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Minister Heydon meets farm organisations on the impact on farming of prolonged dry weather
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, today, August 18, convened a meeting with Teagasc and the main farm organisations to discuss the impact of the prolonged dry weather on farming.
18 August 2026
Managing your sheep flock through August
On this episode of the OviCast podcast, Ciaran Lynch catches up with Damian Costello, Teagasc Sheep Specialist, to discuss some of the key management tasks for the coming weeks.
18 August 2026
Calving at 24 months – ‘the results speak for themselves’
Reflecting on a busy July, Future Beef and Signpost Programme participant, Kay O’Sullivan an organic farmer near provides an update on animal performance, silage stocks and grass growth.
18 August 2026
Seeing the value of clover in a dry year
Advisor on the Teagasc / Lakeland Dairies Joint Programme, Sean Callan visits Julie Mullarkey in Monaghan to see how clover inclusion is benefiting the farm, and he provides an update on how the demonstration farmers are managing through the extended dry spell.
18 August 2026
ECHO Brings Innovative Equine Health Event to the Irish National Stud
Equine owners, breeders, trainers, riding instructors, veterinary professionals, students and anyone with an interest in improving equine health will have a unique opportunity on Friday, 11th September to explore how nutrition, gut health and behaviour interact in the modern horse.
17 August 2026
Grass10: Advice for farmers facing very different grass growing conditions
With the country firmly divided, Grass10 Advisor, Nikki Kennedy shares advice for farms where grass is growing and those where drought is still having an impact on grass supplies.
17 August 2026
Trying to get time off – help others to help you
Eoghan Byrne, Project Manager in FRS farm services, and MTU Agriculture student, Cormac Harnett, who works as an operator with the FRS in Cork, join Stuart Childs to discuss how farmers can help themselves get a bit of a break from the work by making it easier to work on their farm.
17 August 2026
Farming with Nature: Practical Ways to Enhance Farmland Biodiversity
Declan Byrne and Ruth Dunne of Teagasc Tinahely recently hosted a farm walk on Paul and Kathleen Carberry’s farm in County Wicklow, offering attendees the opportunity to see first-hand how farming and nature can work together.
17 August 2026
Keep sheep schemes tasks on track
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.
16 August 2026
Take time out to focus on safety
Representing a relatively small proportion of the working population, yet accounting for 40% of all workplace fatalities, Paul Mullins, Education Officer at Teagasc Athenry, reminds us of the importance of taking time out this August to focus on farm safety.
15 August 2026