Beef
80% of beef heifers fail to meet calving-age targets
In 2016, less than 20% of beef heifers calved at 22-26 months. Heifers averaged 31.5-months-of-age at the point of first calving,...
Beef
In 2016, less than 20% of beef heifers calved at 22-26 months. Heifers averaged 31.5-months-of-age at the point of first calving,...
Beef
Accounting for over 75% of the total variable costs, feed is the single largest variable cost on Irish beef farms....
Beef
Some 86% of condemned livers, in meat factories, were due to liver fluke, according to a recent trial conducted by University...
Beef
The Irish beef industry is dependent on exports to stay afloat. This comes as only 10% of all beef cattle...
Grass
Irish drystock farmers are lagging behind their dairy counterparts when it comes to growing and utilising grass. Teagasc estimates that...
Opinion
All of the farming organisations rightly welcomed the decision by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed,...
Beef
‘Planning for healthy profits’ is the theme for this year’s Teagasc National Beef Conference, which is taking place in the...
Agri-Business
Plans for a new €8.8 million National Food Innovation Hub were jointly announced by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the...
Beef
Latest figures from Teagasc show that farmers operating bull-beef systems will require a break-even price of 422-444c/kg on a 180-day finishing...
Beef
Winter finishers look set for a difficult few months ahead. Recent work, carried out by Teagasc, shows that high store...
Agri-Business
Vivian Silke from Co. Galway has been appointed as a cattle knowledge transfer specialist with Teagasc. The new addition to Teagasc’s...
Dairy
Unhappy with the performance of their dairy farm, in terms of grass growth and reproductive performance, Brian and Pamela Conlon...
Opinion
It looks like it could be a very long winter for livestock producers in the west. The spells of very...
Dairy
Colostrum, also know as beestings, is the first and most important line of defence for a newborn calf. It’s crucial...
Dairy
An open day for dairy farmers will be held by Teagasc and Glanbia Ireland on the Kildalton Open Source Sustainable...
Dairy
Since 2008, when farmers were made aware of the abolition of milk quotas, the Irish dairy industry has under gone...
Rural Life
Failure to deal with the succession issue can lead to frustration and conflict, and can even threaten the future viability...
Tillage
Winter cereals are currently being planted where weather allows. Once sowing is completed, farmers should start looking at their autumn...