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Video: How to carry out grass measuring on your farm

March 18, 2020

Grazed grass is the cheapest feed available to Irish farmers and is key to achieving high levels of performance in terms of liveweight…

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to visit Teagasc’s demo suckler herd today

March 4, 2020

Rural Life

The UK’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Catherine, are set to visit the Derrypatrick demonstration suckler herd at the Teagasc Animal…

Lakeland launches ‘labour-saving booklet’ for suppliers

February 6, 2020

Dairy

Lakeland Dairies has launched a 28-page booklet containing recommendations, tips and case studies “aimed at making farm life easier” for its milk suppliers.…

Lameness: What can farmers do about it?

January 24, 2020

N.Ireland

Lameness is a huge problem on sheep farms, especially this time of the year when animals are being housed and when in-lamb ewes…

‘Brexit is not going to happen’ – Marshall’s theory

December 11, 2019

Beef

As the hours count down to the 2019 UK general election – set to take place tomorrow, Thursday, December 12 – independent senator…

How efficient must a farmer become at producing a kilogram of product?

September 7, 2019

Environment

When it comes to agriculture and climate action the focus – with regard to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – needs to be on…

‘Grazed grass isn’t that environmentally friendly’

March 31, 2019

Beef

Grazed grass and other forage-based diets are more likely to lead to higher levels of greenhouse gas production, according to Dr Tim Snellling,…

Planning winter feed options for sheep

September 23, 2018

Sheep

A series of workshops to help sheep farmers reduce the impact of this year’s challenging weather conditions on the 2019 lamb crop are set…

Do you think you have a chance against a PTO?

February 23, 2018

Machinery

Farming is the most dangerous occupation in Ireland. Last year, it accounted for over 50% of fatalities in all workplaces, FBD’s Ciaran Roche…

Huge variation in machinery costs on Irish tillage farms

January 12, 2018

Arable

The top 33% of tillage farmers spent €199/ha on machinery costs in 2016, according to results from Teagasc’s eProfit Monitor data. Farmers who…

Video: Check out all the action from Crops and Cultivation 2017

June 30, 2017

Arable

Over 3,000 people attended the Crops and Cultivation open day at Teagasc Oak Park earlier this week. The profitability challenge facing the Irish…

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