Tillage
Teagasc encouraging spring beans as a break crop in the north-east
Teagasc is encouraging tillage farmers in the north-east to seriously consider beans as a break crop this spring. “But the...
Tillage
Teagasc is encouraging tillage farmers in the north-east to seriously consider beans as a break crop this spring. “But the...
Agri-Business
Food Works, which claims to be Ireland’s leading accelerator programme for food and drink start-ups, is seeking applicants for 2017. Run...
Sheep
Lambing is underway on many mid-season production systems across the country. As we’ve heard many times before ‘success occurs when...
Beef
In recent years, the national suckler herd has been in decline. This is mainly due to rising costs of maintaining...
Rural Life
Some 3,000 agricultural science students took part in Agri Aware’s Farm Walk and Talk series in 2017. Students from 80 schools visited...
Tillage
Heavy infestations of mildew are apparent in a significant number of barley, oat and wheat crops at the present time, according...
Dairy
A team of researchers in Teagasc Moorepark are putting ABCD robotic grazing to the test for the first time under...
Dairy
Inclement weather and challenging grazing conditions have forced many farmers to house cows, leading to a delay in the progress...
Dairy
After a period of wet weather, grazing conditions on many farms are challenging and many farmers are still struggling to...
Sheep
The frequency of Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (EAE) has increased by close to 3% year-on-year in 2017, figures from the...
Beef
Before purchasing calves, beef farmers are advised to estimate production costs and carcass value of the system they are aiming for to...
Agri-Business
Teagasc is set to run a number of open days at its Agricultural Colleges across the country for prospective students in...
Agri-Business
A new €3.2m Strategic Development Plan has recently been launched for Mountbellew Agricultural College in Co. Galway. Currently the college...
Agri-Business
James Keane, a cattle knowledge transfer specialist, has been appointed as the new manager of the Teagasc advisory service in Co. Mayo....
Dairy
The impact of climate change presents both an opportunity and a threat for the Irish dairy sector, a special industry conference...
Dairy
Darren and Gerard Grennan milk 94 cows under an organic farming system in Lismoyney, Clara, Co. Offaly. On Thursday, the...
Tillage
Getting malting barley crops off to a good start is important, according to Teagasc’s Ciaran Hickey, as well sown is...
Grass
Grass growth rates on farms across the country have passed 10kg DM/ha/day, figures from the Teagasc PastureBase system have shown....