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Tillage
Pesticides and cover cropping on the cards at Tillage Conference
James Hanly
The annual Teagasc conference will take place on Wednesday, 29 January in the Lyrath Conference Centre, Kilkenny with thematic sessions and workshops organised for the day.
22 January 2025 News
Government pledges to retain nitrates derogation
In the Programme for Government, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Independent representatives stated they will “do everything within [their] power to make the case at EU level” to retain the derogation.
22 January 2025 News
Storm Éowyn: preparing your farm for a storm
With the weather warnings set to begin at 2am on Friday morning, Teagasc has advised farmers to prepare their farms and livestock for the storm.
Farmers must be health and safety officers for their enterprises - Teagasc
Dr John McNamara from Teagasc and Finola Colgan from Mental Health Ireland were speaking about farmer wellbeing on the latest episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing podcast.
22 January 2025 News
Teagasc appoints new head of environmental research
The new appointee spent more than 24 years managing research projects in the area of environmental science.
20 January 2025 News
Calf births could drop by 45,000 head this year
Calf numbers this year could be 100,000 head lower than 2023 if the 2% drop in births comes to pass.
19 January 2025 News
Kerry had highest spring barley yield in Ireland in 2024
Kerry farmers had some impressive spring barley and oats yields in 2024 according to Teagasc figures.
19 January 2025 News
How to get the best out of your slurry
Noel Meehan from Teagasc shares key advice on how best to maximise the use of slurry, with farmers in zone A and zone B now permitted to spread slurry.
18 January 2025 News
Keeping pregnant ewe lambs ticking along nicely
Research has shown that for pregnant ewe lambs to have the best chance of rearing a lamb, they should be gaining in the region of 80g liveweight during early and mid-pregnancy.
18 January 2025 Management
Teagasc lowland sheep conference dates announced
The opening talk will be on ‘low stress handling for shepherd and sheep’, by Miriam Parker.
17 January 2025 News
Rearing dairy beef calves in Castlefinn
Adam Woods reports from the first Animal Health Ireland Calf Care event which took place in Donegal last week.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
Boortmalt to expand plant by year end
Boortmalt is continuing its expansion in Athy and will need more barley for the growing capacity at the plant.
15 January 2025 News