Sheep
Six tips to consider when housing your ewes this winter
With many farmers beginning to house ewes around the country, Teagasc’s has produced six top tips on successfully housing and...
Sheep
With many farmers beginning to house ewes around the country, Teagasc’s has produced six top tips on successfully housing and...
Agri-Business
A Farm Succession and Transfer guide has been produced by Teagasc to help farmers with a step-by-step approach to transferring...
Rural Life
Stress is normal and part and parcel of everyone’s daily life but, how we handle it varies from person to...
Agri-Business
The demand for Irish organic beef is on the rise, particularly in Europe, according to Teagasc. It says that the...
Agri-Business
Demand for Teagasc’s adult Green Cert is at an all-time high with over 3,500 students enrolled in Teagasc’s Green Cert...
Dairy
Feed use per cow on Irish dairy farms increased this year despite lower milk prices, according to Teagasc. It says...
Dairy
The last 12 months have seen Irish farmgate prices fall by almost 50%. It is a development that has taken...
Agri-Business
Teagasc now has an extra 77 staff teaching the Green Cert, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. The...
Beef
There are three things that farmers need to consider when feeding their autumn-calving suckler cows, according to Teagasc’s Pearse Kelly....
Environment
Approximately 20 farmers in low lying areas between Athlone and Shannonbridge have incurred catastrophic fodder losses, in the wake of...
Dairy
In its outlook for 2016, Teagasc has looked at how Irish milk production might evolve next year. Despite the fall...
Dairy
There is a real risk in the new milk production environment that many dairy farmers will drift into high-cost open...
Dairy
Silage can be extremely variable in terms of its nutritional characteristics, according to Teagasc’s Kevin Barron. “So it’s important to...
Agri-Business
With one third of New Zealand milk supply coming through share milking partnerships, managing employees is a critical part of...
Dairy
Grass utilisation is still a major problem on Irish dairy farms, according to Teagasc Director Gerry Boyle, but educating dairy...
Dairy
How to breed the ideal dairy cow is the a question that many dairy farmers ask themselves and a topic...
Tillage
The area of spring barley is set to decline further in 2016, according to Teagasc. In its update on the...
Dairy
Dairy farmers should aim to provide cows with an 8 week dry period, according to Teagasc advisor Tom Downey. “For...