Sheep 2018 Farm to Fork

Saturday 7 July | Teagasc, Athenry

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Sheep production is a significant contributor to the agricultural and national economy producing 67,000t of sheepmeat valued at more than €320m annually.  At the event there was a very strong emphasis on technology transfer relating to all aspects of sheep production from grassland, breeding, flock health, nutrition, hill sheep, BETTER Farms, the environment, health and safety, meat industry and markets, education and wool, in addition to factual and informative stands on farm partnerships, inheritance and farm management. 

Pictured at the opening of Sheep 2018 -Farm to Fork - Kathryn Roche, John Walsh, Irish Country Meats; Professor Gerry Boyle, Teagasc Director; Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle, T.D;  Peter Keaveney, Leas Chathaoirleach, Galway Co Council; James Smyth,  Irish Country Meats and Michael Diskin, Teagasc.

Boards

BETTER Farmers

• BETTER Farmers (PDF)
• BETTER Farmers 2 (PDF)
• BETTER Farmers 3 (PDF)

Breeding

• Breeding Genetics Intro (PDF)
• Ewe Prebreeding NCT (PDF)
• Breeding & Genetics New Research Areas (PDF)
• Breeding from Ewe lambs (PDF)
• Breeding from Ewe lambs 2 (PDF)
• An Irish New Zealand Animal (PDF)
• Fiona McG & Aine O'Brien (PDF)
• Health Traits (PDF)
• Ewe genotype (PDF)
• How much crossbreeding can you afford to do (PDF)
• KMD Sheep Ireland - LambPlus (PDF)

Flock Health

• Anthelmintic Resistance (PDF)
• Board Roundworm (PDF)
• External Parasitic Control (PDF)
• Internal Parasite Control 1 (PDF)
• Internal Parasite 2 (PDF)
• Lameness (PDF)
• Liver Fluke (PDF)
• Multi-drug resistance (PDF)
• OPA (Jaagsiekte) (PDF)
• Vaccination (Graphs) (PDF)
• Vaccination (PDF)
• Worming pets - Clostridial diseases (PDF)

Nutrition

• Causes & time of neonatal lamb mortality (PDF)
• Does Creep feeding pay for mid season prime lamb (PDF)
• Effects of birth and rearing type (PDF)
• Getting a return on shearing (PDF)
• High feed value grass Silage (PDF)
• Mineral supplementation strategies on sheep farms (PDF)
• Nutrition during late Pregnancy (PDF)

Grassland

• Alternative forages in combination with perennial ryegrass (PDF)
• Autumn Closing Plan (PDF)
• Dealing with Drought Grassland (PDF)
• Grass Measurement and budgeting (measuring) (PDF)
• Grass Measurement and Budgeting (PDF)
• Grass10 (PDF)
• Grassland Soil Fertility (PDF)
• Grassland Village Intro (PDF)
• Grazing Management Main season (PDF)
• Incorporating white clover into sheep grazed swards (PDF)
• Know your silage requirements 1 (PDF)
• Know your silage requirements 2 (PDF)
• Paddock and Grazing Divisions (PDF)
• Paddocks and Grazing Divisions (growth pattern) (PDF)
• Pasture Profit Index (PDF)
• PastureBase Ireland (PDF)
• Spring (PDF)
• Taking advantage of surplus grass (PDF)

Hill Sheep

• BETTER Farm Hill Sheep Programme 1 (PDF)
• BETTER Farmers Hill Sheep (PDF)
• Farming the uplands (PDF)
• Finishing Options for Hill Lambs (PDF)
• Getting Hill sheep ready for breeding season (PDF)

Industry

• A consumer study of the effect of castration (PDF)
• Brexit & the irish Sheep Sector (PDF)
• Clean Livestock Policy - updated (PDF)
• Clean Livestock Policy (PDF)
• Selecting lambs for slaughter (PDF)
• Tagging Requirements (PDF)

Environment

• ACP Athenry Better Water with Science (PDF)
• Agricultural Sustainability Support Advisory Programme (PDF)
• Cattle Exclusion from Watercourses-COSAINT (PDF)
• Enhancing Wildlife on Farms (PDF)
• How is your farm plumbed to your local catchment (PDF)
• MCPA Best Practice for rush control (PDF)
• NMP Online - Improving Nutrient Management (PDF)
• Nutrient Value of Slurry (PDF)
• Pearl Mussel Project (PDF)
• Pesticides and Water Quality (PDF)
• Protected Urea for Sustainable Fertiliser Use (PDF)

Health and Safety

• Health and safety (PDF)
• Quad bike safety (PDF)
• Round Bales (PDF)
• Safe Shaft (PDF)

Forestry

• Combined Forestry (PDF)