Rural Economy
Today’s Farm – January/February 2024
Today’s Farm – January/February 2024 Type Magazine New Apprenticeships Deliver Advantages All Round Download Publication (PDF) Articles Upcoming events (PDF) Apprenticeships – Earning while learning (PDF) Beef How to source the right calf (PDF) ‘Farming is my GAA’ (PDF) Beefing up the breeding indexes (PDF) Sheep Driving productivity and profitability on sheep farms (PDF) Fertiliser How to cut […]
24 January 2024
Health and Safety Newsletter – December 2023
Health and Safety Newsletter – December 2023 Type Newsletter Calving risk assessment Download Publication (PDF) In this edition: Planning prevents accidentsAccidents relating to livestock on farms are not inevitable and can be prevented through careful planning and task organisation during the busy times of the farming year. Livestock-related incidents account for 25% […]
11 December 2023
Outlook 2024 – Economic Prospects for Agriculture
Outlook 2024 – Economic Prospects for Agriculture Type Event Proceeding The Teagasc Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department review of 2023 and a look forward to the 2024 prospects for agriculture covering Dairy, Cattle, Sheep, Tillage, Pigs, Forestry and Sustainability Download Publication (PDF) Margins for 2023 – relative to 2022 Dairy – […]
28 November 2023
Minding yourself this Winter
Minding yourself this Winter Type Media Article Roisin Scully, KT Masters Student, Teagasc Ballinrobe The main cause of poor mental health is stress, and working in agriculture at present is a taxing profession due to influences such as record high input costs, severe labour shortages and the recent unfavourable weather affecting crop […]
24 November 2023
Let’s Talk Organics – Autumn 2023 Webinars
Let’s Talk Organics – Autumn 2023 Webinars Type Event Proceeding The Teagasc Organic Specialist team recently held three webinars aimed at taking a closer look at organic dairy, tillage and horticulture systems. These webinars gave an overview of the considerations that farmers should take into account if considering converting to organic dairy, […]
22 November 2023
National Farm Survey Enterprise Factsheets 2022
National Farm Survey Enterprise Factsheets 2022 Type Factsheet The 2022 Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS) recorded data on 795 farms representative of almost 85,860 dairy, beef, sheep and tillage farms nationally. These factsheets summarise the results from 5 enterprises. The 2021 National Farm Survey Enterprise Factsheets on Single Suckling, Cattle Finishing, Sheep, […]
20 November 2023
Teagasc National Farm Survey 2022
Teagasc National Farm Survey 2022 Type Report In this Final National Farm Survey Report for 2022, the sample is representative of a population of 85,860 farms in Ireland. It was compiled by Emma Dillon, Trevor Donnellan, Brian Moran and John Lennon, Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department, Teagasc, Athenry, Co. Galway. Download […]
20 November 2023
TResearch Winter 2023
TResearch Winter 2023 Type Magazine Rising to the challenge Download Publication (PDF) TResearch reader survey Are you a regular reader of Teagasc’s TResearch magazine? We’d love to hear your views so that we can provide you with an engaging and relevant publication. Have your say in the TResearch reader survey, open until the […]
14 November 2023
Today’s Farm – November/December 2023
Today’s Farm – November/December 2023 Type Magazine Renewable energy Download Publication (PDF) Articles ETC Pages (PDF) Events (PDF) Renewable energy Future-proofing the farm with solar panels (PDF) Anaerobic digestion – what does it offer farmers? (PDF) Signpost Programme Signs for the times (PDF) Beef Are you winter ready? (PDF) Predicting profitability (PDF) Sheep Forage crops and store lambs proving […]
14 November 2023
Growing Organics Farm Walk – Eanna Canavan, Clare
Growing Organics Farm Walk – Eanna Canavan, Clare Type Event Proceeding Eanna Canavan farms 41 ha of grassland and 4.73ha of forestry. A ‘Growing Organics’ farm walk took place on his farm on Thursday October 19th 202 Download Publication (PDF) Eanna has been farming organically since entering conversion in 2018. On the farm […]
19 October 2023