Tillage Technical
Tillage: Crops costs and returns projections for 2022
Teagasc has just published its Crops Costs and Returns projections for 2022, which are of significant interest to every Irish...
Gross Margin
Beef
Average suckler cow made a net margin of -€28 in 2016
Single suckling is the predominant cattle production system in Ireland, according to the 2016 Teagasc National Farm Survey. Data taken from...
Sheep
Net margins jump by €95/ha on sheep farms in 2016
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...
Dairy
Top 33% of farms produced 7,000L more milk per hectare in 2016
Irish dairy farms produced, on average, 11,087L/ha of milk in 2016, according to Teagasc National Farm Survey. This is a...
Sheep
Striving for a €1,778/ha gross output with an 'uncomplicated' sheep system
John Byrne lambs 575 ewes in Bagnelstown Co. Carlow and this year his farm is expected to generate a gross...
Sheep
Improved grassland management driving performance on Better Sheep Farm
John Doyle first joined the Teagasc Better Sheep Farm Programme in 2012 and since then the farm has under gone...
Beef
Pics: Making the best use of grass on a 'difficult' suckler and sheep farm
Grass is the cheapest feed available to livestock farmers and John Pringle, a suckler and sheep farmer in Aughrim, Co....
Beef
How does your farm compare to Teagasc's Derrypatrick herd?
The Derrypatrick herd is a suckler beef-systems research farm established at Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath in 2009. The trial herd...
Beef
Pics & video of top suckler-to-beef farm from Macra farm walk
As part of the Macra na Feirme’s Young Farmer Conference, those interested in beef production attended the suckler-to-beef farm of...