Crops
Today’s Farm – September/October 2022
Today’s Farm – September/October 2022 0 Type Magazine Why Beef Farmers Are Embracing Clover Download Publication (PDF) Articles Etc pages (PDF) Upcoming events (PDF) Dairy Dairying – Bought-in or home-bred? (PDF) Beef Beef – ‘An ounce of breeding’ delivers for beef farmers (PDF) Beef – Learning from a crisis (PDF) Beef – Weaning management is key to suckler […]
5 September 2022
Tillage Newsletter – July 2022
Tillage Newsletter – July 2022 0 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Nitrate regulations – green cover on tillage groundThe Government has recently published Ireland’s Fifth Nitrates Action Programme, which contains specific measures to protect water from nutrient losses arising from agricultural sources. One of the important changes concerning tillage […]
7 July 2022
Today’s Farm – July/August 2022
Today’s Farm – July/August 2022 0 Type Magazine Meet our Green Cert Graduates Download Publication (PDF) Articles Etc pages (PDF) Upcoming events (PDF) Health & Safety Health and Safety – Why July is the most dangerous month (PDF) Education Education – The Green Cert: the benefits to students are more than financial (PDF) Dairy Dairying – Lessons […]
7 July 2022
Tillage Newsletter – June 2022
Tillage Newsletter – June 2022 0 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Spring barley – Disease controlLate season disease control in spring barley is designed to control diseases such as rhynchosporium, net blotch and ramularia. Mildew has not been much of an issue in recent years. The risk of infection of rhynchosporium […]
8 June 2022
Tillage Newsletter – May 2022
Tillage Newsletter – May 2022 0 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Winter wheatThe introduction of new fungicides to control disease in winter wheat are welcome but fungicide timing is still a key determinant of successful disease control in wheat. A fully emerged leaf 1 (flag leaf) and leaf 3 are […]
4 May 2022
Today’s Farm – May/June 2022
Today’s Farm – May/June 2022 0 Type Magazine Focus on Teagasc Grange research Download Publication (PDF) Articles: Etc pages (PDF) Teagasc Grange beef research and Beef 2022 open day preview: Supporting sustainable beef farming (PDF) Multi-species swards and slaughter age reduction (PDF) Production of beef from an all-grass forage diet (PDF) Grazing research: Effect of post-grazing sward height […]
4 May 2022
Tillage Newsletter – April 2022
Tillage Newsletter – April 2022 0 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Rising costsThe uncertainty of grain prices, fertiliser costs and availability, and the cost of diesel have many tillage farmers scratching their heads as to what to do with crops for the season. Many farmers have forward-bought fertiliser and […]
6 April 2022
Tillage Newsletter – March 2022
Tillage Newsletter – March 2022 0 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Winter cerealsFertiliser application will be the priority this month. The dramatic increase in fertiliser costs will result in an adjustment to application rates this season. Winter barleyApply the first split of N (50kg/ha) in early March and apply […]
2 March 2022
Today’s Farm – March/April 2022
Today’s Farm – March/April 2022 0 Type Magazine Meet Teagasc Director Professor Frank O’Mara Download Publication (PDF) Articles: Etc pages (PDF) Beef – Commercial Beef Value (CBV) – what is it? (PDF) Beef – Performance, profit, protecting the environment (PDF) Sheep – Get more grass for your money (PDF) Dairy – Genetics not injections (PDF) Silage – Fertilising […]
1 March 2022
Tillage Newsletter – February 2022
Tillage Newsletter – February 2022 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Spring beansBean crops were very much a mixed bag in 2021, with some growers achieving yields of between 5.5 and 6.0 tonnes per hectare (t/ha), while in other parts yields were as low as 2.5t/ha. There is likely […]
14 February 2022