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Scottish farmer Graham Lofthouse on his mixed farming system
Scottish farmer Graham Lofthouse on his mixed farming system Scottish beef and sheep farmer, Graham Lofthouse of Bankhouse Farm is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss his mixed farming system. The farm is located 30km south of Edinburgh and is 200-300m above sea level. The average rainfall is around 1,000mm. […]
18 September 2024
Staying SCEP compliant to maximise your payments
Staying SCEP compliant to maximise your payments As the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) progresses, Manager of the Future Beef Programme at Teagasc, Martina Harrington reminds participating farmers on the key obligations for 2024 and 2025. SCEP is designed to promote sustainable and efficient farming practices for beef farmers in Ireland. As […]
18 September 2024
Make slurry spreading a priority as closed period looms
Make slurry spreading a priority as closed period looms The permitted period for slurry spreading will end on September 30 this year and farmers are reminded to make every effort to have their tanks emptied before this date. Better weather over recent days has allowed ground conditions to improve, making the task […]
18 September 2024
Schemes update: ANC advance payments and ACRES Non-Productive Investments announcements
Schemes update: ANC advance payments and ACRES Non-Productive Investments announcements Details of the commencement of advance payments under the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme and the opening of applications for Non-Productive Investments (NPIs) under ACRES were shared today, September 18. ANC advance payments Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie […]
18 September 2024
Agricultural college students to benefit from new welding simulators
Agricultural college students to benefit from new welding simulators Funding has been announced for the procurement of 13 welding simulators by Teagasc for use in agricultural colleges by full-time and part-time students. Today, at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine […]
18 September 2024
Completing a drench test to identify what wormers are still working
Completing a drench test to identify what wormers are still working As some farms are reporting very high stomach worm egg counts over recent weeks, Head of Sheep Knowledge Department at Teagasc, Michael Gottstein discusses the importance of completing a drench test to identify what wormers are still working on your farm. […]
17 September 2024
Fodder survey: 18% of farmers have a deficit of greater than 10%
Fodder survey: 18% of farmers have a deficit of greater than 10% Teagasc has recently updated the National Fodder Survey across dairy and drystock farms nationwide, with input from approximately 650 farms. According to the latest survey results, 20% of farms have a small deficit to fill, but 18% of farms have […]
17 September 2024
Teagasc Sheep Specialists focus on lamb finishing at Ploughing 2024
Teagasc Sheep Specialists focus on lamb finishing at Ploughing 2024 Teagasc Sheep Specialists, Michael Gottstein and Damian Costello are on this week’s OviCast as they discuss the focus on lamb finishing at the sheep section of the Teagasc stand at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. Michael talks through some of the decisions […]
17 September 2024
Estonian ‘AgroChallenge’ for Teagasc students
Estonian ‘AgroChallenge’ for Teagasc students Students Avagh Carroll-Small and Charles Byrne, representing Teagasc Ballyhaise Agricultural College, and Megan McCarthy and James Coleman, students in Mountbellew Agricultural College, are set to compete in the prestigious Europea AgroChallenge 2024 event taking place from September 19-22. Pictured in advance of the AgroChallenge in Estonia are […]
17 September 2024
Digging into Solutions: Soils and Carbon Sequestration
Digging into Solutions: Soils and Carbon Sequestration Did you know that soil stores 80% of the carbon on land and is the Earth’s second largest carbon storage after oceans? However, not all soils are the same and the amount of carbon stored is dependent on soil type, Dr Muireann Egan of the […]
17 September 2024