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What fertiliser to I need to spread to grow a crop of first-cut silage?

March 29, 2020

By Mark Plunkett, Teagasc soil and plant nutrition specialist Grass silage has a large nutrient demand and adequate nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and…

How can I get grazing back on track?

March 28, 2020

Beef

By Martina Harrington, Teagasc drystock specialist The wet weather of early spring 2020 has disrupted the spring rotation planner and that now needs to…

‘Massive increase’: Covid-19 sparks upsurge in people making wills

March 26, 2020

Rural Life

by Gordon Deegan The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a large surge in people here looking to get their affairs in order by making…

Malting barley thousand grain weights essential to seed rate

March 21, 2020

Tillage

By Eoin Lyons, Teagasc/Boortmalt Joint Programme advisor This year, depending on location, there will be three spring malting barley varieties being distributed by…

Opinion: Irish Government should instate a ‘total lock-down…now!’

March 20, 2020

Opinion

By Midlands North West MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan Let’s be clear; Ireland is very vulnerable in the face of Covid-19 (coronavirus). We are very…

Opinion: Maybe farming is currently the best job in Ireland

March 17, 2020

Opinion

By Dr. Patrick (Paddy) Wall, professor of public health at University College Dublin This current outbreak is unprecedented and there is no health…

2 Clare farmers ‘lock horns’ in court over bull that ‘didn’t perform’

March 13, 2020

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan Two north Co. Clare farmers are set to lock horns in court over an alleged infertile bull. After being told…

Farmer ‘remains haunted’ after cattle shot by Defence Forces

March 10, 2020

Rural Life

By Aodhan O’Faolain The High Court has been asked to extend by up to 10 years the bankruptcy of a Co. Monaghan farmer…

Farmer charged with neglect and dumping carcasses over cliffs walks free

March 6, 2020

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan A farmer who dumped 12 carcasses from a 300ft high “spectacular” west Clare cliff-top and left other animals in his…

Can more tillage, not less, save Irish farming?

March 5, 2020

Tillage

By John Spink, Head of the Teagasc Crops, Environment and Land Use Programme, Oak Park, Carlow There has been an upsurge in interest…

Farmer loses court case over cow purchased at clearance sale

March 2, 2020

Rural Life

A farmer who sued another farmer for breach of contract over a Holstein Friesian cow he bought at a clearance sale in spring…

Man gets 3-year sentence over ‘runaway Massey Ferguson’

February 26, 2020

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan A judge has jailed a west Co. Clare man for two years concerning a series of offences involving “a runaway…

Driving ban for 70-year-old farmer ‘getting colostrum for sick calf’

February 17, 2020

Rural Life

A farmer who drove to a neighbour’s house – while under the influence of alcohol – to get colostrum for a sick calf…

Ukraine: Europe’s largest agriculture nation is open for Irish trade and technology

February 8, 2020

Agri Politics

By Sviatoslav Yurash, Servant of the People party member Ukraine is Europe’s largest country by geographic size and the sixth largest with respect to population.…

Farmer sues another over €1,000 loss on sick cow

February 3, 2020

Rural Life

One farmer has sued another for breach of contract over a cow he bought at a clearance sale. The well-bred Holstein Friesian got…

Reflecting on an eventful 2019 and preparing for a busy spring in 2020

December 30, 2019

Green Acres

By Seán Cummins – Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme advisor As 2019 draws to a close, the participants in the Teagasc…

Top NI dairy advisor calls for move to milk solids based pricing

December 21, 2019

Dairy

One of Northern Ireland’s most respected agricultural advisors has called for the region’s dairy industry to make the move to a solids-based pricing…

Winter malt investigations continue…proteins look promising

December 18, 2019

Tillage

By Eoin Lyons, Teagasc/Boortmalt joint programme advisor For the past number of years, small areas of the most free-draining malting barley land have…

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