Dairy
Can raising cow numbers hurt farm profitability?
Increasing cow numbers beyond what your farm can carry will severely impact profitability, contrary to the belief that expansion will...
Dairy
Increasing cow numbers beyond what your farm can carry will severely impact profitability, contrary to the belief that expansion will...
Rural Life
A community of farmers in the Burren has been awarded a special EU Life Award in recognition of its efforts...
Dairy
For a number of reasons, once-a-day (OAD) milking is becoming an attractive option for Irish dairy farmers. Teagasc’s Brian Hilliard...
Dairy
The Teagasc Next Generation Herd, assembled in 2012 and situated in Kilworth, Co.Cork, offers a forward view of the performance of...
Beef
Half of the soils in Ireland could do with a certain amount of drainage, according to Teagasc’s Dr. Pat Touhy. Speaking...
Sheep
Teagasc, the agriculture and food development authority, will host a series of BETTER Farm Sheep Programme walks in the coming...
Agri-Business
Teagasc has published a sustainability report demonstrating the economic, environmental and social sustainability of Irish farms. The ‘2015 Sustainability Report‘...
Tillage
The key to controlling a grass weed problem is identification, according to Teagasc’s Ciaran Collins. This is important as farmers...
Dairy
Dairy farmers need to keep a number of factors in mind when selecting a beef bull for their dairy herd,...
Dairy
Crowds flocked to Fermoy, Co. Cork for the Moorepark ’17 open day earlier this week. It’s estimated that 15,000 people...
Dairy
Under Irish grazing systems, dairy farmers try to achieve the perfect balance between cow and land performance. Cow performance is...
Dairy
Brexit has caused a massive urgency in how dairy farmers adopt and utilise technological innovations, Teagasc’s Prof. Gerry Boyle has...
Dairy
The Irish dairy industry needs to look at innovative ways to address labour shortages, according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
Dairy
The expansion of the Irish dairy industry has been of considerable financial benefit to both family farms and the wider...
Dairy
The abolition of milk quotas in 2015 was a turning point for the Irish dairy industry, according to Teagasc’s Dr....
Tillage
Septoria is the most destructive disease of Irish winter wheat crops and in the absence of commercially-viable, highly-resistant varieties, fungicides will...
Tillage
Oilseed rape (OSR) is traditionally sown in 125mm rows at a seeding rate of 50-80 seeds/m². However, recent interest in...
Dairy
The Teagasc Moorepark 2017 Open Day is set to kick off tomorrow, July 4, in Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork....