Sustainable Agriculture Webinars
The Signpost Series - ‘Pointing the way to a low emissions agriculture’
Sustainable Agriculture Training Webinar Series
A series of sustainable agriculture webinars aimed at the Irish agriculture industry will take place from April 2020 on an ongoing weekly basis.
Download and listen to The Signpost Series as a podcast below
Upcoming Webinars
Understanding and supporting social sustainability of farmers & Preventing Injury and Ill Health in Agriculture - 1 April 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc was joined by David Meredith, Research Officer, Teagasc & Francis Bligh, Health and Safety Specialist, Teagasc to discuss Understanding and supporting social sustainability of farmers & Preventing Injury and Ill Health in Agriculture. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the webinar which was facilitated by Noel Meehan, ASSAP Manager, Teagasc.
View presentations below
- Understanding and supporting social sustainability of farmers (PDF)
David Meredith, Research Officer, Teagasc - Preventing Injury and Ill Health in Agriculture (PDF)
Francis Bligh, Health and Safety Specialist, Teagasc
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Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Cattle & Pig Manure - 8 April 2022
On this episode of the Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Dr. Stephen Nolan, PIGergy Project and Mr. Shaun Connolly, GEBTech Project to discuss Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Cattle & Pig Manure. A a questions and answers session took place at the end of the presentation, which was facilitated by Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc.
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- Reducing the carbon footprint of cattle and pig manure (PDF)
Dr. Stephen Nolan, PIGergy Project and Mr. Shaun Connolly, GEBTech Project
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Danone's Sustainability Journey - 14 April 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Andy Boland, Teagasc Environment Specialist was joined by Elaine Crosse and Mark Stafford, Danone to give an overview of Danone's Sustainability Journey. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the webinar, which was facilitated by Noel Meehan, ASSAP Programme Manager, Teagasc.
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- Danone’s Sustainability Journey (PDF)
Elaine Crosse and Mark Stafford, Danone
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Providing our partners with affordable sustainable food - 22 April 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc was joined by Emer Fardy & Sean Leahy, Hilton Foods to discuss providing our partners with affordable sustainable food. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the webinar which was facilitated by Noel Meehan, ASSAP Manager, Teagasc.
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- Providing our partners with affordable sustainable food (PDF)
Hilton Foods Ireland Technical and Sustainability Manager, Sean Leahy and Group CSR Senior Manager, Emer Fardy
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Previous Webinars
100th Webinar Episode - 25 March, 2022
On this episode of the Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Professor Gary Lanigan, Teagasc to discuss Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and the Role of Sequestration and Rewetting. The presentation was followed by a questions and answers session, which was facilitated by Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc.
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- Carbon sequestration and water table impacts on peat soils (PDF)
Professor Gary Lanigan, Teagasc
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An overview of the Micro-generation Support Scheme - 16 March, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Rory Somers, Policy Lead on Micro-generation and Assistant Principal, Retail Energy Policy & Regulation Division at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) to give an overview of the Micro-generation Support Scheme. Rory was also joined by Leo Haverty, DECC. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the presentation which was facilitated by Barry Caslin, Energy & Rural Development Specialist, Teagasc.
View presentation below
- Micro-generation Support Scheme (PDF)
Rory Somers, Policy Lead on Micro-generation and Assistant Principal, Retail Energy Policy & Regulation Division at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC)
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Meeting our Sustainability targets in agriculture: The Agri biomethane opportunity
- 11 March, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by David Hagan, Devenish & Russell Smyth, KPMG to discuss meeting our sustainability targets in agriculture: The Agri biomethane opportunity. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the presentation which was facilitated by Padraig Foley, Teagasc.
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- Meeting our Sustainability targets in agriculture - The Agri biomethane opportunity (PDF)
David Hagan, Devenish & Russell Smyth, KPMG
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Fertiliser Programmes to save money and emissions on Dairy and Drystock farms - 4 March, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Dr Seamus Kearney, Signpost Programme, Teagasc to give an overview of fertiliser programmes to save money and emissions on Dairy and Drystock farms. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the presentation which was facilitated by Padraig Foley, Teagasc.
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- Fertiliser Programmes to save money and emissions on Dairy and Drystock farms (PDF)
Dr Seamus Kearney, Training and Development Specialist, Signpost Programme, Teagasc
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On-farm actions to improve water quality in the Mulkear Catchment - 25 February, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc was joined by Carol Quish, Project Manager, Mulkear EIP to discuss on-farm actions to improve water quality in the Mulkear Catchment. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the presentation which was facilitated by Noel Meehan, ASSAP Manager, Teagasc.
