Dairy
Cork scientists make butterfat breakthrough for baby formula
Scientists in Co. Cork have made a breakthrough in making cow’s milk in infant formula more suitable for babies. This...
Dairy
Scientists in Co. Cork have made a breakthrough in making cow’s milk in infant formula more suitable for babies. This...
Sheep
The Teagasc Hill Sheep Conference will take place in the Knockranny House Hotel, Westport, Co. Mayo, this evening (Wednesday, February...
Beef
Calf-to-beef farmers have been busy competing with exporters at the ringside. Generally speaking, hardy Friesian bulls are making somewhere in...
Dairy
Farming in Rosemount, Co. Westmeath, the grazing season kicked into gear on Michael Molloy’s dairy farm yesterday. Milking a herd...
Beef
The Irish dairy-beef industry is ever growing and is a very important cog in the beef production chain. Due to...
Grass
The European Grassland Federation (EGF) 2018 General Meeting will take place in Ireland this year for the first time since...
Opinion
The current hue and cry over the need to have better live shipping facilities for dairy-born bull calves reflects one...
Grass
Weather conditions have been far from ideal since the turn of the year; the thought of spreading nitrogen (N) may...
Sheep
The many nutritional challenges facing the ewe during late pregnancy must be managed in order to avoid a detrimental lambing...
Beef
The winter finishing of animals is no easy task. There are many factors that make this enterprise very expensive. Giving...
Sheep
Processors must reward farmers for producing wether lambs, Teagasc’s Prof. Michael Diskin told a crowd of over 200 farmers at...
Agri-Business
The latest farm economic forecasts were revealed – along with details of a new sustainability initiative that is being rolled out...
Sheep
An iceberg disease is a term used by the medical profession to describe a disease which has a large number...
Beef
There has been a dramatic increase in dairy cow numbers over the past five years. This is mainly due to...
Rural Life
Teagasc has launched a new pilot Student Assistance Programme (SAP) for full-time students in Kildalton Agricultural College. The programme is being run...
Beef
Diminishing returns from beef markets have resulted in farmers looking at other options and enterprises to generate a profit. One...
Tillage
The Protein Aid Scheme – which was worth almost €3 million to tillage farmers in 2017 – is set to...
Tillage
Challenging circumstances have been at play in the Irish tillage sector over the last number of years, according to Minister...