Dairy
Why lax calving patterns cost the average dairy farmer thousands
A spread out or lax calving pattern costs the average 100 cow dairy herd €27,000 a year, Teagasc’s Brendan Horan...
Dairy
A spread out or lax calving pattern costs the average 100 cow dairy herd €27,000 a year, Teagasc’s Brendan Horan...
Tillage
Tillage farmers can save money by carrying out some preparation and planning with regards to fertiliser, machinery and cropping plans, according...
Grass
Each extra tonne of grass utilised/ha (eaten/ha) on Irish farms is worth €185/ha in extra profit, according to Teagasc’s John...
Environment
A series of nationwide Forestry Advisory Clinics will run throughout 2017 by Teagasc to facilitate as many farmers and other landowners...
Sheep
Sheep production in Ireland remains inherently profitable, according to Teagasc’s Dr Tim Keady. However, it only remains profitable if output...
Grass
The closing cover on the Curtins’ research farm in Co Cork was 740kg DM/ha, according to Teagasc’s pasture base administrator...
Grass
Winter feeding is well underway and many farmers have long opened their silage pit to start using the reserves of...
Beef
The cost of keeping a spring-calving suckler cow varies considerably across the country, according to Teagasc’s Pearse Kelly. But based...
Beef
Some 81% of farmers said they would reconsider their future in beef farming after 2016, a recent Agriland poll has found....
Environment
Average soil P, K and pH levels remain low and are holding back Irish farmers from meeting the full production...
Tillage
Tillage farmers should start planning for 2017 now, according to Teagasc Specialist Shay Phelan. This entails the development of crop...
Dairy
The possibility of the Netherlands achieving IBR Article 9 status could have a big impact on Irish calf exports, according...
Agri-Business
Revenue has published a revised income tax guideline booklet which, according to Teagasc, is of major benefit to farmers in...
Agri-Business
Teagasc has appointed Dr. John Colreavy as the Director of the Meat Technology Centre (MTC), a new Enterprise Ireland, industry-led initiative....
Agri-Business
Teagasc plans to introduce a revised Green Cert course from the start of the 2017/18 academic year, the Minister for...
Sheep
A joint research project between Teagasc and UCD has discovered a strain of Rumen Fluke on a Irish sheep farm...
Beef
Teagasc needs to go back to the drawing board and look at the advice it offers to low-intensity farmers, ICSA...
Agri-Business
John Horgan has been appointed as the new Teagasc Manager for the advisory regions of counties Kerry and Limerick. Horgan...