Publications

Calculate the total demand - Calculate the total feed supply - Examine the Options

Date

31 July 2012

Type

Factsheet

Dairy and drystock farmers in discussion groups were surveyed over the period 17th July 27th July to establish the extent of the fodder problems.

Date

31 July 2012

Type

Factsheet

Manipulating the ensilage of maize whole-crop, cob and stover - 5769 (A)

Date

31 July 2012

Type

Technology Update

This publication summarises the results for farms with a mid season lamb enterprise. There are 99 farms in the sample representing 9,427 farms nationally. Only sheep enterprises with more than 20 ewes are included in the analysis.

Date

25 July 2012

Type

Factsheet

Teagasc BETTER Farm Crops – Open Days event proceedings 2012

Date

25 July 2012

Type

Event Proceeding

The performance of the cattle finishing enterprise in 2011 is summarised here. A cattle enterprise is defined as a finishing enterprise if over 70% of the animals are sold for slaughter, approximately 15,700 farms nationally operate this type of cattle enterprise. The data presented here are for enterprises with more than 10 livestock units (lu) in 2011.

Date

25 July 2012

Type

Factsheet

This publication summarises the results for the major cereal enterprises (Winter wheat and Spring barley) on these farms. In terms of representation, there were 156 farms with a Spring barley enterprise in the survey in 2011, representing approx. 144,ooo hectares. Farms with less than 10 hectares of Winter wheat or Spring barley are excluded from the following analysis.

Date

25 July 2012

Type

Factsheet

This publication summarises the results for the dairy enterprises on farms where the main focus is oncreamery milk production. Farms producing a majority of liquid milk are excluded from the sample,as are herds of 10 cows or less.

Date

25 July 2012

Type

Factsheet

This publication summarises the 2011 results for the single suckling cattle enterprise and is based on suckler cow enterprises with more than 10 suckler cows. This enterprise is the predominant cattle system and is operated on 31,382 farms nationally.

Date

25 July 2012

Type

Factsheet

This publication supplements the more detailed Teagasc Outlook produced in January 2012. It begins with a summary of the Irish and global macroeconomic situation. Following this, a review of the developments on the main agricultural input and output markets in the first half of 2012 and forecasts for the latter half of 2012 are presented. Together with predictions on the volumes of inputs used and output produced, gross margin forecasts for the various faming sectors are presented.

Date

24 July 2012

Type

Report