Tillage
When it comes to growing spring barley patience is a necessity not a virtue
After surviving one of the wettest recorded winters it is difficult to contemplate setting foot on most tillage fields let alone...
Tillage
After surviving one of the wettest recorded winters it is difficult to contemplate setting foot on most tillage fields let alone...
Agri-Business
A series of new part-time/work-based courses are to be launched by Teagasc for the horticulture sector, the College of Amenity...
Dairy
Spring grazing can be challenging on some farms, but one farm in Tipperary has saved €50/cow through early turn out....
Grass
Clover has the potential to add valuable Nitrogen to grazing swards, according to Teagasc’s James Humphreys. “The key benefit of...
Beef
Organic beef may be worth 15-25% more than conventional beef, but farmers must assess their systems before making to switch...
Rural Life
This piece is not intended to give any dog a bad name, it is meant to highlight the danger of bringing your dogs near...
Dairy
Wet and cold conditions has made grazing difficult on many farms, according to Teagasc Dairy Advisor Padraig Costigan. The Teagasc...
Grass
The average growth response from Nitrogen (N) applications in March is 15kg/ha every unit of N applied, according to Teagasc’s...
Agri-Business
There must be a divided for the farmer that works its way back to them, Sean Molloy, Director of Strategy...
Agri-Business
Farmers can look forward to using space-age technology to improve grass measuring and monitoring, according to Frank O’Mara, Director of Research...
Agri-Business
Are you thinking of going to a Teagasc agricultural college in September? If you are, a number of Teagasc colleges...
Rural Life
Teagasc is expecting over 50,000 visitors to attend Farming and Country Life 1916, Ireland’s largest rural 1916 commemorative event. The...
Sheep
Many farmers feel that newborn lambs will ‘burst’ if they are given five or six syringes full of colostrum, according...
Beef
Nitrogen applications are essential for grass growth on beef farms this spring, according to Teagasc’s Ned Heffernan. The Business and...
Beef
Each extra tonne of grass used on beef farms has a positive impact on the profitability of the business, according...
Beef
Early grazing on beef farms is not for the faint hearted, according to Adam Woods, Co-ordinator of the Teagasc Derrypatrick...
Beef
March is the time to tend to calving cows and to tag and register calves with the Department of Agriculture....
Agri-Business
Recent farmer investment in the dairy sector has been financed from cash flow without the need to increase borrowings, according...