Teagasc Research Insights Webinars

Welcome to the Teagasc Research Insights webinar series.

A series of webinars focused on addressing the challenges and opportunities in the agri-food sector and showcasing the latest thinking and Teagasc’s research in these areas.

Our one-hour webinars with Teagasc Researchers are aimed at anyone interested in our research, including professionals in the agriculture and food industry, other researchers, media, farmers, policy makers, EU and other international researchers and professionals.

View past webinars here

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Webinar 24 – Increasing energy use efficiency on Irish farms

Wednesday, 4th August at 9.30am

The panellists on this webinar focused on the technologies that increase energy use efficiency on Irish farms.

Presenter:

Pat Dillon – Head of Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Programme

Presentations:

• Increasing energy efficiency on dairy farms (PDF)
  John Upton – Research Officer
• Increasing energy efficiency on pig farms (PDF)
  Ger McCutcheon Pig Development Officer
• Increasing Renewable Energy Use on Irish Farms (PDF)
  Barry Caslin Energy & Rural Development Specialist

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Webinar 22 – Reducing methane emissions from ruminants

Wednesday, 14th July at 9.30am

The panellists on this webinar focused on research currently being undertaken in Teagasc to reduce enteric methane emissions from ruminant livestock. 

Presenter:

David Kenny – Head of Animal & Bioscience Department

Panellists:

• Sinead Waters – Development of novel technologies to reduce methane emission from Irish pasture based production systems
• Ben Lahart – Methane emissions in grazing dairy systems
• Donagh Berry – Development of breeding strategies to reduce methane emissions

For questions and answers of the following webinar, click here – Questions and Answers – Webinar 22

Presentations

• Reducing Methane Emissions(PDF) – Sinead Waters
• Methane emissions in grazing dairy systems(PDF) – Ben Lahart
• Breeding strategies to reducing methane emissions from ruminants(PDF) – Donagh Berry

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Webinar 23 – Increasing nitrogen use efficiency in pasture based systems

Wednesday, 28th July at 9.30am

The panellists on this webinar discussed strategies to increase Nitrogen use efficiency while at the same time maintain pasture production.

Presenter:

Pat Dillon – Head of Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Programme

Panellists:

• Laurence Shalloo – Economics of chemical nitrogen application rate
• Elodie Ruelle – Modelling nitrogen use efficiency
• Brendan Horan – Increasing nitrogen use efficiency- Curtins research farm experience

Presentations:

• Modeling N surplus and N leaching(PDF) – Elodie Ruelle
• Increasing Nitrogen efficiency(PDF) – Brendan Horan

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Past Webinars Series

Soil | Food | Land Use | Animal Breeding | Grassland Management | Animal health and welfare

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Animal health, welfare and product quality

• Increasing the welfare of farm animals – May 26th 2021
• Antimicrobial and anthelmintic resistance in farm animals – June 9th 2021
• The production of high quality milk for a competitive international market – June, 23rd 2021

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Advancements in Grassland Management Webinars

• New insights into feeding dairy cows at pasture – April 14th 2021
• White clover to reduce chemical nitrogen application & increase animal performance – April 28th 2021
• Role of grass breeding & evaluation to increase sustainability of pasture-based – May 12th 2021

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Advancements in Animal Breeding Webinars

• Achieving Sustainable Genetic Gain in Farmed Animals – March 3rd 2021
• Reproductive Technologies to Increase Sustainability of Milk & Beef Production – March 18th 2021
• Increasing the Value of Beef from the Dairy Herd – March 31st 2021

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• Viruses – The Fightback and the Future – 17th February 2021

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Land Use Webinars – Making the most of our land

• Demands on our Land – November 18th 2020
• Making the most of our land – December 2nd 2020
• Land use and environment – getting the balance right – December 16th 2020
• Understanding and mapping land use – January 6th 2021
• Balancing demands from land– January 20th 2021

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The Soil Series

• A new mission to improve soil health – August 25th 2020
• Why we need healthy soils? – September 9th 2020 
• How Soil Organic Carbon Cycling works in Irish Soils? September 23rd 2020

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• New Ammonia MACC – outlook to 2030 – 7th October 2020

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Food Series

• Macro to Micro: Food Structure, Digestion and the Microbiome – October 21st 2020
• (Bio)Activity: Food Ingredients and Our Health and Fitness – November, 4th 2020

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