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Growth Watch: Harvesting first cut silage crops

Growth Watch By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald As we enter the latter part...

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Growth Watch: Critical period for grazing decisions approaching

Growth Watch By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Although growth rates have been...

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Growth Watch: Keep silage quality in mind when making next grazing decision

Growth Watch By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Lower than average grass growth...

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Growth Watch: ‘Borrowed days of March’ continue into late April

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald It’s been a challenging spring in terms of...

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GrowthWatch: Grazing season comes to an end for some farms

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Keep track of the average farm cover (AFC) if...

Future-proofing your farm: Steps you can take today

Irish dairy farmers face constant change, from unpredictable weather to evolving regulations and...

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GrowthWatch: Grazing season draws to a close for heavier stock

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald The 2020 grazing season is beginning to draw...

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GrowthWatch: Graze paddocks now that you want to be hitting early next spring

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald In the main, grazing conditions have been...

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GrowthWatch: Targeting 60% of the farm grazed by the end of October

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald We are now at the midpoint of October, which...

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GrowthWatch: Rain forces stores indoors on heavy farms

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Grazing conditions have deteriorated...

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GrowthWatch: Making use of grass in challenging conditions

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald The wet weather over the couple of days has...

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GrowthWatch: Preparations for spring grassland management begin now

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Although seemingly a long way away,...

Creating an appetite for Irish meat and dairy in France

In this article, we talk to Germain Milet, who is a market specialist for meat and seafood in Bord...

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GrowthWatch: Aim to maximise the use of autumn grass

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald With the weather forecast looking relatively...

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GrowthWatch: Slurry and fertiliser – when and where?

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald The deadline for chemical fertiliser nitrogen...

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GrowthWatch: Chemical fertiliser deadline approaching

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald The chemical fertiliser spreading closed...

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GrowthWatch: Meal feeding to be fast tracked to spring-born calves

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Much of Ireland has been gripped in storm-like...

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GrowthWatch: Managing tricky grazing conditions

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald The target for mid-August is to have...

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GrowthWatch: Building autumn covers firmly in sight

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Extending the number of grazing days beef...

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GrowthWatch: Beware of reduced grass quality

By Teagasc Green Acres programme advisor James Fitzgerald The higher than normal levels of...

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GrowthWatch: Focus turns to building grass covers for the autumn

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Over the last three months, grassland...

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GrowthWatch: Keeping a close eye on pre-grazing covers

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Mid-season weighing has been completed on the...

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GrowthWatch: Grass growth exceeding demand scenario welcomed

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald Across the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef...

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GrowthWatch: Focus switches to second-cut silage and surpluses

By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald After a challenging few weeks in terms of...

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