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- On-farm actions to improve water quality in the Mulkear Catchment (PDF)
Carol Quish, Project Manager, Mulkear EIP
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Nutrient tips to save money and reduce emissions on your farm - 18 February, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Dr Patrick Forrestal, Teagasc Researcher to give some nutrient tips which will save money and reduce emissions on your farm. A questions and answers session was facilitated by Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc.
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- Nutrient tips to save money and reduce emissions on your farm (PDF)
Patrick Forrestal and team, Teagasc
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Ammonia emissions, impacts & solutions - 11 February, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc was joined by Dr Dominika Krol, Teagasc & Dr David Kelleghan, UCD to discuss ammonia emissions, impacts & solutions. A questions and answers session was facilitated by Padraig Foley, Teagasc.
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- Ammonia emissions impacts and solutions (PDF)
Dr David Kelleghan, University College Dublin (UCD) - Ammonia emissions impacts and solutions (PDF)
Dr Dominika Krol, Teagasc
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Carbon footprint of dairy farms along the Atlantic coast of Europe - 4 February, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Marion Sorley, Teagasc to discuss the carbon footprint of dairy farms along the Atlantic coast of Europe. A questions and answers session was facilitated by Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc.
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- Carbon footprints of dairy farms along the Atlantic Coast of Ireland (PDF)
Marion Sorley, Teagasc
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Valuing Natural Capital for the future - 28 January, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc was joined by Professor Jane Stout, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin to discuss Valuing Natural Capital for the future. A questions and answers session was facilitated by Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist.
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- Valuing Natural Capital for the Future (PDF)
Professor Jane Stout, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
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Managing Red Clover on Dairy Farms - January 21, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Dr James Humphreys, Teagasc Solohead Farm to discuss Managing Red Clover on Dairy Farms. A questions and answers session was facilitated by Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc.
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Future Upland Management - Lessons from SUAS - January 14, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc was joined by Declan Byrne, SUAS Project Manager to discuss Future Upland Management - Lessons from SUAS. A questions and answers session was facilitated by Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist.
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- Sustainable Uplands Agri-Environment Scheme (SUAS) (PDF)
Declan Byrne, SUAS Project Manager
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Ecosystem services on CAFRE's Upland Farm - January 7, 2022
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Byran Irvine, CAFRE, Greenmount College to discuss ecosystems services on CAFRE's Upland Farm. Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist also joined the webinar to facilitate a questions and answers session.
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- Ecosystems Services at CAFRE Hill Farm, Glenwherry (PDF)
Byran Irvine, CAFRE, Greenmount College
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Perspectives of Farm Sustainability - December 17, 2021
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Charlie McConalogue TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Professor Frank O'Mara, Teagasc Director to discuss the perspectives of farm sustainability. Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc also joined the webinar to facilitate a questions and answers session with Professor Frank O'Mara.
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The value of native provenance trees and hedging stock - December 10, 2021
On this episode of The Signpost Series, for the final webinar of Hedgerow Week, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc and Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist were joined by Joe Gowran, CEO, Woodlands of Ireland and Maria Cullen, Chair of the Society of Irish Plant Pathologists (SIPP) to discuss the value of native provenance trees and hedging stock and how to reduce health risks to them.
View presentations below
- The value of native provenance trees and hedging stock and how to reduce health risks to them (PDF)
Joe Gowran, CEO, Woodlands of Ireland - The value of native provenance trees & hedging stock and how to reduce health risks to them (PDF)
Maria Cullen, Chair of the Society of Irish Plant Pathologists (SIPP)
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Planting Hedges - December 3, 2021
On this episode of The Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Pippa Hackett, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Professor Frank O'Mara, Teagasc Director to officially launch Hedgerow Week 2021. Catherine Keena, Countryside Management Specialist Teagasc also discussed planting hedges.
