Environment
AD: Department provides €3 million funding to UCD and MTU
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has provided €3 million in funding to two universities as part of...
Shinagh Estates
Dairy Technical
Irish-based ration achieves 47% reduction in emissions
A large portion of dairy rations fed to cattle on Irish farms is made using ingredients from outside of Ireland...
Dairy Technical
Shinagh Estate: Aiming to be a climate neutral dairy farm
Large crowds were present at Shinagh Estate on September 2, for an open day on the demonstration farm which is...
Dairy Technical
Protected urea called 'low-hanging fruit' for emission reductions
Protected urea is “low-hanging fruit” for farmers to reduce emissions on farms, according to Jonathan Herron, a researcher from Teagasc...
Dairy
Progressive farmer focus: Share farming the order of the day in Bandon
‘Progressive farmer focus’ is a series of articles, in partnership with AIB, profiling progressive farmers around Ireland and how they...
Dairy
Have you considered share farming?
The Irish dairy industry is going through an exciting evolution. The abolition of milk quotas in April 2015 has paved...
Dairy
Video: Share farming a 'win-win' on 34ha greenfield farm
The first cows were milked on Gurteen Farm – a 34ha greenfield dairy operation – in Bandon, Co. Cork in...
Dairy
What does a €2,600/cow investment get you on a greenfield site?
Back in 2015, Teagasc in conjunction with the owners of Shinagh Estates – Drinagh, Bandon, Barryroe and Lisavaird co-ops –...