This week in photos: footbaths, harvesting, genotyping, clipping and baling
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Time to assess silage quality on beef farms
Declan Marren outlines why silage sampling is so important this winter in order to optimise animal performance on beef farms.
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The Big Dealer: changing of the guard within the IFA
IFA appointments, ravers amid beans, Eurofarm milestone, non-GMO milk on shelf and more in this week's Big Dealer.
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Germany to erect fence on Polish border to combat swine fever
The German government has changed the legal basis on which fences can be built.
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Get all the updates from the Teagasc Virtual Sheep Week
Throughout this week, there is an opportunity to tune into the Teagasc Virtual Sheep Week on all Teagasc online platforms.
Attention turns to closing paddocks on Tullamore Farm
Adam Woods checks in with Shaun Diver to see what’s been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.
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Closing up the farm – autumn rotational planner
Stephen Connolly looks at setting up your an Autumn rotational planner for your final rotation
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Watch: Irish casein making Mexican cheese
In this Farm Tech Talk interview, managing director of Ornua Ingredients Seamus Greene chats to Lorcan Allen about the role of Irish casein in the Mexican market.
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The importance of celebrating Irish food produce
As the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19 remain, we at the National Dairy Council are more grateful than ever to represent the resilient group of farmers and food producers of Ireland.
Catalogue available for NSBA multi-breed sale in Blessington
The sale, which takes place on Saturday 26 September, is the last one of the season where there will be such a large offering of sheep across 12 breeds.
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The importance of celebrating Irish food produce
As the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19 remain, we at the National Dairy Council are more grateful than ever to represent the resilient group of farmers and food producers of Ireland.
Get all the updates from the Teagasc Virtual Sheep Week
Throughout this week, there is an opportunity to tune into the Teagasc Virtual Sheep Week on all Teagasc online platforms.
Cow-first approach guides latest innovations for Fullwood Packo
Global population is expected to reach 10.5 billion people by 2067 – and with it an increased demand for sustainable sources of dairy.
Pied Piper Chemicals Ltd - the only Irish-owned manufacturer of rodenticide
Denis Leamy, who has 144 Munster caps and 57 Ireland caps, tackles rodents with Pied Piper Rat and Mouse Bait on his farm to keep it rodent-free.
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Gary Abbott recently spent some time with the 37m3 Krone MX 370 GL forage wagon to see how it performed
Grass quality has improved greatly over the last week as the farm received an ideal amount of rain.
Martin Corrigan farms with his father Kevin just outside Belcoo, Co Fermanagh. They run a herd of 27 Simmental cross cows with the farm undergoing some major changes over the past three years.
In today's episode the Irish Farmers Journal's Lorcan Allen speaks to Paul Crosson, John Finn and Sinead Waters on ‘Sustainable Beef Production - Where policy meets practice’. The team also look at what's happening around sustainability on the BRIDE Project in East Cork, in Co. Kilkenny with Teagasc's Catherine Keena. The team also visit Tully Farm in Co. Kildare.
John Egerton stopped breeding his spring-calving cows after seven weeks.
Dairylink Ireland participant Stephen Wallace farms near Seaforde, Co Down.
Adam Woods, Beef & Suckler Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal is joined by Donall Fahy, Bernadette Earley and Alan Dillon from Teagasc who focus on the Grange dairy calf-to-beef system study and the key components that are helping achieve high performance. Adam also pays a visit to Tipperary dairy calf to beef farmer J.P Hammersley to take a look at his system of farming.
Adam Woods, Beef & Suckler Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal is joined by Michael McManus, Bernadette Earley and Alan Twomey from Teagasc. Focusing on the Derrypatrick Herd at the Teagasc Animal and Grassland, Research and Innovation centre, in Grange County Meath, this episode of Beef Talk will look at how it achieves its breeding targets of 100% AI and a very compact calving.
Beef editor Adam Woods speaks to Tullamore Farm manager Shaun Diver about what’s been happening on Tullamore farm over the last few weeks
Down to Agribusiness Podcast: Fonterra back in profit and PGI beef row
In this week’s Down to Agribusiness podcast, Lorcan Allen and Phelim O’Neill discuss the ongoing row over a PGI for Irish beef, a return to profits for Fonterra and a tough year for Origin Enterprises
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Fendt continues to develop E100 Vario
Fendt continues to develop its fully electric E100 Vario compact tractor. Three years since its preview at Agritechnica in 2017 a number of updates have been made as result of testing and user feedbac
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IT Tralee forced to drop agricultural course for 2020
IT Tralee has been forced to drop its level 7 Agricultural Mechanisation degree course for 2020 due to a low level of qualifying applicants having secured the necessary work placement.
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Weather a growing concern for South American grain production
There is an increasing risk of La Nina developing by October and continuing into early 2021.
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IFA potato report: maincrop yield reports average
IFA potato market report Tuesday 22 September 2020.
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