Animals

Let’s Talk Equine Webinar – Breeding Eventers, Mares are ‘Gold’

Let’s Talk Equine Webinar – Breeding Eventers, Mares are ‘Gold’ 0 Type Event Proceeding Wendy Conlon, Teagasc Equine Specialist was joined by Kate Jarvey, Monymusk Stud/ Attington Sport Horses and Austin O’Connor, Attington Sport Horses for the latest webinar in the Let’s Talk Equine Webinar Series, which took place on Tuesday, 4th May […]
5 May 2021

Suckler Farm Management

Suckler Farm Management 0 Type Media Article By Michael O’Connor Walsh Scholar, Teagasc Galway/Clare Spring management varies significantly on suckler beef farms across Ireland with some farmers on lighter soils having cows and calves out solely on grass since February, while there are farmers on heavier soils only getting cattle out in the […]
4 May 2021

Let’s Talk Dairy – Milk Recording Reports

Let’s Talk Dairy – Milk Recording Reports Type Event Proceeding In this week’s episode in the Let’s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs discusses milk recording reports and the importance it has to farmers. Milk recording is important to identify superior cows who are producing high levels of solids and also to […]
30 April 2021

Beef Newsletter – May 2021

Beef Newsletter – May 2021 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Silage quality to the forefront Silage typically makes up over 30% of the diet across a beef animal’s life and often a much higher percentage in heavier type soils or in years when poor weather hits. Therefore, it is […]
29 April 2021

Sheep Newsletter – May 2021

Sheep Newsletter – May 2021 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Grassland managementOptimising performance at grass is achieved by moving ewes and lambs to fresh high-quality grass every three to four days. If grazing group size is not sufficient to graze out a sward in about three days, one option […]
29 April 2021

Dairy Newsletter – May 2021

Dairy Newsletter – May 2021 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Factors affecting milk fat content in MayQuestions on milk fat frequently arise for spring-calving herds fed high-quality grass during April and May. The common assumption is that low milk fat indicates rumen acidosis, with negative consequences for herd […]
29 April 2021

Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP)

Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP) Type Factsheet The Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP) is a Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (DAFM) pilot project that pays farmers to maintain and improve the environmental conditions of their land. This factsheet provides information on the pilot project. Download Publication (PDF) ✔ The pilot […]
29 April 2021

Today’s Farm – May/June 2021

Today’s Farm – May/June 2021 Type Magazine Slurry storage: Have you enough? Download Publication (PDF) Articles: Upcoming Events (PDF) Grass – Four years in: A review of the Grass10 Campaign (PDF) Dairying – Contract rearing male calves (PDF) Beef – What’s the future for Irish beef farming? (PDF) Beef – BovINE – A project seeking solutions […]
28 April 2021

Let’s Talk Dairy – Establishing grass-white clover swards

Let’s Talk Dairy – Establishing grass-white clover swards Type Event Proceeding In this episode of the Let’s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs is joined by Dr. Deirdre Hennessy to give an overview of the establishment of grass-white clover into our swards. Clover is an essential component to have on a farm. […]
23 April 2021

Let’s Talk Cattle – Breeding Efficiency into the Irish Suckler Herd

Let’s Talk Cattle – Breeding Efficiency into the Irish Suckler Herd Type Event Proceeding In the latest episode of the Let’s Talk Cattle webinar series, Alan Dillon, Teagasc Beef Specialist is joined by Andrew Cromie from ICBF to give an overview of the Beef, Data & Genomics Programme (BDGP). The BDGP programme […]
23 April 2021