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Tillage Conference: Teagasc unveils ‘crops’ booklet
Growers could face an estimated “22-25% increase in fertiliser costs”, according to Teagasc tillage specialists. Ciaran Collins and Shay Phelan, the authors of The Teagasc Crops Costs and Returns...
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Beef Kill: Farmers continue to offload high numbers of cows
The number of cows slaughtered in the first three weeks of 2023 is running almost 4,000 cows ahead of the same time period last year, according to beef kill figures from the Department of Agriculture,...
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Have you completed your first grass walk of 2023?
It may be time to complete the first grass walk of 2023 ahead of the start of calving or, for some, as calving gets underway. The first walk of the year gives an understanding of how the farm has...
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Sheep housing requirements for organic farming
The changes that farmers have to make when making the conversion to organic farming have been well documented in recent times, particularly so regarding drystock farmers. However, at the Teagasc...
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Cattle sired by low-index bulls to miss out on new 20c/kg bonus
Cattle that are born from January 1, 2023 onwards and are sired by bulls with a low beef sub-index value will not be eligible for the Advantage Beef Programme’s 20c/kg Sustainability Bonus. The change...
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Gerry Boyle appointed chair of AgriSearch
The former director of Teagasc, Prof. Gerry Boyle, has been appointed as the new chair of AgriSearch, the Northern Ireland Agricultural Research and Development Council. The appointment was confirmed...
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Cattle vets asked to stress risk of carbon leakage to policy makers
Dr. Frank Mitloehner, Professor and air quality specialist in co-operative extension at the Department of Animal Science at the University of California (UC) Davis, has expressed hope that Irish vets...
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Farmer frustrations boil over at IFA sheep meeting
Farmer frustration boiled over at the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA) national sheep meeting held earlier this week (Monday, January 23) at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The...
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Bord Bia: ‘No move’ towards digital-only audit format
Bord Bia has said that it will not be moving to an exclusively digitally based audit format when a new producer standard is implemented in 2024. The Irish food board said today (Thursday, January 26),...
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Ciaran Fitzgerald: Dismissing farmers as a ‘lobby’ shows prejudice
One of the great challenges in an open democratic society is that of accepting that your own fervently held view (e.g., assuming something is a ‘lobby’), is highly unlikely to be the only valid one on...
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ICSA calls on minister to hold meeting on sheep sector crisis
The Food Vision Beef and Sheep Group must meet urgently to discuss the crisis in the sheep sector, the Irish Cattle and Sheep farmers’ Association (ICSA) has said. Speaking today (January 27), the...
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IHFA to host European Holstein conference in Dublin
The Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) is preparing to host the 2023 European Holstein and Red Holstein Confederation conference in Dublin. The event, entitled “Farming with Nature – Future...
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CAN vs. protected urea – a tillage perspective
According to Teagasc, there is increasing interest among tillage farmers in switching from calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) to protected urea this season. Based on current fertiliser prices, there are...
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Wheat disease control options for the upcoming season
Septoria continues to be the most damaging disease of winter wheat crops in Ireland, according to Teagasc’s Dr. Steven Kildea who gave an update on new wheat disease control options at the 2023...
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Spring beans aids in reducing nitrogen requirement
Teagasc has confirmed that growing spring beans offers the opportunity to reduce the total nitrogen (N) requirement on tillage farms. This is because the crop only requires phosphorus (P) and...
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Agri-contracting: Having the conversation around money
Those in the agri-industry need to fully review and change their credit terms to get paid on time in a bid to ensure good cashflow and future viability. That’s according to Sharon Farrell, founder of...
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Sheep farmer quoted over €800/t for organic ewe ration
Organic sheep farmers Amy and Ross Jackson were quoted €830/t for concentrates that they planned to feed ewes in the run up to lambing. Ross and Amy, a husband-and-wife-team farming organically in...
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Grassland Agro joins Teagasc and UCC for fertiliser research
Grassland Agro has joined forces with Teagasc and University College Cork (UCC) to support FutureSoils, a new research programme that will pave the way to improved efficiency in nitrogen (N)...
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Tillage: Ramularia control in barley crops
Ramularia leaf spot (RLS) is a disease that attacks barley crops late in the season; losses are linked to reductions in photosynthetic area. As is the case with many plant diseases, stressed crops are...
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Nitrates derogation changes for 2023
The changes to the nitrates regulations will have an impacts on all farmers, but for some, the recent changes may see them entering derogation. Derogation allows farmers to exceed the 170kg of...
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