View Catherine's presentation here: Planting hedges (PDF)
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November 2021
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Friday, 5 November 2021 |
Assessing Biodiversity Management Practices on Intensively managed farmland • Questions and Answers |
Speaker Dr. Catherine Keena Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist |
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Friday, 12 November 2021 |
Farm Specific Mitigation Strategies and Practical Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Irish Farms • Questions and Answers |
Speakers Dr. Seamus Kearney, Signpost Programme and Jonathan Herron Teagasc Moorepark |
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Friday, 19 November 2021 |
Managing the Risk of Phosphorus Loss from Slurry Application in Northern Ireland
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Speakers Drs Donnacha Doody and Russell Adams, AFBI |
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Friday, 26 November 2021 |
What are the implications of net zero for UK agriculture? • Questions and Answers
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Speaker Dr Bob Rees, SRUC Scotland |
October 2021
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Friday, 1 October 2021
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What's the Story with our Bogs? European Carbon Farming Initiative
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Friday, 8 October 2021 |
Implications of climate neutrality for agriculture, land use & forestry in Ireland |
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Friday, 15 October 2021 |
Farm Zero C Overview |
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Friday, 22 October 2021 |
Biorefinery Glas and the potential of the bioeconomy to transform grassland agriculture in Ireland |
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Friday, 29 October 2021 |
Soil Fertility Trends in the Agricultural Catchments Programme |
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September 2021
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Friday, 3 September 2021 |
Ireland's Nitrates review |
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Friday, 10 September 2021 |
Combining catchment science and agricultural advice to improve local water quality |
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Friday, 17 September 2021 |
The Pearl Mussel Project EIP: A results based payment scheme targeting an endangered species while delivering wider environmental benefits |
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Friday, 24 September 2021 |
Agroforestry – multiple benefits for Irish agriculture
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August 2021
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Friday, 6 August 2021 |
Managing Nutrient Runoff from Farmyards |
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Friday, 13 August 2021 |
Archaeology and Farming |
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Friday, 20 August 2021 |
Traditional Farm Buildings |
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Friday, 27 August 2021 |
Refining fertiliser recommendations for extensively managed grassland |
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July 2021
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Friday, 2 July 2021 |
High Nature Value Farmland in Ireland: marginal farming or central role in combating climate and biodiversity challenges? |
Speaker Dr James Moran, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) |
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Friday, 9 July 2021 |
Farmer Focus: "Protecting dung beetles while managing parasites, a positive feedback loop." |
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Friday, 16 July 2021 |
Update on ASSAP and Water Quality restoration |
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Friday, 23 July 2021 |
Recent policy developments for managing grazing livestock in New Zealand – some practical implications and future research needs to lessen farming’s impact on water quality |
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Friday, 30 July 2021 |
The Hen Harrier Project, A landscape level approach to Results Based Agri-Environment Payment Systems |
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June 2021
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Friday, 4 June 2021 |
Farmland Birds and the Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland |
Speaker Dr. Anita Donaghy, Head of Species and Land Management, Birdwatch Ireland |
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Friday, 11 June 2021 |
A farmer's perspective on Biodiversity, Emissions and Water Quality |
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Friday, 18 June 2021 |
The All Ireland Pollinator Plan |
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Friday, 25 June 2021 |
Commercial dairy farming without fertilizer N |
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May 2021
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Friday, 7 May 2021 |
Agri-food Strategy 2030 - The Environmental Ambition |
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Friday, 14 May 2021 |
Water Quality: the challenge of understanding and valuing it! |
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Friday, 21 May 2021 |
Celebrating our biodiversity and motivating farmers to address the climate and biodiversity emergency |
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Friday, 28 May 2021 |
Renewable gas and the Mitchelstown Central Grid Injection facility |
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April 2021
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Thursday, 1 April 2021 |
Multispecies Swards - sward and animal performance under reduced nitrogen fertiliser inputs |
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Friday, 9 April 2021 |
Climate Mitigation Options through Afforestation |
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Friday, 16 April 2021 |
Context, Measurement and mitigation of methane emissions in Irish dairy systems |
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Friday, 23 April 2021 |
The BRIDE Project, Results-based Payments and how farmers can be rewarded for environmental improvement |
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Friday, 30 April 2021 |
Water quality – national problems, local solutions |
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March 2021
| Friday, 5 March 2021 |
Approach to Sustainability at Carbery
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Speaker Enda Buckley, Carbery Co-op |
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Friday, 12 March 2021 |
Low Impact Weed Control - Protecting Drinking Water Sources |
Speaker John Keogh, Animal & Plant Health Association (APHA) |
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Friday, 19 March 2021 |
Multi-species mixtures increase yields and resilience to drought, with lower nitrogen inputs |
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Friday, 26 March 2021 |
Working with farmers to improve water quality |
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February 2021
| Friday, 5 February 2021 |
Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions – New Zealand’s story
