Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Have you reviewed your herd health plan?
With calving due to get underway on dairy farms in the coming days, one thing that should be put in...
Dairy Technical
With calving due to get underway on dairy farms in the coming days, one thing that should be put in...
Sheep
As farmers may be looking to assess their flock for the next breeding season once they are dried off after...
Tillage
In terms of disease control, some early drilled crops of spring barley have already received their final fungicide application, according...
Tillage
The coming days will see tillage farmers push to get 2023 fungicide programmes significantly advanced across all cereal crops. Where...
Tillage
Septoria continues to be the most damaging disease of winter wheat crops in Ireland, according to Teagasc’s Dr. Steven Kildea...
Tillage
The area of winter oilseed rape grown in Ireland has increased exponentially over the past number of years. For the...
Tillage
There is rhynchosporium present in some spring barley crops across the country and early control is key, as it is...
Tillage
The rise in temperatures this week will create disease pressure on crops. Rhynchosporium (rhyncho) has been seen in some winter...
Agri Politics
Farmers recognise the importance of having a sustainable farming sector – economically, environmentally and socially. This was the view of...
N.Ireland
A total of 14 cases of Schmallenberg virus are awaiting official confirmation in tests so far this year in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
A major government exercise will see the UK’s four regional agricultural departments in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England come...
N.Ireland
A ‘super pest’ moth which is already resistant to a class of common plant protection is now also capable of...
N.Ireland
New BSE status controls will be included on the North’s departmental animal database ‘APHIS’ to identify Negligible Risk (NR) and...
Tillage
Septoria is the most destructive disease of Irish winter wheat crops and in the absence of commercially-viable, highly-resistant varieties, fungicides will...
Dairy
Calf nutrition, health and environment are all critical to achieving an optimum lifetime performance of a dairy replacement heifer. That...
Beef
Bulk milk disease screening is important in determining what diseases are present within the dairy herd, Glanbia Milk Quality Control...
Tillage
Most spring barley fields in the Wexford area are affected, to some degree, by barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) this...
Tillage
The risk of fusarium attack on winter wheat crops will be quite high over the coming days, according to Teagasc’...