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Tips for spreading protected urea

Dermot Forristal of Teagasc looks at how to achieve optimum results when spreading protected urea.

4 December 2024
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How protected urea performed for grass growth in 2024

Brian McCarthy and Áine Murray, Teagasc Moorepark, report on protected urea use in 2024.

4 December 2024
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AgNav – an online platform to measure your farm’s sustainabilty

Siobhán Jordan, Natasha Browne and Jonathan Herron of Teagasc describe this tool that can be used to measure your farm’s sustainability.

4 December 2024
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Making progress on emissions reduction

Karl Richards, head of the Climate Centre, Teagasc, says that progress has been made in cutting carbon emissions on farms.

4 December 2024
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Confidence 'needs to be restore' in protected urea

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.

27 November 2024
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Teagasc announces review of clover advice

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.

27 November 2024 NEWS

Teagasc conference to address future challenges for Irish dairy farmers

'Robust dairying for future challenges’ is the theme of Teagasc's dairy conference this year.

18 November 2024 NEWS
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Urea ban proposal sparks farmer push-back

The farm organisations have called for concerns regarding protected urea to be addressed, before sales of straight urea are prohibited.

30 October 2024 NEWS

IFA says urea ban not agreed by working group

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.

25 October 2024 NEWS