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Prevention is always better than cure; but, today we will be taking a look back at a dairy farmer – that we visited back in…
While dairy cow numbers have increased on some farms, drinking troughs in many cases have not. As a result, drinking trough size and/or…
Insufficient farm infrastructure is one of the main causes of lameness in dairy herds. This could be anything from poor roadway surfaces, sharp…
Profitable beef production in Ireland is based on the use of high quantities of quality grass to produce beef at a low cost.…
Crowds descended on Teagasc Grange, Co. Meath, for this year’s BEEF 2018 open day; one of the key focuses on the day was…
In order for expansion to be successful, Teagasc says, there will be a requirement for significant investment on many farms. The available capital…
Paddock systems do not have to be expensive; the cheapest system will work the finest. This was a key message from a recent Irish…
A paddock system is key to grass growth, quality and utilisation. In Ireland, the national average grass growth on drystock farms stands at…
Towards the end of 2017, the Irish Grassland Association completed a short member survey asking what events they would most like to see…
Farming just outside Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, GD Young has developed a thriving enterprise of 350 dairy cows in a relatively short space of…
There’s huge potential to increase the amount of grass grown and utilised on Irish dairy farms, delegates at the Teagasc National Dairy Conference…
Calls have been made to have investments in grazing infrastructure included under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes or TAMS II scheme. Improving grazing…
