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Tillage Podcast: digesters, selling grain and feeding cows

On this week’s podcast, we hear some of the big talking points from Tillage Day and have the news and Grain Trends report.

NEWS 12 November 2026

Tillage Podcast: digesters, selling grain and feeding cows

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'You cannot eat pride' - farming must offer young people a sustainable living

'You cannot eat pride' - farming must offer young people a sustainable living

CAREERS 11 November 2026

Sheep Management: early gestation feeding, closing paddocks and selling lambs

Sheep Management: early gestation feeding, closing paddocks and selling lambs

MANAGEMENT 11 November 2026

Teagasc harvest report shows 11% fall in cereal production

Teagasc harvest report shows 11% fall in cereal production

Teagasc harvest report shows 11% fall in cereal production

NEWS 10 November 2026

How to boost suckler profits by €600/cow on Teagasc beef conference agenda

How to boost suckler profits by €600/cow on Teagasc beef conference agenda

How to boost suckler profits by €600/cow on Teagasc beef conference agenda

NEWS 10 November 2026

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Pig farmers losing €28 per animal after another price cut, IFA warns

Pig farmers losing €28 per animal after another price cut, IFA warns

The average price is now €1.63/kg, which will result in the average family pig farm losing in excess of €250,000 for 2026, according to Teagasc.

NEWS 9 November 2026

Spring barley yielded well in south as drought hit midlands crops

Spring barley yielded well in south as drought hit midlands crops

The Irish Farmers Journal understands that the full Teagasc harvest report will be released next week.

NEWS 7 November 2026

Cost of producing winter milk up €262/cow

Cost of producing winter milk up €262/cow

Production costs of winter milk increased by €622 per cow between 2021 and 2025, and have gone up a projected €262 per cow this winter, James Dunne of Teagasc said.

NEWS 4 November 2026

My Farming Week: growing potatoes for Aldi, Tayto and O'Donnells on a mixed farm

My Farming Week: growing potatoes for Aldi, Tayto and O'Donnells on a mixed farm

Will Stokes is a Teagasc Signpost farmer and farms in partnership with his father Paddy. They have a mixed enterprise in south Tipperary.

NEWS 4 November 2026

Future grasslands: building resilience through adaptation to climate change

Future grasslands: building resilience through adaptation to climate change

Dr Zoe McKay, assistant professor of grass and forage science at UCD and a farmer in Ballina, Co Mayo, reports on her 2025 Nuffield Ireland scholarship.

NEWS 4 November 2026

Monitoring nutrient leaching and water quality in Wexford

Monitoring nutrient leaching and water quality in Wexford

A visit to the Teagasc ACP sites in Wexford highlighted the complexity of water quality, how nutrients are leached and what farmers can do to improve it, writes Conor Kehoe.

SOILS 4 November 2026

Closed periods important for water quality

Closed periods important for water quality

During the closed periods, monthly losses of nitrogen and phosphorus can reach up to seven times normal levels.

NEWS 4 November 2026

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Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

As Ireland celebrates Science Week from 8 to 15 November, coordinated by Research Ireland, the theme 'Water: from molecule to ocean' looks at how climate change alters the water systems we rely upon.

Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

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