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Teagasc launches business planning workbook
A new Teagasc business planning workbook, ‘My Farm, My Plan, Planning my Future’ was launched by the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Tom Hayes, at the Teagasc...
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Latest grassland research from Teagasc
Teagasc has produced a farmer’s practical guide to draining grassland in Ireland. Published this morning it is the latest research from the Moorepark Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre...
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Impact of Teagasc research highlighted
Teagasc launched a new document in Dublin today outlining its research highlights from 2013. Dr Frank O’Mara, Director of Research in Teagasc, said: “This document is a collection of some of the...
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Ireland’s next-generation herd – Teagasc
The View from Teagasc: The Teagasc Next Generation Herd has been established at the Dairygold Research Farm in Kilworth in 2012 and below are the latest evaluations. It was set up to ensure that use of...
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Advice offered on how to deliver energy efficiencies inside the farm gate
In 2017, Ireland produced 7.3 billion litres of milk on-farm – this equates to 312GW hours of energy. By 2020, the country’s national milk production will expand to 8.8 billion litres and this,...
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Think black-grass isn’t that big a deal? Think again
Black-grass is a serious grass weed which has the ability to devastate the cereal industry in Ireland if it is not controlled. Just 1 plant/m²/ha can result in the return of six million seeds. It is...
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‘Are Teagasc’s industry-friendly climate projections credible?’
By An Taisce Climate Change Committee Assertions made by Prof. Frank O’Mara, Teagasc’s director of research, flatly contradict the climate action advice recently given by the Climate Change Advisory...
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All welcome to Johnstown Castle for the Teagasc National Winter Milk Event
Preparations are underway for this year’s National Winter Milk Event which is due to take place next week at Teagasc Johnstown Castle in Co. Wexford. The event – which is titled ‘Building a Sustainable...
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Crops forum: New CAP, environment and the threat of aphids
Changes lie ahead for all sectors of agriculture. This year’s National Crops Forum held by Teagasc will focus on challenges that may lie ahead for tillage farmers. The threat of aphid resistance is...
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What are dairy bull calves worth now, based on current beef prices?
Ireland’s dairy-beef industry has found itself propelled into the fast lane. Since quotas were abolished in 2015, the national dairy herd has increased in size. As a result, there has been a...
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‘By 2030 dairy will be two-thirds of absolute emissions in agriculture’– Teagasc
2016 data indicates that beef contributed 44% of the emissions; dairy – 56%, but by 2030 dairy will be two-thirds of the absolute emissions. Ireland needs to come at the whole issue with a...
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Can winter finishing deliver any margin for beef farmers in 2020?
Beef finishers will struggle to breakeven this winter due to low factory prices, recent figures presented by Teagasc’s head of Drystock Knowledge Transfer Pearse Kelly have shown. Speaking at a Beef...
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Analysis: Current beef price at €3.50/kg leaves all suckling systems loss-making
Last night, Tuesday, September 3, Teagasc and the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) held a beef seminar in Co. Kilkenny. The message from this event was clear – farmers need to “batten down the...
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‘As long as I can get my bulls away, I won’t go away from that beef system’
While the atmosphere in Kilkenny on Tuesday night last, for a beef seminar organised by Teagasc and the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), was far from positive from a beef farmer’s perspective,...
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‘Scientifically-tested practices’ stressed at winter milk event
The importance of “scientifically-tested component practices” for developing a successful dairy system was highlighted at the 2019 Teagasc Winter Milk Event in Johnstown Castle in Co. Wexford. The...
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How many farms are there in Ireland and who is gaining the most?
In 2017 agri-food was worth about €12.2 billion to the Irish economy and this increased to €13.5 billion in 2018. There are 137,000 farms in Ireland, 75%+ of which generate meat products. When the...
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Teagasc continues fodder supply assessments
Teagasc assessments on whether there are significant fodder shortages in specific areas are ongoing, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The spokesperson emphasised that...
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LacPatrick nabs senior Teagasc scientist
LacPatrick Dairies has announced the appointment of Dr Paul Crosson, who has been working with Teagasc for the past number of years. Crosson, who has been based out of Grange, had a Ph.D. from UCD and...
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How do farmers keep going and comply with environmental targets?
The challenge with sustainability in agriculture is to keep going at the same time as complying with environmental targets in the area of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There are also targets in...
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New ‘Open Source Future Farm Programme’ unveiled
The next generation of a joint programme that aims to “provide family farms with the skills and technologies to operate efficient and sustainable dairy farming systems” has been launched by Glanbia...
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