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First organic monitor farm programme walk to take place next week
Kelsey Daly
The Stanleys converted to organic farming in 2011 and, since then, have built up the stocking rate of the farm.
25 May 2023 Climate and environment
EPA ‘not holding back’ from Teagasc methane research
Attendees at the EPA’s annual conference heard that the agency is open to incorporating the latest farm emissions science when updating national carbon inventories.
24 May 2023 News
Buying calves based on breed alone has to change - Teagasc
“We have to get the dairy farmer and the beef farmer working together but it’s going to be based on the genetic merit of that calf for beef,” Teagasc’s Padraig French has said.
Dairy cross cows working hard in Newford
Adam Woods reports from the Newford Suckler Demonstration Farm open day held earlier this week
24 May 2023 Management
Save the date for Crops and cover crop cultivations this June
There will be all sorts of machinery on display and we'll talk seedbeds, cultivation methods and all things cover crops on the day.
21 May 2023 News
Sheep factories have ‘serious questions to answer’ - IFA
IFA sheep chair Kevin Comiskey has slammed Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue for not supporting the sheep sector.
19 May 2023 News
Half of farmers think agriculture’s emissions ‘overstated’ - survey
The results of a Teagasc Signpost programme survey reveal that most farmers are concerned about climate change.
18 May 2023 News
Farm partnerships: ‘gradual transfer’ of land to next generation
Teagasc adviser Gordon Peppard explained the benefits of partnership agreements at the IFA’s recent farm succession information meetings. Barry Murphy reports.
17 May 2023 News
My Farming Week: Ellen Vaughan, Castletown, Navan, Co Meath
The Teagasc/FBD student of the year, Ellen Vaughan, works full time as a teacher and part-time as a dairy farmer in Castletown, Co Meath.
17 May 2023 News
Picture paints a thousand words on blackgrass
Where growers rely on chemicals to control weeds their weed management plans are being challenged by plants which have developed resistance to herbicides, writes Vijaya Bhaskar of Teagasc.
17 May 2023 Crops
Rushe not running for IFA presidency
The current deputy president has confirmed he won't contest the IFA presidency later this year.
16 May 2023 News
Salesian college’s beef and sheep to go organic
The Pallaskenry-based agricultural college launched a proposal to convert its drystock systems to organics.
12 May 2023 News