Dairy
Thomas Dwan and his parents, Eddie and Ann, were the winners of the NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards in...
Rural Life
Farmers are more likely to be killed on-farm than on the roads, according to Eddie Wall, an inspector with the Health...
Spring calving is one of the busiest times of the year for Irish dairy farmers. For six-to-seven weeks, the workload...
Grass
The two main nitrogen (N) sources for Irish farmers are urea and calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN). However, there is now...
Padraig Keane milks 126 cows with his father John in Kilcormac, Co. Offaly. Having started out with a six-unit temporary parlour, milking...
Increasing cow numbers beyond what your farm can carry will severely impact profitability, contrary to the belief that expansion will...
For a number of reasons, once-a-day (OAD) milking is becoming an attractive option for Irish dairy farmers. Teagasc’s Brian Hilliard...
Sheep
There has been some uplift in the heavy lamb trade at marts in recent days, as price increases of €3-7/head...
The Teagasc Next Generation Herd, assembled in 2012 and situated in Kilworth, Co.Cork, offers a forward view of the performance of...
Beef
Half of the soils in Ireland could do with a certain amount of drainage, according to Teagasc’s Dr. Pat Touhy. Speaking...
Tillage
The key to controlling a grass weed problem is identification, according to Teagasc’s Ciaran Collins. This is important as farmers...
Victor Jackson milks a herd of 140 pedigree registered Holstein Friesian cows, alongside his nephew Richard, in Crossnacole, Kiltegan, Co....
Dairy farmers need to keep a number of factors in mind when selecting a beef bull for their dairy herd,...
In-calf heifers reached €6,500 at the Crossnacole sale, held in conjunction with the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) open day on...
Under Irish grazing systems, dairy farmers try to achieve the perfect balance between cow and land performance. Cow performance is...
Septoria is the most destructive disease of Irish winter wheat crops and in the absence of commercially-viable, highly-resistant varieties, fungicides will...
Oilseed rape (OSR) is traditionally sown in 125mm rows at a seeding rate of 50-80 seeds/m². However, recent interest in...
World Trade Organisation (WTO) tariffs would have a “crippling effect” on any trade going between EU countries and the UK,...