Articles
Getting to the ‘core’ of silage testing
More and more beef farmers will be taking silage samples as a result of the Beef Welfare Scheme. Patricia Lynch a Drystock Advisor in Teagasc Ballinrobe shares key tips to not only ensure this process is done correctly but to also make sure farmers make use of the resulting analysis.
1 November 2025
Listen: Grass10 Update with John Payne, Co. Longford
On this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing advice and closing up for early spring grass.
1 November 2025
Closed period for farmyard manure spreading begins
November 1 marks another key date in the farming calendar, as the closed period for the spreading of farmyard manure comes into play.
1 November 2025
Grain Harvest 2025
Kieran Keane, Teagasc Moorepark Feed Nutrition Lab, provides an early analysis of the 2025 barley and wheat harvest, highlighting trends in crude protein levels and implications for feed formulation.
31 October 2025
Minister Michael Healy-Rae opens the 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting
Michael Healy-Rae TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine delivered a warm welcome address to mark the beginning of the 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting chaired jointly by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Teagasc that took place in Dublin this month.
31 October 2025
Strengthening women-led innovation in farming and rural areas
Europe cannot afford to lose the talent and innovation of rural women. Women do not lack ideas or ambition - they lack access.
31 October 2025
Irish broiler sector supports 5,000 jobs
Broiler producers from across Ireland gathered for two important events last week, the Teagasc National Broiler Conferences, which assembled delegates in both Monaghan and Limerick over two respective days.
31 October 2025
Tillage Edge: Post-emerge weed control and aphid control in winter cereals
Conor Kavanagh, a Teagasc tillage advisor in Tipperary, joins Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge to discuss weed control strategies in winter cereals.
30 October 2025
Assessing establishment in winter cereals
Now is an ideal time to walk crops to assess establishment and the effectiveness of weed control, Teagasc Crops Specialist, Ciaran Collins tells us more.
30 October 2025
The proposed measures in the new Nitrates Action Programme
Ireland’s sixth Nitrates Action Programme is due to come into effect in January 2026. At the Teagasc Water Quality Conference held on October 29, Ted Massey, Head of Water Quality and Air Division at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provided an update on the programme that will run from 2026-2029.
30 October 2025