Agri-Business
Galway farmer wins Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year award
Damien McGrath has been announced as the 2015 winner of the Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year award. The awards, sponsored...
Agri-Business
Damien McGrath has been announced as the 2015 winner of the Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year award. The awards, sponsored...
Agri-Business
Teagasc has appointed Donall Flanagan as a Nursery Stock/Ornamentals Specialised Advisor, based at the Teagasc Horticulture Development Department at Ashtown....
Rural Life
The two-day Teagasc 1916 commemoration event saw crowds thronging the Athenry event on Friday and Saturday. The largest centenary celebration...
Environment
Fertiliser is now the main source of N2O emissions from Irish agriculture, according to research carried out by Teagasc and...
Rural Life
Some 60% of farmers are classified as ‘overweight or obese’ compared to 50% of the Irish population while among farmers just 27%...
Rural Life
Would you know what to do if you found a family member or a neighbour unconscious or bleeding on the...
Rural Life
Over 50,000 people are expected to attend Teagasc’s Farming and Country Life 1916, which takes place this weekend on Friday...
Agri-Business
The IFA Deputy President, Richard Kennedy of Clarina, Co. Limerick has been appointed to the Teagasc Authority by the Minister for...
Pig/Poultry
Over 170 pig farmers and industry representatives were privy to a visit of the new Teagasc’s Pig Development Unit recently. The...
Beef
Next month, a major practical health and safety exhibit will take place as part of the Teagasc National Beef Open...
Rural Life
Caution around farm safety is strongly advised when working with, or near farm tractors, vehicles or machinery to reduce the...
Sheep
The performance of lambs tends to decline during the last four weeks in advance of weaning, according to Teagasc’s Dr...
Tillage
Maize crops are off to a strong start following the good weather during the month of May, according to Teagasc’s...
Rural Life
Have you ever wondered what life was like in rural Ireland in 1916? On Friday 10th and Saturday, June 11,...
Grass
Silage made from surplus grass over the next couple of weeks will give farmers a little bit of summer during...
Agri-Business
ICSA president Patrick Kent has hit out at the methodology Teagasc uses to calculate farm incomes. It comes following the...
Beef
Over 2,000 farmers made the journey to Athenry yesterday to see the behind the scenes running of Teagasc’s Newford suckler-to-beef...
Rural Life
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, needs to recognise that there is a real income crisis on farms which has...