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 upcoming webinars below
View past webinars here
Webinar 13 - Achieving Sustainable Genetic Gain in Farmed Animals
Wednesday 3rd March 2021 at 9.30 am
This webinar will follow the process of how genetically elite parents of the next generation are identified and selected using modern-day breeding tools.
Presenter:
Donagh Berry - Teagasc Researcher & Director of VistaMilk SFI Research Centre
Panellists:
- Sinéad McParland - Traditional breeding using ancestry information
- Áine O’Brien - DNA-based breeding
- Fíona Dunne - Decision support in breeding decisions
Webinar 14 - New Reproductive Technologies to Increase the Sustainability of Milk and Beef Production
Thursday 18th March 2021 at 9.30 am
This webinar will discuss the development of new reproductive technologies in relation to heat detection, sexed semen, IVF and male fertility.
Presenter:
Pat Dillon - Head of Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Programme
Panellists:
- Stephen Moore - Automated heat detection
- Stephen Butler - Sexed semen and IVF
- David Kenny - Early life nutrition of young bulls
Webinar 15 - Increasing the Value of Beef from the Dairy Herd
Wednesday 31st March 2021 at 9.30 am
This webinar will discuss how to maximise the value of beef coming from the dairy herd by selecting genetically elite beef sires and implementing best management practices in dairy beef systems.
Presenter:
Donagh Berry - Teagasc Researcher & Director of VistaMilk SFI Research Centre
Panellists:
- Alan Twomey - DBI – Selecting the best beef sires for the dairy herd
- Nicky Byrne - Optimising dairy-beef systems of production
- Padraig French - Using dairy-beef genetics to reduce methane output
Past Webinars
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Viruses - The Fightback and the Future - 17th February 2021
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
- 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
- New Ammonia MACC – outlook to 2030 - 7th October 2020
- Macro to Micro: Food Structure, Digestion and the Microbiome - October 21st 2020
- (Bio)Activity: Food Ingredients and Our Health and Fitness - November, 4th 2020