4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (398+ words) After a difficult growing year, with drought putting pressure on grass and cereal crops, autumn is a good time to take stock of soil fertility and identify which fields need to be sampled in preparation for 2027. Soil sampling provides a…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (573+ words) Finishing suitable dairy-beef animals off grass before housing can reduce winter feed requirements and free up shed space, DairyBeef 500 Advisor, Fergal Maguire shares some top tips in this article. As we move toward the backend, it is now an opportune…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (698+ words) With weaning fast approaching, Aisling Molloy, Future Beef Programme Advisor, shares essential reading for farmers to reduce stress and protect calf performance over the coming weeks. Weaning is one of the biggest stress points in the suckler calf’s year. Planning…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (499+ words) September's grassland management approach will vary considerably between farms, writes Ciaran Lynch, Teagasc Sheep Specialist, who details the various strategies sheep farmers should employ when facing a grass shortage or target supplies. Grass supplies range from farms still severely affected…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (349+ words) After a challenging summer, Teagasc Sheep Specialist, Ciaran Lynch looks at three steps sheep farmers should take to protect flock performance next spring. Dry conditions over previous weeks seen some sheep farmers – especially those in the areas worst affected by…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (173+ words) Alan Dillon, DairyBeef 500 Manager, and James O’Sullivan, DairyBeef 500 farmer from Co. Cork, discuss James’ farm system and upcoming farm walk on this episode of the Beef Edge podcast. James works off farm as an AI technician and has four young…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (423+ words) Chemical and organic fertiliser may be applied evenly across a farm throughout the year, but it may not get taken up evenly. For example, some fields have more grazings than others, some have more silage cuts. The nitrogen (N) that cows…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (570+ words) Farming 29ha in Ballynevin, Co. Clare, James Skehan operates a 27-cow suckler to store/beef herd on a part-time basis. A spring-calving enterprise, 60% of this year’s calves were sired by AI, with the remainder sired by his Limousin stock bull. Calving…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (262+ words) Pigs need amino acids, the building blocks of protein, rather than crude protein itself. Peadar Lawlor, Teagasc Research Officer, tells us how amino acid requirements can change depending on farm hygiene levels. Focussing in on just a few of these…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (526+ words) With the favourable weather a good chunk of the heavy work is complete and now there is an opportunity to look over some paperwork and particularly the sheep scheme task requirements. Eamonn Patten, Teagasc Advisor, tells us more. Sheep farmers…...