Dermot Forristal of Teagasc looks at how to achieve optimum results when spreading protected urea.
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Brian McCarthy and Áine Murray, Teagasc Moorepark, report on protected urea use in 2024.
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Siobhán Jordan, Natasha Browne and Jonathan Herron of Teagasc describe this tool that can be used to measure your farm’s sustainability.
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Karl Richards, head of the Climate Centre, Teagasc, says that progress has been made in cutting carbon emissions on farms.
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There was standing room only for the Dairy Day talk 'Protected urea and clover, is it working?' Farmers called for more transparency on the expiry and manufacturing dates on protected urea in 2025.
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The review of clover and more updates on the performance of protected urea in Teagasc trials is designed to increase farmer confidence in the correct way to manage clover and protected urea.
'Robust dairying for future challenges’ is the theme of Teagasc's dairy conference this year.
The farm organisations have called for concerns regarding protected urea to be addressed, before sales of straight urea are prohibited.
The farm body claimed that the Department of Agriculture had included references to a ban on unprotected urea from September next year in draft minutes.