teagasc Claremorris, shares some useful tips for farmers looking to improve their ACRES score.
29 June 2025