Agri-Business
Low starting salaries a growing concern for Teagasc
Low starting salaries for new agri-researchers and farm advisors is becoming a growing concern at agri-education authority Teagasc. Like the...
Agri-Business
Low starting salaries for new agri-researchers and farm advisors is becoming a growing concern at agri-education authority Teagasc. Like the...
Beef
Irish grass-fed beef is marketed globally on the strength of its unique colour and taste. Cattle graze for up to...
Dairy
Crowds flocked to Fermoy, Co. Cork for the Moorepark ’17 open day earlier this week. It’s estimated that 15,000 people...
Dairy
Under Irish grazing systems, dairy farmers try to achieve the perfect balance between cow and land performance. Cow performance is...
Tillage
Oilseed rape (OSR) is traditionally sown in 125mm rows at a seeding rate of 50-80 seeds/m². However, recent interest in...
Tillage
Over 3,000 people attended the Crops and Cultivation open day at Teagasc Oak Park earlier this week. The profitability challenge...
Environment
National and international microbiology experts, researchers and stakeholders from the agricultural sector gathered on Tuesday, May 23, at Teagasc Johnstown...
Other
One in five Irish people shop for gluten-free food regularly, according to new Bord Bia research. The gluten-free market in...
Agri-Business
Over €28m worth of funding has been awarded for collaborative inter-institutional research projects by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael...
Agri-Business
A strategic research partnership worth €17.6m has been announced between Origin Enterprises and University College Dublin. A dedicated digital, precision agriculture...
Dairy
One Holstein bull, Pawnee Farm Arlinda Chief (Chief), has cost the dairy industry millions, recent research from US has shown. Research...
Agri-Business
Teagasc’s income jumped by €10m in 2015 to reach €175m, it was revealed today in its Annual Report and Financial...
Agri-Business
A new multi-million euro research project to breed cattle with enhanced disease resistance is among a number of major research...
Tillage
Smallholder tillage farmers in developing countries are among the biggest beneficiaries of agricultural biotechnology, according to a report released this...
Dairy
Did you grow up on a dairy farm? If so did you know that research has shown that children who...
Tillage
Scientists at Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) in Wales have confirmed that lupins will provide...
Agri-Business
Europe has committed to a farmer-up approach when it comes to identifying agricultural research priorities and the implementing of the...
Agri Politics
Scientists at the University of Nottingham claim to have developed a way of breeding cereals to be more tolerant of...