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15 February 2021 Type Event Proceeding The first of the Teagasc Winter Crop Agronomy Update Webinars took place on Tuesday, 9th February. Teagasc researchers, specialists and advisors updated growers on crop agronomy for the coming weeks. Advice on nitrogen, P&K, weed control, PGR and disease control were also discussed. The first event covered crops from across the country including the following: Winter barley (hybrid and conventional Winter oilseed rape – early season agronomy Weed control in winter crops  – Grass weeds and difficult to control broadleaves View webinar record...

15 February 2021 Type Event Proceeding Alan Dillon, Teagasc Beef Specialist was joined by John Douglas, Teagasc Grass10 on this episode of Let's Talk Cattle which took place on Thursday, 11th February to discuss Early Spring Grassland Management. With longer spring days edging closer farmers will now need to start thinking about turning stock out to grass to make use of cheap weight gain. John Douglas from the Teagasc Grass10 team spoke with Alan Dillon about what practices farmers need to adopt to ensure earlier turnout is achieved and maximum use is made of what grass is availa...

15 February 2021 Type Event Proceeding Ciaran Lynch, Teagasc Sheep Specialist was joined by the team of Teagasc Sheep Specialists on this episode of Let's Talk Sheep which took place on Thursday, 4th February to discuss Reducing Mortality at Lambing Time. During this webinar, the team of Teagasc Sheep Specialists covered topics such as: Hygiene – reducing challenge from infection during lambing and early life Nutrition – feeding the ewe to maximise colostrum quality and quantity Nutrition of the new born lamb – stomach tubing Health care – preventing infection and treating lam...

29 January 2021 Type Event Proceeding Mark Gibson, Teagasc ConnectEd and Pat Murphy, Head of Teagasc Environment KT were joined by Elaine Leavy, Organic Specialist, Teagasc on Friday, 22 January, to discuss various steps you can take to covert to organic farming and some opportunities to exploit in switching to organic farming. Only 2% of Ireland’s land cover is under organic production. Elaine outlines that biodiversity is a key component that has come to the fore in EU policy around organic farming practices going forward into the future. A Q&A session took place at the end of El...

29 January 2021 Type Event Proceeding On this episode of the Let’s Talk Dairy for January 28th 2021, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist is joined by Joe Patton, Teagasc Nutritionist to discuss milk fever. 60% to 70% of all clinical disorders occur at this time, as cows are beginning to calf throughout the country due to the calving season heating up. Joe covers some points and solutions as to how to prevent or resolve milk fever before it becomes a significant issue for dairy farmers.  View webinar recording below: Let's Talk Dairy is a weekly webinar series held every Thur...