Beef
47% of farmers have been attacked by a cow at calving time
A recent Agriland poll shows that 47% of farmers have been attacked by a cow at calving time. The results...
Beef
A recent Agriland poll shows that 47% of farmers have been attacked by a cow at calving time. The results...
Pig/Poultry
Pig farmers should look at all methods available to them to cut down the costs of production, according to Ciaran...
Grass
Farmers are beginning to get stock out to grass in drier parts of the country after Met Eireann forecasted a...
Agri-Business
We need to portray potatoes as a ‘sexy food’, according to the Director of Teagasc, Professor Gerry Boyle. Boyle was...
Sheep
As the lambing season kicks off across the country, farmers are being advised to supervise lambs as 50% of lamb...
Other
The next three months will be an extremely busy time on many farms across the country. From calving to lambing...
Tillage
Teagasc’s Tillage Advisor Ciaran Hickey has warned farmers to be more sensible about the prices they lease land for. In...
Dairy
Dairy farmers who are not milk recording their herds could be missing out on €184 higher output per cow, according...
Dairy
Farmers are facing into the worst spring for milk prices for years as dairy product prices across the globe continue...
Beef
The number of young bulls slaughtered in the first five weeks of 2016 is 44% higher (+9,000) than the same period...
Beef
Buying young dairy-bred calves for rearing is becoming popular once again on many beef farms, according to Teagasc. It advises that how these...
Sheep
Sheep farmers look set to face another profitable year, but there is massive scope for improvement on farms, according to...
Beef
Ben Sweeney farms 138ha in Enfield, Co. Meath. The farm consists of a herd of 25 suckler cows and there...
Sheep
Vaccination is the most effective way to control both pasteurella and clostridial diseases in sheep, according to the Department of...
Agri-Business
The Teagasc Authority has approved the appointment of David Colbourne as the new Teagasc manager for the Galway/ Clare advisory...
Grass
90% of Irish soils have either a lime, Phosphorous (P) or Potassium (K) requirement, which impacts on overall farm productivity,...
Beef
Dairy calf to beef systems have the potential to leave gross margins of €1,500 per hectare, according to Teagasc beef...
Beef
The first two months of a calf’s life are the most important in dairy calf to beef systems, according to...