Crops
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
No Dig Gardening Event
No Dig Gardening Event Type Event Proceeding This episode is brought to you by John Mulhern who is the college principal in the Teagasc College of Amenity Horticulture in the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. Alongside him are his colleagues in the college: James Brady and Deirdre Walsh.Charles Dowding who has a […]
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
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
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