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Teagasc appoints new head of advisory service
The Teagasc Authority has today (Tuesday, July 19) approved the appointment of Thomas Curran as the new head of the Teagasc Advisory Service. Curran will lead the Teagasc Advisory Service, which is...
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Cost of production now 34c/L on dairy farms
The cost of production on dairy farms has significantly increased in 2022, with record high prices for input costs. In one sense, dairy farmers have been quite lucky that milk prices are good. May...
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New potato blight control programmes for the future
Teagasc has confirmed that the loss of fluazinam as an end-of-season blight control spray will have a major impact on the Irish potato industry. “Its value lay in the fact that both foliage and tubers...
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Resilience for Dairy project hosts over 70 delegates for cross-border tour
Over 70 delegates consisting of farmers, scientists and advisors from 14 countries across Europe visited Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on a three-day cross-border study tour. The visit...
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Hackett unveils enhanced payments for organic farmers
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett has today (Wednesday, July 20) announced proposed new enhanced rates for farmers participating in the...
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Organic beef farmer to host farm walk on grassland management
The Limerick and Tipperary Organic Farming Group has organised a farm walk this week, which is its second in a series of events this summer to highlight the organic farming sector in Ireland. The farm...
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Dairy methane emissions at grazing ‘overestimated’– Shalloo
The methane emissions produced by dairy cows while grazing are currently overestimated, according to Laurence Shalloo from Teagasc. The comments from the head of the Animal and Grassland Research and...
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Teagasc to appoint 3 organic farm advisors by this autumn
Teagasc is in the process of appointing two organic farm specialists and three organic farm advisors, who will support the increasing number of farmers that are converting, the organisation’s director...
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Agricultural emissions ‘driven by policy’ since quota abolition
The increase in agricultural emissions in recent years has been “driven by government policy” since the abolition of milk quotas, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed. Responding to the...
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Emissions target of 22% or 30% is ‘almost irrelevant’
Whether agriculture in Ireland faces a 22% emissions-reduction target or a 30% target is “irrelevant” as we don’t have the “solutions” available to reach those targets currently. That’s according to...
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Sheep management: Giving time to put condition back on ewes
Breeding on mid-season lambing flocks may seem a while away yet, but preparing ewes for it cannot and should not be delayed. Ideally, ewes should be examined 10 weeks before the start of breeding. If...
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Macra: Young farmers are frontline environmentalists
The president of Macra na Feirme has said that young farmers are currently delivering on emissions reductions across the country. “Young farmers have consistently come forward to outline how they will...
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ICMSA calls for clarity on economics of organic farming
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that clarity is needed on the economics of organic farming. It follows an announcement by Minister of State at the Department of...
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Harvest 2022: Barley yields extremely variable
The 2022 Irish cereal harvest is well underway at this stage with most winter barley crops combined and in store. Small acreages of oats and oilseed rape have also been harvested at this stage....
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TAMS to be extended to include horse sector
Equine farmers will be included in the next Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS), the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has confirmed. Horse Sport Ireland...
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Optimising stocking rate does not mean maximising
Optimising stocking rate was a key point highlighted at the Irish Grassland Association (IGA) conference held this week. The IGA held its dairy summer tour and conference this week in Co. Tipperary...
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New feed additive could cut Irish cattle emissions by 60%
Early indications are showing promising results on using a feed additive to reduce the amount of methane produced by Irish cattle. In Teagasc’s July newsletter, Sinead Waters and Stuart Kirwin outline...
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Emissions ‘finger-pointing’ risks reputation of agriculture – FG reps
A group of rural Fine Gael politicians has said that the current “wave of finger-pointing” on emissions runs the risk of tarnishing Ireland’s reputation as one of the world’s most sustainable food...
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Emissions: INHFA calls for constructive engagement with farmers
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has called on the government to undertake “constructive engagement” with the farming community on emissions. The association’s president, Vincent...
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Irish Forestry and Woodland Awards entry date extended
People have been reminded that entries are still open for the 2022/23 RDS Irish Forestry and Woodlands awards, following an extension of the deadline to Wednesday, August 10, at 12:00p.m. The RDS has...
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