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Teagasc eyes agri-food expansion with three key appointments

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Teagasc eyes agri-food expansion with three key appointments

Teagasc has unveiled three senior appointees as it gears up to cope with expansion plans across almost all sectors of agri-food.

Lauren needs 45-minute exam break to properly reflect her abilities

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Lauren needs 45-minute exam break to properly reflect her abilities

farming

Changes in temperature and rainfall patterns will ‘challenge farmers’

‘No misconduct’ over delayed cancer diagnosis

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‘No misconduct’ over delayed cancer diagnosis

business

Only one third of farmers have sufficient fodder stocks for winter

business

Teagasc advises farmers to preserve fodder for winter

Teagasc advises farmers adopt early plan for winter forage

Teagasc advises that farmers act early to put a strategy in place this summer to ensure there is adequate winter forage for the stock on the farm. Options can include:

Thu, 09 May, 2013

Important to get nitrogen fertiliser on to grassland soon

Teagasc nutritionist Dr Siobhán Kavanagh has advised that the most important fodder crisis action is to get nitrogen fertiliser on to grassland as soon as weather and ground conditions permit.

Thu, 28 Mar, 2013

Teagasc goes online to tackle nutrition issues

With low temperatures limiting grass growth and fields still wet in some areas, the fodder crisis continues for many farmers.

Thu, 21 Mar, 2013

Online animal nutrition questions answered

Teagasc recently held their first live online questions-and-answers session on animal nutrition, through their corporate Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Thu, 07 Mar, 2013

Next six weeks are criticalfor productive capacity

Livestock farmers have welcomed improvement in the weather which will bring forward grazing of herds which are rapidly running out of good quality indoor fodder.

Thu, 21 Feb, 2013

Turning out early in spring never more important

Setting up for early turnout will be the key to mitigating the effect of bad-quality silage in winter feeding, advised Siobhán Kavanagh of Teagasc at last week’s National Liquid Milk Conference.

Thu, 25 Oct, 2012

Tests show silage quality is 5%-6% below normal

Silage quality is 5%-6% below normal.

Thu, 27 Sep, 2012

Establish size of any feed deficit

Teagasc dairy specialist George Ramsbottom says the first step for livestock farmers is to establish the size of any winter feed deficit.

Thu, 30 Aug, 2012

Deficit in silage stocks on farms for winter ranges from 10% to 40%

Farmers say they are short of silage for next winter with 38% of dairy farmers and 15% of drystock farmers saying they don’t have enough feed harvested to keep their animals over the winter.

Wed, 01 Aug, 2012

Further efficiencies in beef production systems

I attended an excellent beef technical seminar and tour last week in Co Laois, run by the Agricultural Science Association.

Thu, 26 Apr, 2012

Fire which killed elderly couple 'a tragic accident'

Fire which killed elderly couple 'a tragic accident'

Gardaí were today treating a house fire which killed an elderly couple as a tragic accident.

Thu, 17 Dec, 2009

Teagasc offers support to farmers facing a winter of fodder shortage

TEAGASC has confirmed many farmers are facing a winter of fodder shortage, due to the bad weather and related difficulties in saving adequate quantities of feed.

Tue, 08 Sep, 2009

One million litres of milk a day shipped from Ireland to England

ONE million litres of milk a day has been shipped from Ireland to England over the past two months because British milk production is running 15% under quota this year, the Teagasc National Liquid Milk conference was told in Dublin yesterday.

Fri, 24 Oct, 2008

Rising costs and price pressures set backdrop for milk conference

A CONFERENCE will be told in Dublin on Thursday that production costs were four cent per litre higher and profit three cent per litre lower on liquid milk farms compared with the average spring milk farm last year.

Tue, 21 Oct, 2008