Tillage Technical
Soil monitoring - middens and earthworms
Farmers are being asked to check for middens – tennis ball-sized plugs constructed by earthworms – when monitoring their soils....
Earthworms
Video
Teagasc Grass VESS Demonstration by Grassland Agro
David Corbett and Sean McMahon from Grassland Agro demonstrate the Teagasc Grass VESS. The Teagasc Grass VESS is the assessment...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Sheep
'Quarantine drench critical in light of ever-growing drench resistance'
“There are so many resistant worms out there that farmers are now much more likely to import them onto their...
Tillage
Feed the worms…they’re good for your soil
Earthworm populations are sensitive to tillage, but using organic manures can help to increase earthworm populations under tillage. Patrick Forrestal...
Environment
Is ploughing driving your earthworms away?
Scientists from University College Dublin and the University of Vigo, Spain, have found that the digging, stirring and overturning of...
Agri-Business
Earthworms are the heroes of soil and Cork company
A group of 30 enterprising farmers from Bantry, West Cork, formed the Celtic Worm Company in an attempt to harness...