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Beef
Food for thought on fodder on Tullamore Farm
Adam Woods
Shaun Diver has a round-up of what’s been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.
11 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: disappointing empty rates
It seems to have been an extra hard year on heifers as I hear empty rates are a lot higher than normal on most farms, writes Padraig Callanan.
4 December 2024 Climate and environment
Farming in the face of climate change
Teagasc senior researcher Dr Elodie Ruelle recently outlined how Irish farms will cope with a warmer and wetter climate. Caitríona Morrissey reports.
Dairy Management: Grass, maiden heifers and nitrates
Aidan Brennan says now is the time to do a final grass walk for the year and update spring grazing budgets to plan spring grazing.
4 December 2024 Management
How protected urea performed for grass growth in 2024
Brian McCarthy and Áine Murray, Teagasc Moorepark, report on protected urea use in 2024.
4 December 2024 Signpost Programme
Adapting farming to climate change
Ciarán Collins, Elodie Ruelle and Niall Farrelly of Teagasc outline some strategies to make crop and grass production, as well as forestry, more resilient to climate change.
4 December 2024 Signpost Programme
Targeting costs at €3/kg MS at Dairy Day
There was huge interest in the cost of production session with Mike Bermingham and Laurence Shalloo at Dairy Day, writes Aidan Brennan.
27 November 2024 Management
Teagasc announces review of clover advice
The review of clover and more updates on the performance of protected urea in Teagasc trials is designed to increase farmer confidence in the correct way to manage clover and protected urea.
27 November 2024 News
The Grass Week: wintry conditions spell end of grazing
Even farmers in the northwest had been getting by with some light grazing up until now, but this week has finally called a halt to grazing for 2024.
23 November 2024 Grass & feeding
Dairy Day view from NZ: 440kg solids from 475kg cows
New Zealand farmer Corrigan Sowman will speak at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day.
13 November 2024 Dairy Day
Ag drone demo attracts interest
Drone demonstration day held at Golden Vale Research, which drew interest from both farmers and the industry.
13 November 2024 Agri Technology
Dairy Management: what to do with high grass covers?
Even though the weather has turned a bit more wintery than it was, conditions are still excellent for the time of year, writes Aidan Brennan.
11 November 2024 Management