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Average suckler cow made a net margin of -€28 in 2016

August 8, 2017

Single suckling is the predominant cattle production system in Ireland, according to the 2016 Teagasc National Farm Survey. Data taken from 297 farms – a…

Net margins jump by €95/ha on sheep farms in 2016

August 5, 2017

Sheep

The average mid-season lamb producer had a net margin of €155/ha in 2016, Teagasc’s National Farm Survey (NFS) data has revealed. The financial performance figures reported…

Top 33% of farms produced 7,000L more milk per hectare in 2016

August 2, 2017

Dairy

Irish dairy farms produced, on average, 11,087L/ha of milk in 2016, according to Teagasc National Farm Survey. This is a 3% rise on…

Striving for a €1,778/ha gross output with an ‘uncomplicated’ sheep system

October 31, 2016

Sheep

John Byrne lambs 575 ewes in Bagnelstown Co. Carlow and this year his farm is expected to generate a gross output of €1,778/ha.…

Improved grassland management driving performance on Better Sheep Farm

August 7, 2016

Sheep

John Doyle first joined the Teagasc Better Sheep Farm Programme in 2012 and since then the farm has under gone some major changes.…

Pics: Making the best use of grass on a ‘difficult’ suckler and sheep farm

April 28, 2016

Beef

Grass is the cheapest feed available to livestock farmers and John Pringle, a suckler and sheep farmer in Aughrim, Co. Wicklow has installed…

How does your farm compare to Teagasc’s Derrypatrick herd?

March 18, 2016

Beef

The Derrypatrick herd is a suckler beef-systems research farm established at Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath in 2009. The trial herd was established as…

Pics & video of top suckler-to-beef farm from Macra farm walk

October 29, 2015

Beef

As part of the Macra na Feirme’s Young Farmer Conference, those interested in beef production attended the suckler-to-beef farm of Ger Dinnen, Kilnamarta,…

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