Sustainable Agriculture Webinars

The Signpost Series
‘Pointing the way to a low emissions agriculture’

Sustainable Agriculture Training Webinar Series

A series of Gaseous Emissions Webinars aimed at Irish Agri Professionals will take place from April to October 2020 inclusive.

October Timetable
Friday, 30 October 9.30am – 10.30am	• Animal breeding as a cumulative and permanent strategy to environmental stewardship • Questions and Answers	Speaker Donagh Berry, Centre Director, VistaMilk, Teagasc
Previous Webinars
Friday, 3 April	Greenhouse Gases - Why all the fuss? • Questions and Answers	Speaker Philip O'Brien, EPA Moderator Mark Gibson, Teagasc
Thursday, 9 April	Reducing GHG Emissions in Irish Agriculture • Understanding the commitment • Questions and Answers	Speaker John Muldowney, DAFM Moderator Mark Gibson, Teagasc
Friday, 17 April	Options to Reduce GHGs (The GHG MACCs) • Current and Predicted Emissions Levels • GHG emissions reductions that can be delivered at farm level • Questions and Answers	Speaker Gary Lanigan, Teagasc Moderator Mark Gibson, Teagasc
Friday, 24 April	Feeding Management for Productive Ruminants • How feed protein impacts GHGs? • Appropriate levels of protein at different times • Questions and Answers	Speaker Joe Patton, Teagasc Moderator Mark Gibson, Teagasc
Friday, 1 May	Land Management – Drainage/Water Table Control The role of land management in drainage and water table control and GHG mitigations Questions and Answers	Speaker Patrick Tuohy, Teagasc Moderator Mark Gibson, Teagasc
Friday, 8 May	Maintaining the Derogation – The changes we need to see for a credible case Questions and Answers	Guest Speaker Jack Nolan, Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine Moderator Mark Gibson, Teagasc
Friday, 15 May	Reducing Slurry Emissions Key Advisory Messages for farmers using low emissions slurry LESS Timing Where to use Nutrient Value and factoring it in and reducing Chemical Application Derogation Changes and TAMS Questions and Answers	Speaker David Wall, Mark Plunkett and Tim Hyde, Teagasc
Friday, 22 May	Use of Protected Urea Scientific Update Questions and Answers	Speaker Patrick Forrestal and David Wall, Teagasc Researchers Moderator Mark Gibson, Teagasc
Friday, 29 May	Low Carbon Dairy Farming • Questions and Answers	Speaker James Humphreys, Teagasc Researcher
Friday, 5 June	Water quality in Ireland - current status and Irelands 3rd River Basin Management Plan • Questions and Answers	Speaker Jenny Deakin, EPA
Friday, 12 June	Nitrogen – Interactions with soil and water • Understanding nitrogen and soil interactions • Questions and Answers	Speaker Karl Richards, Teagasc
Friday, 19 June	Phosphorus - Interactions with soil and water • Understanding phosphorus and soil interactions and finding the P pinch points on farms • Questions and Answers	Speaker Karen Daly, Teagasc
Friday, 26 June	Protecting Nitrogen and Phosphorus inputs on farms • Optimising N use and farming practices to minimise losses to water • Optimising P use and farming practices to minimise losses to water • Questions and Answers	Speaker David Wall & Mark Plunkett, Teagasc
Friday, 3 July	Forestry • GHG Emissions and the Role of Forestry •Questions and Answers	Speaker: Tom Houlihan, Teagasc
Friday, 10 July	The Water Cycle - where does all the water go? Sediment impact on water quality • Identification of hydrological sensitive areas and mitigation actions • Understanding sediment losses water quality impacts • Questions and Answers	Speakers: Owen Fenton and Daire OHuallachain, Teagasc
Friday, 17 July	Water Quality- LAWPRO Protecting natural waters through catchment management Questions and Answers	Speaker: Ruth Hennessy, LAWPRO
Friday, 24 July	Water Quality – ASSAP – Farming for Water Quality Policy Drivers and whole industry collaboration - Joe Crockett - DSI Farmer advisor engagement and farm specific plans - Noel Meehan, Teagasc Questions and Answers	Speakers: Joe Crockett, Dairy Sustainability Ireland (DSI) and Noel Meehan ASSAP Manager, Teagasc
Friday, 31 July	Met Eireann Ireland’s Changing Climate Questions and Answers	Speaker: Keith Lambkin, Senior Climatologist, Met Éireann
Friday, 7 August	Climate Adoption Policy • Adapting to the Impacts of Climate change in the Agriculture Sector – DAFM • Grass growth variability – How can we improve? - Teagasc • Questions and Answers	Speakers: Maria Talbot, Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) Michael O Donovan, Teagasc
Friday, 14 August	Carbon Sequestration in Grassland • Questions and Answers	Speaker Donal O Brien, Teagasc
Friday, 21 August	Woodlands for Water • Questions and Answers	Speaker Kevin Collins, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)
Friday, 28 August	Energy • Energy Efficiency and Generation • The role of energy efficient and renewable technologies in decarbonising agriculture • Questions and Answers	Speakers John Upton and Barry Caslin, Teagasc
Friday, 4 September	Biodiversity o Nature of Irish Hedgerows o Questions and Answers	Speaker Catherine Keena, Teagasc
Friday, 11 September	Biodiversity o Supporting Pollinators through Agri Environmental Interventions o Questions and Answers	Speaker Lorna Cole, SRUC, Scotland
Friday, 18 September	Biodiversity o Biodiversity on farmland: current status, policy impacts, farm-scale responses o Questions and Answers	Speakers John Finn and Daire OHuallachain, Teagasc
Friday, 25 September	Biodiversity o Natural Capital on Irish Farmland o Questions and Answers	Speaker Jane Stout, Trinity College Dublin
Friday, 2 October	• Semi-natural grasslands in Ireland - precious resources under threat • Questions and Answers	Speaker Maria Long, Grassland Ecologist, National Parks and Wildlife Service
Friday, 9 October	• What impacts the quality of water in Agricultural Catchments Programme [ACP]? Findings from 11 years of high resolution monitoring in the ACP • Questions and Answers	Speaker Per-Erik Mellander, Chief Scientist, Agricultural Catchments Programme, Teagasc
Friday, 16 October	• 11 years of Hi-resolution water monitoring. An overview of the equipment and methods undertaken by the ACP in six agricultural catchments • Questions and Answers	Speaker David Ryan, Technologist, Agricultural Catchments Programme, Teagasc
Friday, 23 October	• The Agricultural Catchments Programme assessment of the Nitrates Derogation • Questions and Answers	Speaker Edward Burgess, Agricultural Catchments Programme, Teagasc