Health & Safety
HEALTH & SAFETY: The Health and safety focus presently is to flatten the Covid 19 curve and keep farm families safe and well. This can create pressure on farms. Get advice and tips from advisors Claire Mooney.and Michael Somers
- Date
- 08 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
Timely Soil Quality Tips
ENVIRONMENT: Fertiliser nutrients are routinely applied by farmers to achieve high crop yields. The management of soil structural quality is potentially more important. Lilian O’Sullivan and Giulia Bondi have some timely advice.
- Date
- 08 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
Greenhouse Gases – Why all the fuss? Webinar
The Signpost Series - ‘Pointing the way to a low emissions agriculture’
- Date
- 08 April 2020
- Type
- Event Proceeding
Countdown to breeding season 2020
BEEF: It is important to focus on the upcoming breeding season. Set realistic breeding targets for your farm. Develop a plan to help manage your herd throughout the breeding season. By Catherine Egan, Teagasc Beef Specialist.
- Date
- 07 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
Grassland re-seeding: how to establish multi-species swards
Guylain Grange from Johnstown Castle research centre gives information and advice on establishing multi-species swards
- Date
- 06 April 2020
- Type
- Press Release
BEEP – S (Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme-Suckler)
By Edward Webb, Soils & Environment Adviser, Teagasc Galway/Clare
- Date
- 06 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
Tips for milking during COVID-19
Milking is one of the essential tasks on a dairy farm. During these extraordinary times of COVID-19, it is essential to keep yourself and your milkers safe at milking time.
- Date
- 06 April 2020
- Type
- Factsheet
Drones, Satellites & Farm Forecasting
RURAL ECONOMY: The Spatial Analysis unit in Teagasc use Earth Observation technology to help understand the status of Irish agriculture and develop tools to allow farmers to better manage their farms. Here Stuart Green tells us how they use Drones and Satellites for this Farm Forecasting.
- Date
- 05 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
California Mastitis Test
DAIRY: The California mastitis test is a simple procedure to help identify high SCC quarters within high cell count cows. It is impossible to identify sub clinical mastitis without this aid.
- Date
- 03 April 2020
- Type
- Press Release