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Situation and Outlook for Irish Agriculture (July 2021)
Situation and Outlook for Irish Agriculture (July 2021) Type Report Trevor Donnellan, Kevin Hanrahan, Anne Kinsella, Jason Loughrey, John Lennon, Brian Moran, Fiona Thorne and Emma Dillon, Agricultural Economics & Farm Surveys Department, Teagasc, Athenry, Co Galway, Ireland. Download Publication (PDF) In December of 2020 Teagasc published its annual Situation and Outlook […]
29 July 2021
TResearch Summer 2021
TResearch Summer 2021 Type Magazine The Living Soil Download Publication (PDF) Articles Research pioneer: Pierce Ryan (pdf) Soil health physical examination (pdf) The living soil (pdf) Soil alchemy: the dark mystery of dirt (pdf) Soil research infrastructure (pdf) Soil memories (pdf) Nature or nurture? (pdf) Invisible lines (pdf) Cleaning on Pig Farms (pdf) Managing and preventing herbicide-resistant grassweeds (pdf) Circular Protein (pdf) Raman […]
23 July 2021
The Impact of Nitrogen Management Strategies within Grass Based Dairy Systems
The Impact of Nitrogen Management Strategies within Grass Based Dairy Systems Type Report The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) requested Teagasc to model the impact (environmental and economic) of a number of farm nitrogen mitigation measures in order to inform policy of the best current and potential actions to […]
21 July 2021
Reseeding
Reseeding Type Media Article By Michael Donoghue, B&T Dairy Adviser, Teagasc, Galway/Clare Region The main advantage of reseeding grassland – it will increase both the quantity and quality of grass grown. Estimates vary but new reseeds should grow in the region of 20- 40% more grass and importantly a lot of this […]
29 June 2021
Tillage Newsletter – June 2021
Tillage Newsletter – June 2021 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 various diseases such as rynchosporium, net blotch, mildew and ramularia. All of these diseases have the potential to rob yield even at this stage. The […]
1 June 2021
Could your Farm benefit from Alternative Fodder Crops?
Could your Farm benefit from Alternative Fodder Crops? Type Media Article By Keith Fahy, Teagasc B&T Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Galway/Clare Download Publication (PDF) In the next couple of months we will see farmers saving their winter feed. Grass growth last week according to Pasturebase Ireland was 57kgDM/ha similar to the same week […]
25 May 2021
Let’ Talk Dairy – Grass Management
Let’ Talk Dairy – Grass Management Type Event Proceeding On this episode of The Let’s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy specialist talks about Grass management. Some topics up for discussion in this episode: National growth grass curve, number of covers this year to date, current farm situations, maximizing grass […]
20 May 2021
Launch of The Signpost Programme
Launch of The Signpost Programme Type Event Proceeding A look back at the official launch of The Signpost Programme The Signpost Programme was launched on Tuesday, 18 May. Hosted by RTÉ’s Ear to the Ground presenter Helen Carroll, the online webinar demonstrated how the new Teagasc led collaborative programme will support Irish farmers […]
18 May 2021
Unlocking Silage Potential
Unlocking Silage Potential Type Media Article By Gabriel Trayers, B&T Drystock Adviser, Teagasc Galway/Clare Download Publication (PDF) Silage making is a big cost, making up a least a quarter of the annual diet on most beef farms. Quality ranges from 58% to 78% dry matter digestibility (DMD) nationally, but average quality remains […]
18 May 2021
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