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Getting Down and Dirty - Lessons learned from Teagasc's Soils programme Reporter:  '); The Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme was set up in 2011 to develop a network of dairy farms on poorly drained soils to act as a test bed for strategies and management practices that could be implemented to improve the efficiency and performance of farms dominated by such soils, which account for 30% of grasslands nationally. Teagasc has published a new booklet - ‘Lessons learned - key findings of the Teagasc Heavy Soils programme’. This new publication outlines the development of the participating farm...

Lessons Learned from the Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme The Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme was set up in 2011 to develop a network of dairy farms on poorly drained soils to act as a test bed for strategies and management practices that could be implemented to improve the efficiency and performance of farms dominated by such soils, which account for 30% of grasslands nationally. Today, Teagasc has published a new booklet - ‘Lessons learned - key findings of the Teagasc Heavy Soils programme’. This new publication outlines the development of the participating farms over the last ten years. It...

06 May 2021 Type Event Proceeding On Thursday, 6th May, Danny Bermingham, participant in the Teagasc Heavy Soils programme hosted a virtual event from his farm through the medium of video and social media. On Thursday, 6th May, Danny Bermingham, 2018 Disadvantaged Land Grassland Farmer of the Year and Teagasc Heavy Soils programme participant took us through a day in the life on his heavy soils dairy farm in Doonbeg, Co. Clare through the use of video and social media. You can watch back the footage below and gain an insight into how Danny operates his farm and how he achieves s...

The initial development of the Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme was encouraged by a number of factors, namely; a number of years of extreme summer rainfall, particularly 2009 and 2012; an appetite for more detailed research with regard to the management of heavy soils and land drainage and the impending removal of quota restrictions which would incentivise the need for optimal use of all resources, including land. It was decided to establish a programme to develop a network of farms on poorly drained soils to act as a test bed for strategies and management practices that could be implemented to...