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Moorepark: Labour efficient farms more profitable
Farms that are more labour efficient, where the farmers are working shorter hours, are also more profitable, attendees heard at the Teagasc National Dairy Event in Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork. At the...
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Moorepark: Dairy farmers must refocus on ‘cost’ controls
The real value of incomes on all farms has been “eroded” because of the high rate of inflation and dairy farmers today (Tuesday, July 7) were warned at the 2023 Moorepark Open Day to “refocus on...
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Moorepark: EBI will continue to deliver for on-farm sustainability
The introduction and use of the economic breeding index (EBI) on dairy farms can only be described a success. Recent updates to the EBI include a carbon sub-index, which will reduce the carbon...
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Grass and clover genetic improvement programme launched
A new long-term programme aiming to improve the genetic merit of grass and clover has been officially launched. Teagasc and Goldcrop signed an agreement during the Teagasc Moorepark Dairy Open Day...
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Dairy farmer fears derogation reduction could cost him €40,000/year
A Co. Wicklow dairy farmer has personally told the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue that a reduction in the nitrates derogation could result in his farm losing 13...
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Met Éireann: Potato blight warning for entire country
Met Éireann has today (Wednesday, July 5) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight for the entire country. The national forecaster has said that weather conditions conducive to the spread of...
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Cow-calf contact: Is leaving calves with dairy cows an option?
A stand at the Teagasc Moorepark Open Day outlined some results from trials investigating the impact of two different cow-calf contact-rearing systems compared to the conventional Irish calf-rearing...
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‘Moment of nostalgia’ claims top honours in dairy photo competition
An image evoking a “moment of nostalgia” has claimed the overall prize in a photo competition celebrating dairy farming. Over 370 entries were received in the “This is Dairying Photo Competition”...
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Kale is an excellent fodder crop – Teagasc
Kale is an excellent fodder crop and is grown for animal use from August to March according to Teagasc, which has just issued its ninth crop report and update for the 2022/23 growing season. It...
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Call for increased funding for Straw Incorporation Measure
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Grain chair, Kieran McEvoy, has said that government must deliver an increase in funding, to the tune of €7.5 million, for the 2023 Straw Incorporation...
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Farmers urged to ask advisors about health and safety issues
Social pressure from other farmers and advisers “positively” influences attitudes to health and safety on farms, a new study has found. Research carried out as part of the ‘Teagasc Be Safe’ project...
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ICSA: Factories ‘hell bent’ on getting beef prices down
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has said that losses for beef farmers cannot be compounded by further price cuts. ICSA Beef Committee chair Edmund Graham said that any talk of...
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Moorepark 2023: What were the key messages?
The Teagasc Moorepark Open Day took place this week with a large crowd of dairy farmers and people from industry in attendance in Fermoy, Co. Cork. This year’s event saw many international farmers...
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Summer Beef Series: Mid-season grass management for dairy-beef
Summer Beef Series is in conjunction with Teagasc’s DairyBeef 500 campaign Grazed grass is the cheapest source of feed in Irish livestock production systems and maximising the levels of weight gain...
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Opinion: RTÉ Investigates did not quite pass the ‘history test’
In truth, last night’s RTÉ Investigates programme did not quite pass the ‘history test’ in explaining to viewers why the Irish dairy industry has expanded so quickly over the past decade. Only a...
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Bord Bia: Animal welfare ‘vital’ to reputation of Irish agriculture
Bord Bia has warned that “high standards of animal welfare” throughout the supply chain “are vital to maintaining the positive reputation of Irish agriculture”. An RTÉ Investigates programme, which...
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Nitrates Directive: Stubble cultivation regulations
The Nitrates Directive is designed to prevent pollution of surface waters and groundwater from agricultural sources and to protect and improve water quality, according to Teagasc. In response to this,...
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85% of dairy calves not exported or slaughtered in 2023
Analysis of latest government figures indicate that 85% or 1,246,081 head of calves born to the Irish dairy herd in the first 25 weeks of this year were neither exported nor slaughtered as calves....
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UK beef prices more than 60c/kg above Irish prices
Irish beef farmers have lost more than “€100 million” over the first six months of the year according to the Irish Farmer’s Association (IFA). The organisation’s national livestock chair, Brendan...
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Tillage farmers could find it hard to ‘pay bills’– farm org
Tillage farmers with a “heavy reliance” on spring crops may find it hard to “pay their bills over the coming months”, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Grain Committee chair. Teagasc...
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