Today’s Farm July/August 2025 - Teagasc | Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Once a Day Milking vs. Twice a Day Milking at Teagasc Moorepark

Emer Kennedy, Researcher in Teagasc Moorepark discusses the Moorepark once a day herd. This herd has been running for the last number of years. The herd is part of an on-going experiment looking at once a day vs.twice a day milking

Date: 2 July 2020
Type: Media Article

Tillage Update – 2nd July

This week's update has information and advice on machinery hygiene, crop records and an update on blight control on potatoes. Listen to the latest The Tillage Edge Podcast covering machinery hygiene and how to do it before and during the harvesting season; watch a video on how to clean down a combine; .

Date: 2 July 2020
Type: Media Article

Pig Research Update – GILTLIFE (Part 1)

This project was a collaboration between Teagasc & University College Limerick. It investigated the effects of nutrition and management on gilt welfare and performance. Phoebe Hartnett, previous PhD student who worked on the GILTLIFE project tells us more.

Date: 1 July 2020
Type: Factsheet

Lungworm in Cattle

Hoose or lungworm infection, can be widespread and infection this year may be more severe with the heavy rain that followed the long dry spell. Drystock Specialist Martina Harrington has advice on the identification, management and treatment of the disease

Date: 1 July 2020
Type: Media Article

Grass10 Newsletter – 30 June 2020

Information and updates from our Grass10 team

Date: 1 July 2020
Type: Newsletter

Stopping the spread of grass weeds: cleaning harvest machines

Difficult-to-control grass weeds are becoming an increasing problem on Irish tillage farms. This fact sheet outlines the basics of machine cleaning at harvest and gives guidance to growers and contractors on the actions to take.

Date: 1 July 2020
Type: Factsheet

Good news for earthworm numbers in grazed pastures – the role of dung pats

Grazed grassland management regimes can have various positive and negative effects on soil fauna such as earthworms. Teagasc Johnstown Castle and UCD researchers Owen Fenton, Giulia Bondi and Olaf Schmidt tell us more about this supervised two year field study which examined the relationship between earthworms and dung pats.

Date: 30 June 2020
Type: Media Article