Dairy
Moving into the latter end of the grazing season in the autumn months, farmers often think its worth keeping on the poor performing cull cows
Agri-Business
Weather and growing conditions this year will play a "crucial role" in 2024 farm profitability, the Teagasc economist said.
Aurivo and Teagasc have selected five farms to take part in the fourth phase of their joint farm profitability programme.
Dairy Technical
Optimising stocking rate was a key point highlighted at the Irish Grassland Association (IGA) conference held this week.
Speaking at the Dairy Open Day 2021, Dr. Joe Patton focused on how to farm more environmental sustainably, while being economically sustainable.
The economic cost of sub-optimal fertility in a dairy herd varies between farms depending on many factors including the baseline fertility.
Reducing N application rate by 50kg/ha, at a stocking rate of 2.5 cows/ha, reduced the feed available on the farm from a surplus to a deficit
Beef
The average beef farmer made a loss of €101/ha in 2019 - before taking other incomes into account, according to new research.
The cost of disease is a major drain on farm profitability; particularly, when you take into consideration the indirect costs of diseases.
Weather conditions and renewed Brexit uncertainty over the summer dampened the mood of farmers, according to Bank of Ireland's Agri Pulse.
Teagasc's Donal Patton highlighted the danger of being too reliant on bought-in feed at Moorepark '17 earlier this month.
