Tillage
Average spring cereal grower made a net margin of -€102/ha in 2016
Spring cereal growers generated the lowest net margins of all tillage farmers in 2016. This was revealed in the latest...
Tillage
Spring cereal growers generated the lowest net margins of all tillage farmers in 2016. This was revealed in the latest...
Sheep
SheepNet – an EU-wide drive – is examining possible avenues to increase the productivity of the European sheep flock. Involving...
Beef
Winter feeding is well and truly underway and silage pits are starting to decrease in size. Due to the adverse...
Pig/Poultry
It is understood that Teagasc has appointed a poultry advisor and that the new official will be based in Ballyhaise,...
Beef
Spring-calving suckler cows and heifers are now in mid-to-late pregnancy and it’s extremely important that measures are put in place...
Dairy
There is no one miracle cure to address a fodder shortage at farm level, Teagasc’s Brian Garry told AgriLand recently. “You need...
Opinion
The past week has seen the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) provide a very confident perspective regarding the prospects for Irish...
Dairy
The mayhem associated with calving a large number of cows over a short period of time is fast approaching for...
Opinion
Teagasc must be made an honest broker in the fast-developing debate on how best to manage the forage crisis that...
Opinion
Three years into the job and it looks like Phil Hogan is, at last, making a real impression in his...
Dairy
The advice offered to farmers when it comes to selecting genomic bulls to breed the next generation of replacements is...
Grass
It is understood that the next meeting of the fodder action group recently established by the Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Dairy
A series of 10 ‘CalfCare’ events are scheduled for January, as an estimated 1.3 million calves are set to be...
Dairy
Assembled in 2012, Teagasc’s Next Generation Herd was developed to validate the EBI (Economic Breeding Index) and to see would...
Beef
During the winter period, ringworm can start raising its ugly head on animals that have been housed. Ringworm is caused...
Dairy
‘Progressive farmer focus’ is a series of articles, in partnership with AIB, profiling progressive farmers around Ireland and how they...
Rural Life
Two Teagasc researchers – Dr. Noirin McHugh and Dr. Ewen Mullins – will be appearing on RTE One tonight to...
Tillage
Teagasc outlined a number of predictions for the Irish tillage sector in its Annual Review and Outlook 2018 report, which...