Articles
Planting Hedges
0 Planting Hedges On The Signpost Series, on Friday, 3 December, Mark Gibson, was joined by Pippa Hackett, Minister of State, DAFM and Professor Frank O’Mara, Teagasc Director to officially launch Hedgerow Week 2021. Catherine Keena, Countryside Management Specialist discusses planting hedges here and in the webinar Main Photo above: Prune all other […]
6 December 2021
Teagasc Future Beef Programme – Sustainable Cattle Production
0 Teagasc Future Beef Programme – Sustainable Cattle Production The Teagasc Future Beef Programme – Sustainable Cattle Production, was launched by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD on the farm of Oliver O’Hara, near Manorhamilton in County Leitrim today, Monday, 6 December. Liam Herlihy, Chairman of the Teagasc […]
6 December 2021
Feeding a healthy gut
0 Feeding a healthy gut Dr André Brodkorb and Dr Linda Giblin, food scientists at Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, study food digestion and bioactives. Their research features on tonight’s (Monday, 6 December) episode of “10 Things to Know About…Gut Health”, airing on RTÉ One Television at 8.30pm. Whether it’s breakfast, lunch or […]
6 December 2021
The Signpost Series – Managing the Risk of Phosphorus Loss from Slurry Application in Northern Ireland
0 The Signpost Series – Managing the Risk of Phosphorus Loss from Slurry Application in Northern Ireland On this episode of The Signpost Series, held on Friday, 19 November, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by guest speakers Drs Donnacha Doody and Russell Adams, AFBI to discuss managing […]
5 December 2021
Register for the Virtual Beef Conference 2021
0 Register for the Virtual Beef Conference 2021 On Monday 6th December and Wednesday, 8th December, Teagasc will bring you the latest beef research and the best technical advice for beef farmers with a live, hour-long, interactive webinar each evening at 8pm. You can expect a variety of contributors sharing their expertise and […]
5 December 2021
Proposed Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme
0 Proposed Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme The details of the new proposed suckler cow scheme which will be opening in 2023 have recently been published in the Draft CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027. Matt O’Sullivan Teagasc Advisor, Killarney outlines the proposed programme here The aim of this programme is to provide support to beef farmers […]
4 December 2021
Cop26 and Climate Change – Focus for Farmers
0 Cop26 and Climate Change – Focus for Farmers COP 26 took place in Glasgow recently. COP – Conference of Parties comprises the governments signed up to the UN Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC). Participating countries are tasked with their own emission reduction targets to implement. Drystock Advisor John Galvin gives some […]
4 December 2021
National Dairy Conference Questions Answered: Are you considering red clover?
0 National Dairy Conference Questions Answered: Are you considering red clover? All this week Teagasc Specialists answer the unanswered questions from the Virtual Dairy Conference on the Dairy Daily. Today’s question – Are you considering red clover (as well as white clover) for silage or grazing ground? is answered by the dairy farmer […]
3 December 2021
Promising results from Ireland’s first large scale measurement of methane emissions in beef cattle
0 Promising results from Ireland’s first large scale measurement of methane emissions in beef cattle Novel research led by Teagasc, in collaboration with colleagues at University College Dublin (UCD) and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), are making strides towards identifying, and ultimately, breeding for low methane emitting beef cattle to improve environmental […]
2 December 2021
National Dairy Conference Questions Answered: Slurry additives benefits
0 National Dairy Conference Questions Answered: Slurry additives benefits All this week Teagasc Specialists answer the unanswered questions from the Virtual Dairy Conference on the Dairy Daily. Today’s question is about Slurry additives and whether they are beneficial at making slurry agitation easier and at increasing nutrient supply to grassland. With the large […]
2 December 2021