Crops
Let’s Talk Dairy – Steps to Making Quality Silage
Let’s Talk Dairy – Steps to Making Quality Silage Type Event Proceeding On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy which took place on Thursday, 19th May, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist discusses the steps to making quality silage. Stuart covers areas such as cutting as close to the right stage as possible; […]
25 May 2022
Getting to grips with the Summer Wedge on PastureBase Ireland – Webinar
Getting to grips with the Summer Wedge on PastureBase Ireland – Webinar Type Event Proceeding On Thursday, 12 May, John Douglas & Joseph Dunphy from Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O’Leary from PastureBase Ireland were joined by 2021 Young Grassland Farmer of the Year Philip Tyndall and 2021 Drystock Grassland Farmer of the […]
17 May 2022
Approved Pesticides for Use on Vegetable Crops
Approved Pesticides for Use on Vegetable Crops Type Book Updated in May 2022 Download Publication (PDF) This publication is intended to provide growers with a quick reference to the commonly available approved pesticides, which can be used on vegetable crops. Not all generic products are mentioned. The term pesticide includes fungicides, insecticides, herbicides and molluscicides (slug […]
17 May 2022
Managing and Utilizing Grass in the Mid-Season
Managing and Utilizing Grass in the Mid-Season Type Media Article Cathal Conaty, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Claremorris Maximising animal performance from an all grass diet is the main goal in midsummer grazing. Grass growth has improved recently with an average of 51kg DM/ha/day given at the beginning of this week for the Mayo […]
11 May 2022
How to reduce Nitrogen losses at farm level?
How to reduce Nitrogen losses at farm level? 0 Type Media Article Mary Roache, Teagasc Advisor, Westport Diffuse nitrogen (N) loss is a key pressure on water quality. Losses typically occur in ‘light’ free draining soils, which water can easily permeate through. Understanding how N losses occur is critical to mitigating against […]
5 May 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
Alternative Forage Crops for Winter 2022
Alternative Forage Crops for Winter 2022 Type Media Article Kevin O’Hara, Education Officer, Teagasc Ballinrobe Many farmers will question an article about next year’s winter fodder supply while they still possibly have stock in sheds. But, given the exceptional rise in input costs, now is the time to put a plan in […]
26 April 2022
Horticulture Crop Input Price Inflation 2022
Horticulture Crop Input Price Inflation 2022 Type Report Teagasc Horticulture Development Department have revised the figures on input price inflation first reported in November 2021, to reflect the full extent of inflation in the past twelve months up to March 31st, 2022. Download Publication (PDF) The key objective of this report is […]
25 April 2022
New strawberry varieties to complement ‘Malling Centenary’ – Webinar
New strawberry varieties to complement ‘Malling Centenary’ – Webinar Type Event Proceeding Dr. Eamonn Kehoe, Teagasc Soft Fruit Advisor hosted an interactive seminar on Tuesday, 15th March which focused on the new strawberry varieties to complement ‘Malling Centenary’. Eamonn was joined by guest speaker Adam Whitehouse, Strawberry breeder, NIAB East Malling Research, […]
22 April 2022