Animals

The Signpost Programme

The Signpost Programme Type Booklet The Signpost programme – A Teagasc proposal to prompt climate action by all Irish farmers. Download Publication (PDF) The Signpost programme will be a multi-annual campaign to prompt climate action by all Irish farmers, and achieve early progress in reducing gaseous emissions from Irish agriculture (while also […]
18 May 2021

3rd European Beef Carbon Farmers’ Network – Webinar

3rd European Beef Carbon Farmers’ Network – Webinar Type Event Proceeding The 3rd European farmers’ network webinar took place on Tuesday, 4th May 2021. Innovative grass-based Irish beef producers gave an insight into how they’re improving beef carbon footprint. Innovative beef producers are rising to this sustainability challenge by testing low carbon […]
17 May 2021

Let’s Talk Dairy – Cutting For Quality Silage

Let’s Talk Dairy – Cutting For Quality Silage Type Event Proceeding In the latest episode of the Let’s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs, Dairy Specialist discusses how to cut for the highest quality of silage. In the farming community, the trend seems to be that we forget about the time leading […]
14 May 2021

Teagasc Green Acres Virtual Farm Walk – Jarlath and Austin Ruane

Teagasc Green Acres Virtual Farm Walk – Jarlath and Austin Ruane Type Event Proceeding On Thursday, 13th May, Jarlath and Austin Ruane, farmer participants of the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme hosted a virtual event from their farm in Claremorris, Co. Mayo through the use of social media and video. […]
13 May 2021

Lambing Review

Lambing Review Type Media Article By Colm Murray, B&T Drystock Adviser, Teagasc, Galway/Clare Introduction Lambing has finished on farms and now is a good time to look back and review how lambing went, and look at what worked well, and what can be improved. It was a difficult spring with weather conditions […]
11 May 2021

Let’s Talk Sheep Webinar – Silage Making on Sheep Farms

Let’s Talk Sheep Webinar – Silage Making on Sheep Farms Type Event Proceeding Host Ciaran Lynch, Teagasc Sheep Specialist was joined by Dr. Tim Keady, Teagasc Researcher on this episode of the Let’s Talk Sheep webinar series which took place on Thursday, 6th May to discuss silage making on sheep farms. Tim […]
11 May 2021

Let’s Talk Dairy – Weed Control

Let’s Talk Dairy – Weed Control Type Event Proceeding In the latest episode of the Let’s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs, Dairy Specialist is joined by Ciaran Collins, Tillage Specialist to discuss weed control, following up on the recent webinar with Deirdre Hennessy on establishing grass-white clover swards. Ciaran gave an […]
10 May 2021

Lambing Performance in 2021 – how did you do?

Lambing Performance in 2021 – how did you do? 0 Type Media Article Eamon Patten, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Ballinrobe. For most lowland flocks the lambing season is done and dusted for another year, except maybe for a few farmers that left rams a while longer leaving the famous ‘stragglers’ that cause as much […]
7 May 2021

Danny Bermingham Virtual Farm Walk

Danny Bermingham Virtual Farm Walk 0 Type Event Proceeding On Thursday, 6th May, Danny Bermingham, participant in the Teagasc Heavy Soils programme hosted a virtual event from his farm through the medium of video and social media. On Thursday, 6th May, Danny Bermingham, 2018 Disadvantaged Land Grassland Farmer of the Year and Teagasc Heavy Soils […]
6 May 2021

Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme – Lessons Learned

Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme – Lessons Learned 0 Type Report A guide to the key findings of the Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme to date Download Publication (PDF) The initial development of the Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme was encouraged by a number of factors, namely; a number of years of extreme summer rainfall, particularly 2009 […]
6 May 2021