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Tillage
What’s the plan for disease control in 2025?
Siobhán Walsh
Crop management will vary throughout the season, but having guidelines in place for disease control is important.
What’s the plan for disease control in 2025?
 
 
Top 10 dairy-beef calf rearing tips
Beef
Top 10 dairy-beef calf rearing tips
Fertiliser allowances for forage crops and buffer rules
Tillage
Fertiliser allowances for forage crops and buffer rules
The cost of forage crops: from kale to maize
Focus
The cost of forage crops: from kale to maize
Grass+ Dairy: sluggish grass growth could lead to trouble
Dairy
Grass+ Dairy: sluggish grass growth could lead to trouble
TOOLS & CALCULATORS


BEEF
Top 10 dairy-beef calf rearing tips
Feeding calves
Top 10 dairy-beef calf rearing tips
Adam Woods takes a look at some calf rearing tips for farmers rearing dairy beef calves
DAIRY
The cost of forage crops: from kale to maize
Forage crops
The cost of forage crops: from kale to maize
Here are the Teagasc costs and returns figures for forage crops. They are estimated and can be amended to suit your own farm.
SHEEP
Setting up the spreader: understanding the difference between urea and compounds
Fertiliser
Setting up the spreader: understanding the difference between urea and compounds
Peter Thomas Keaveney looks at the main steps involved in checking over the fertiliser spreader, and outlines the importance of adjusting the spreader depending on the type of fertiliser being spread.
ANIMAL HEALTH
Suckler Marts Roadshow launched
Animal health
Suckler Marts Roadshow launched
Adam Woods has all the details of a suckler marts roadshow taking place around the country over the next few weeks


TILLAGE
What’s the plan for disease control in 2025?
Crops
What’s the plan for disease control in 2025?
Crop management will vary throughout the season, but having guidelines in place for disease control is important.
MACHINERY
Setting up the spreader: understanding the difference between urea and compounds
Fertiliser
Setting up the spreader: understanding the difference between urea and compounds
Peter Thomas Keaveney looks at the main steps involved in checking over the fertiliser spreader, and outlines the importance of adjusting the spreader depending on the type of fertiliser being spread.
BUILDINGS
New Galway yard makes handling 100 cattle a one-person operation
Cattle handling
New Galway yard makes handling 100 cattle a one-person operation
A look at a newly erected large cattle yard, designed for safety of operator and cattle.
FARM SAFETY
Inspections to target machinery safety next week
Farm safety
Inspections to target machinery safety next week
In the five-year period between 2020 and 2024, 28 people were killed in vehicle-related incidents on farms, with 12 of those associated with tractors.


VIDEOS


FARM PROGRAMMES
From the Tramlines: wonderful weather takes some pressure off
From the Tramlines
From the Tramlines: wonderful weather takes some pressure off
The good weather of late has taken some pressure off farmers. There is plenty of work to be done, but the weather is there to do it.
Lambing continues and heifers weigh in on Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm
Lambing continues and heifers weigh in on Tullamore Farm
Rachel Gallagher and farm manger Shaun Diver give an update on what has been a very busy week on Tullamore Farm.
Lambing continues and heifers weigh in on Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm video: lambing progressing after tricky lead-in
A few instances of ewes aborting added to concerns regarding ewe losses, but since lambing commenced, performance has been positive.
Lambing in full flight on Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm
Lambing in full flight on Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm manager Shaun Diver gives an update on how lambing and calving has been progressing this week on the farm.
Getting through the first SBLAS audit SPONSORED
Getting through the first SBLAS audit
Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.
Farmer's trust in the quality and reliability of Flourish Calf SPONSORED
Farmer's trust in the quality and reliability of Flourish Calf
Trust in both protein quality and the brand are the primary criteria in selecting calf milk replacer in the case of a generational dairy farmer based near the northeast shore of Lough Neagh.
Technology For Profit: data is key, knowledge is powerSPONSORED
Technology For Profit: data is key, knowledge is power
A stickler for data and detail, Sean Kelly’s focus has remained clear, staying on the family farm to help expand the herd, while keeping sustainability at its core.
Drive performance and profitability with Tirlán’s Milk Solids Growth programmeSPONSORED
Drive performance and profitability with Tirlán’s Milk Solids Growth programme
Efficient milk solids production is a key driver of farm profitability and Tirlán’s Milk Solids Growth programme enables farmers to unlock the full value of every drop of milk their herd produces.