Dairy
Heifer mastitis can be a significant problem for some herds, with Animal Health Ireland (AHI)...
Sheep
Although many spring lamb processors lifted base quotes by 5-10c/kg over recent weeks, any momentum...
Opinion
Love it or loathe it, the Quality Pricing System (QPS) – or grid – for beef has presented...
With the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the armoury of medications available to farmers...
Results of a recent research trial undertaken by Teagasc researchers in Moorepark, Co. Cork, were...
Environment
Dr. Patrick Forrestal was tasked with informing delegates of manure and its management at the...
Attention is slowly turning to the dry period at farm level and many dairy farmers may consider...
Grass
Grass silage is the predominant feed used on the vast majority of dairy, beef and sheep farms in...
Beef
Just over 2.19 million calf births have been registered to beef and dairy dams so far this year,...
Breeding has commenced for many March-lambing flocks and, after the difficult year that’s just...
The steps taken by farmers when drying off cows can have a significant impact on mastitis levels...
Teagasc will host a winter feeding and finance seminar in Wexford next week. Scheduled for...
Given the pressures at lambing time, many farmers often decide against lambing down ewe...
Like last week, the spring lamb market continues to show some green shoots of recovery. Last week,...
The Gene Ireland programme was launched in autumn 2012 and was established by the ICBF (Irish...
Of the dairy farm soil samples analysed by Teagasc in 2017, just 15% had optimal soil fertility...
Although some signs of markets improving were witnessed this week, the number of spring lambs being...
Silage swards have higher potassium (K) requirements than grazed swards, according to Teagasc’s...
Milking 700 cows just outside Ardstraw, Jason Mitchell is the fourth generation of his family to...
Delegates arrived in Kilkenny this week for Teagasc’s Soil Fertility Conference, where the...
Hundreds of delegates gathered in Kilkenny today for Teagasc’s annual Soil Fertility Conference....
The spring lamb trade appears to be strengthening and stronger base quotes are available in some...
As is normally the case this time of year, weekly cattle sales are beginning to increase in marts...
The number of live cattle exported out of the EU during the first half of 2018 was 11% higher than...
