Sheep
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
Lambing Review
Lambing Review Type Media Article By Colm Murray, B&T Drystock Adviser, Teagasc, Galway/Clare Introduction Lambing has finished on farms and now is a good time to look back and review how lambing went, and look at what worked well, and what can be improved. It was a difficult spring with weather conditions […]
11 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
Lambing Performance in 2021 – how did you do?
Lambing Performance in 2021 – how did you do? 0 Type Media Article Eamon Patten, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Ballinrobe. For most lowland flocks the lambing season is done and dusted for another year, except maybe for a few farmers that left rams a while longer leaving the famous ‘stragglers’ that cause as much […]
7 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
Sheep Newsletter – May 2021
Sheep Newsletter – May 2021 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Grassland managementOptimising performance at grass is achieved by moving ewes and lambs to fresh high-quality grass every three to four days. If grazing group size is not sufficient to graze out a sward in about three days, one option […]
29 April 2021
Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP)
Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP) Type Factsheet The Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP) is a Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (DAFM) pilot project that pays farmers to maintain and improve the environmental conditions of their land. This factsheet provides information on the pilot project. Download Publication (PDF) ✔ The pilot […]
29 April 2021
Today’s Farm – May/June 2021
Today’s Farm – May/June 2021 Type Magazine Slurry storage: Have you enough? Download Publication (PDF) Articles: Upcoming Events (PDF) Grass – Four years in: A review of the Grass10 Campaign (PDF) Dairying – Contract rearing male calves (PDF) Beef – What’s the future for Irish beef farming? (PDF) Beef – BovINE – A project seeking solutions […]
28 April 2021
Hitting Grazing Targets in 2021 with PastureBase Ireland Webinar
Hitting Grazing Targets in 2021 with PastureBase Ireland Webinar Type Event Proceeding Are you looking to make better grazing decisions on your farm in April? On this webinar which took place on Wednesday, 7th April, John Douglas & Joseph Dunphy, Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O’Leary, PastureBase Ireland go through how you can […]
13 April 2021
Let’s Talk Sheep Webinar – Nematodirus / Coccidiosis in Lambs
Let’s Talk Sheep Webinar – Nematodirus / Coccidiosis in Lambs Type Event Proceeding Host Ciaran Lynch, Teagasc Sheep Specialist was joined by Dr. Orla Keane, Teagasc Researcher and Michael Gottstein, Head of Teagasc Sheep KT on this episode of the Let’s Talk Sheep webinar series which took place on Thursday, 8th April […]
12 April 2021