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CAP concerns: ‘Rural Ireland is squeezed…without the return for what’s being...
Rural Ireland is “being squeezed and squeezed – and not getting the return for what’s being done”, according to farmers who attended the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) regional online meeting on...
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Teagasc courses and peatland rewetting go under Oireachtas spotlight
Teagasc education courses and the rewetting of peatland – and its impact on surrounding farmland – are set to go under the spotlight of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine...
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Minister gives breakdown of Covid-19 supports that amounted to €61m
Agriculture-related costs, in the form of funding to support various sectors impacted by Covid-19, have amounted to more than €61 million. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie...
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Green Acres: Change in calf buying tactics delivers in Limerick
Calf rearing is all but complete on the farms enrolled in the Teagasc Green Acres Programme. Now is an opportune time to identify and isolate any problems that may have occurred in terms of calf...
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‘Lambs being drafted 10-14 days earlier on grass/clover swards’
Lambs are being drafted 10-14 days earlier on grass/clover swards compared to grass-only swards at the Teagasc Centre in Athenry, Co. Galway, Philip Creighton has said. The grassland research officer...
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Growth Watch: Harvesting first cut silage crops
Growth Watch By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald As we enter the latter part of May and continue with growth watch, the priority on many farms swings to the harvesting of first cut silage...
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Traditional peat harvesting ‘should be recognised as cultural practice’
A call has been made by one TD for traditional peat harvesting to be “recognised as a cultural practice protected by domestic and EU law”. Making the call, independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan...
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5 agri and equine apprenticeships proposed for development
Five agricultural and equine apprenticeships have been proposed for development by Teagasc, the authority has said. In an opening statement provided by Teagasc’s director of knowledge transfer Stan...
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Discussions underway on new agri degree at NUI Galway
Discussions are underway on to collaborate on a new undergraduate degree programme that is being established by the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), according to Teagasc. In an...
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‘Proactive approach’ needed to prevent spread of blackgrass
Independent TD for Wexford Verona Murphy has told the government that a “proactive approach” is needed to prevent the spread of blackgrass. The highly invasive blackgrass weed was found recently in a...
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Part-time Green Cert enrolment projected for ‘highest intake since 2015’
Green Cert part-time and distance enrolments for 2021 at Teagasc colleges are projected to be the highest intake over the past decade other than 2015, the authority has said. Somewhere in the region...
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Horticulture issues to fore in IFA talks with Minister O’Brien
Issues affecting the mushroom and wider horticulture sector were to the fore in a recent meeting between Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien and the Irish Farmers’...
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Kilkenny farmers focuses on making quality silage with minimal wastage
As the silage season approaches, dairy and beef farmer Eddie Mackey is focused on making quality silage while minimising any waste. Farming with his father in Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, Eddie is intent...
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Direct and indirect effects of lameness on a dairy farm
Lameness is one of the primary considerations, alongside mastitis and infertility, affecting a dairy herd’s profitability. Apart from obvious discomfort and welfare concerns, lameness directly...
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Ciaran Fitzgerald: Have environmentalists forgotten about Brexit?
Brexit is real and hasn’t gone away, and new UK trade deals loom with very real impacts for Irish agriculture, despite what An Taisce would have you believe. Any comprehensive, accountable analysis of...
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Cork siblings winners of national environmental award for hemp project
Two Co. Cork secondary school students have won a national environmental award for their project that aims to promote the benefits of growing hemp. Siblings Cian Walsh, a transition year student and...
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24 biodiversity projects to receive €3 million in funding
24 groups have been chosen to implement locally-led farm and community biodiversity initiatives over the next 18 months. Minister of State Pippa Hackett has announced the results of a €3 million open...
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Wall appointed enterprise leader at Johnstown Castle
Dr. David Wall has been appointed as the new enterprise leader at the Teagasc campus in Johnstown Castle, the agricultural authority has said. The enterprise leader role is to lead the management of...
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FCI calls for calm amid ‘frenzy’ to catch up on first-cut silage
With less than 10% of first-cut silage done so far this year, the chief executive of the Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) is calling for calm amid a ‘frenzy’ among...
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Dealing with lameness issues on sheep farms
Lameness on sheep farms is a never-ending issue and headache for farmers. Not only is it an animal welfare issue, but the loss in performance and the expense incurred in treating lame sheep, is a...
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