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Dairy
Thinking of taking out the sprayer?
Now is the ideal time for farmers to be taking out the sprayer. It is around this time in the season...
Dairy
Now is the ideal time for farmers to be taking out the sprayer. It is around this time in the season...
Rural Life
A block of 35ac of grassland at Rathorgan, Dungourney, Co. Cork, will go for auction at Corrin mart centre, Fermoy,...
Grass
Although she is not from a farming background, Ellen Fitzpatrick will embark on a PhD on grassland management in Teagasc,...
Grass
The Grassland Farmer of the Year competition for 2018 was officially launched yesterday, Friday, June 15, by the Minister for...
Opinion
I find it staggering that all of the main crop yields, including potatoes, increased last year. Despite all of the...
Beef
Milk prices, as opposed to beef returns, will determine the future viability of pedigree Aberdeen Angus breeding, according to one...
Opinion
By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois The importance of grassland to the Irish livestock farmer is well recognised,...
Beef
The growing influence of the EU’s Sustainable Use Directive will force many grassland farmers to use contractors for most –...
Beef
Good soil management is the key to securing optimal grassland yields, according to Welsh agronomist Gareth Davies. Soil is made...
Machinery
Low prices of dairy products globally has negatively affected dairy farmers’ capacity to invest in new grassland equipment with CEMA...
Grass
The cost of drainage systems needs to offer significant benefits to farmers for it to be economically viable with there...
Grass
First cut silage requires 80 to 100 units of Nitrogen (N) per acre from slurry and fertiliser, Anthony O’Connor, Teagasc Adviser in...
Dairy
Irish dairy farmers must strive to improve grassland output and utilisation in 2016, according to Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) advisor...
Dairy
Over grazing paddocks now could lead to a shortage of grass on dairy farms next Spring, according to Teagasc Dairy...
Grass
Irish livestock farmers could improve the output they achieve from grazed grass, if they moved away from set stocking, according...
Dairy
Daily grass growth rates have fallen to 52kg of DM/ha/day, according to Dr Michael O’Donovan of Teagasc. “Demand levels for...
Grass
Grazing grass tightly in late April/early May will have a huge influence on sward quality for the remainder of the grazing...
Agri-Business
The Paddy O’Keeffe Innovation Centre was officially opened today (Friday) at the Teagasc campus in Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Over...