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13 April 2021 Type Event Proceeding Are you looking to make better grazing decisions on your farm in April? On this webinar which took place on Wednesday, 7th April, John Douglas & Joseph Dunphy, Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O'Leary, PastureBase Ireland go through how you can use PastureBase Ireland to plan your spring grazing. The Grass10 and PastureBase team gave an update on Spring grass supply & grazing from PastureBase Ireland, as well as tips and advice on managing the 2 nd rotation during April. They gave an overview of the terms used on PastureBase Ireland such as Average F...

13 April 2021 Type Event Proceeding On this episode of the Let's Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist talks to us about bull selection targets. Stuart recaps on an overall guideline that Teagasc have issued to people in relation to the breeding targets for this year. How breeding can influence the direction of your herd will also be discussed. Over the last couple of years, there has been less emphasis put on the selection of bulls and more of a focus put on it now apposed to a herd trying to improve the breeding decisions for the farm itself. Stuart take...

12 April 2021 Type Event Proceeding The third in a series of Teagasc Crop Agronomy Update Webinars took place on Tuesday, 6th April. This webinar covered the major agronomy decisions needed over the coming weeks in winter and spring crops. Researchers, Specialists and Advisors were on hand to answer questions throughout the webinar. Topics covered included Spring barley weed control            Trace Elements and their importance for tillage crops Manganese, Magnesium, Zinc, Copper and Sulphur View webinar recording below

12 April 2021 Type Event Proceeding Host Ciaran Lynch, Teagasc Sheep Specialist was joined by Dr. Orla Keane, Teagasc Researcher and Michael Gottstein, Head of Teagasc Sheep KT on this episode of the Let's Talk Sheep webinar series which took place on Thursday, 8th April to discuss nematodirus and coccidiosis in lambs. Dr. Orla Keane from Teagasc discussed Nematodirus infection in young lambs. This is very timely as the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have just issued their Nematodirus forecast which has indicated that peak hatching and infection will be abou...

09 April 2021 Type Event Proceeding On a recent Integrated Pest Management Webinar, which took place on Wednesday, 7th April 2021, Donall Flanagan, Teagasc Horticulture Development Department was joined by David Davidson, Technical Consultant with Koppert to discuss aphid pest control. David gave an insight into the strategies for aphid control using IPM methods in a range of protected ornamental and horticultural crops. He also introduced the latest developments from Koppert to help in management of aphids and some other pests. These include Aphiscout containing 5 different parasitic...