Grassland

Building Grass for an Extended Grazing Season – Webinar

Building Grass for an Extended Grazing Season – Webinar 0 Type Event Proceeding On Thursday, 5th August, John Douglas and Joseph Dunphy, Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O’Leary from PastureBase Ireland were joined by with David Brady, Heavy Soils farmer and John Galvin, Dry soils farmer to discuss building grass for an extended grazing […]
9 August 2021

Let’s Talk Dairy Webinar – Grazing Utilisation Star Index

Let’s Talk Dairy Webinar – Grazing Utilisation Star Index 0 Type Event Proceeding On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy, which took place on Thursday 22nd July, host Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist was joined by Tomás Tubritt, Teagasc Moorepark to discuss the Grazing Utilisation Star Index. Tomás starts by giving an overview […]
6 August 2021

Complete a Fodder Budget now to Correct Winter Silage Deficits

Complete a Fodder Budget now to Correct Winter Silage Deficits 0 Type Media Article James Concannon, Walsh Scholar, Teagasc Ballinrobe It was a late spring this year with slow grass growth, followed by a burst of growth from late May onwards with grass now in abundance here in the West.  With the recent […]
4 August 2021

Let’s Talk Dairy Webinar – Autumn Grass Strategy

Let’s Talk Dairy Webinar – Autumn Grass Strategy 0 Type Event Proceeding On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy, which took place on Thursday 29th July, host Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist was joined by John Douglas, Teagasc Grass10 Advisor to discuss an Autumn Grass Strategy. It is important that we build covers […]
3 August 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

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

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