Dairy
Thomas Dwan and his parents Eddie and Ann were winners of the NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards in 2014
Spring calving is chaos for most Irish farmers. The workload increases substantially and farmers feel stretched beyond measure.
Grass
At present, the two main nitrogen (N) sources for Irish farmers are urea and CAN. There is now a third player in the market - protected urea.
Padraig Keane milks 126 cows with his father John in Kilcormac, Co. Offaly, having made the decision to enter dairying in 2013.
Teagasc's Donal Patton highlighted the danger of being too reliant on bought-in feed at Moorepark '17 earlier this month.
For a number of reasons, once-a-day (OAD) milking is becoming an attractive option for Irish dairy farmers, according to Brian Hilliard.
The Next Generation Herd offers a forward view of the performance of high EBI animals in Ireland, according to Teagasc's Morgan O'Sullivan.
Beef
Half the soils in the country could do with a certain about of drainage, according to Teagasc's Dr. Patrick Touhy.
Stephen Connolly, of the ABP Food Group, discussed why choosing a beef bull based on its terminal traits is important.
Crowds flocked to Fermoy, Co. Cork for the Moorepark '17 open day earlier this week. It's estimated that 15,000 people attended the event.
"If we ramp up grass production, we can stock the farm at higher rates. If 16t/ha of grass is grown, we can carry a stocking rate of three cows per hectare."
Other
For every €10 increase in EBI, carbon emssions are reduced by 2%, Teagasc's Donagh Berry reported from the Moorepark open day.
The focus was placed firmly upon 'resilient technologies' at today's open day in Teagasc Moorepark, Co. Cork.