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Speaker Sinead Leahy, New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC) |
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Friday, 12 February 2021 |
Protected Urea: A Research Update
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Speaker Patrick Forrestal, Teagasc |
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Friday, 19 February 2021 |
The Signpost Farm Programme: Teagasc campaign for climate action
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| Friday, 26 February 2021 |
The Impact of Climate Change on Smallholder Food Production in the Tropics |
Speaker Paul Wagstaff, Self Help Africa |
January 2021
| Friday, 8 January 2021 |
NFGWS Drinking Water Source Protection Pilot Project - Phase 2
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Speakers Patrick McCabe and Sean Corrigan, National Federation of Group Water Schemes |
| Friday, 15 January 2021 |
AgClimatise
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Speaker Dale Crammond, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) |
| Friday, 22 January 2021 |
Organic Farming – Steps to on farm conversion and opportunities
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Speaker Elaine Leavy, Teagasc |
| Friday, 29 January 2021 |
Development of strategies to reduce methane emissions from agriculture |
Speaker Sinead Waters, Teagasc |
December 2020
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Friday, 4 December |
Growing Hedges for a sustainable future
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Speakers Catherine Keena, Teagasc Minister Pippa Hackett |
| Friday, 11 December |
Measuring and Mapping Hedges |
Speaker Stuart Green, Teagasc |
| Friday, 18 December |
Emerging Trends in EU Policy - CAP, Green Deal, Farm to Fork |
Speaker Alan Matthews, Trinity College Dublin |
November 2020
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Friday, 6 November |
The Economics of catchment management, linking science and farmer behaviour in the ACP |
Speaker Michele McCormack, Agricultural Catchments Programme, Teagasc |
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Friday, 13 November |
MCPA herbicide: new insights from catchment scale research in the North-West |
Speaker Philip Jordan, Ulster University |
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Friday, 20 November |
Creating & Shaping the development of Irelands Bioeconomy |
Speaker Patrick Barrett, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
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Friday, 27 November |
Smart Food Solutions - One Health……. from Soil to Society - Using Good Science to Proactively improve Human & Environmental Health
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Speaker John Gilliland, Devenish |
| Friday, 3 April |
Greenhouse Gases - Why all the fuss?
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Speaker Philip O'Brien, EPA |
| Thursday, 9 April |
Reducing GHG Emissions in Irish Agriculture |
Speaker John Muldowney, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) |
| Friday, 17 April |
Options to Reduce GHGs (The GHG MACCs) |
Speaker Gary Lanigan, Teagasc |
| Friday, 24 April |
Feeding Management for Productive Ruminants |
Speaker Joe Patton, Teagasc |
| Friday, 1 May |
Land Management – Drainage/Water Table Control
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| Friday, 8 May |
Maintaining the Derogation – The changes we need to see for a credible case
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Friday, 15 May |
Reducing Slurry Emissions
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Speakers David Wall, Mark Plunkett & Tim Hyde, Teagasc |
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Friday, 22 May |
Use of Protected Urea |
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Friday, 29 May |
Low Carbon Dairy Farming
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Friday, 5 June |
Water quality in Ireland - current status and Irelands 3rd River Basin Management Plan |
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Friday, 12 June |
Nitrogen – Interactions with soil and water |
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Friday, 19 June |
Phosphorus - Interactions with soil and water |
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Friday, 26 June |
Protecting Nitrogen and Phosphorus inputs on farms |
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Friday, 3 July |
Forestry
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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
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Speakers: Owen Fenton and Daire OHuallachain, Teagasc |
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Friday, 17 July |
Water Quality- LAWPRO  |
Speaker: Ruth Hennessy, LAWPRO |
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Friday, 24 July |
Water Quality – ASSAP – Farming for Water Quality
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Speakers: Joe Crockett, Dairy Sustainability Ireland (DSI) and Noel Meehan ASSAP Manager, Teagasc |
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Friday, 31 July |
Met Eireann • Ireland’s Changing Climate • Questions and Answers
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Speaker: Keith Lambkin, Senior Climatologist, Met Éireann |
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Friday, 7 August |
Climate Adoption Policy
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Speakers: Maria Talbot, Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) and Michael O Donovan, Teagasc |
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Friday, 14 August |
Carbon Sequestration in Grassland
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Speaker Donal O Brien, Teagasc |
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Friday, 21 August |
Woodlands for Water
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Speaker Kevin Collins, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) |
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Friday, 28 August |
Energy
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Speakers John Upton and Barry Caslin, Teagasc |
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Friday, 4 September |
Biodiversity
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Speaker Catherine Keena, Teagasc |
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Friday, 11 September |
Biodiversity
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Speaker Lorna Cole, SRUC, Scotland |
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Friday, 18 September |
Biodiversity
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Speakers John Finn and Daire OHuallachain, Teagasc |
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Friday, 25 September |
Biodiversity
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Speaker Jane Stout, Trinity College Dublin |
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Friday, 2 October |
Semi-natural grasslands in Ireland - precious resources under threat
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Speaker Maria Long, Grassland Ecologist, National Parks and Wildlife Service |
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Friday, 9 October |
What impacts the quality of water in Agricultural Catchments Programme [ACP]?
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Speaker Per-Erik Mellander, Chief Scientist, Agricultural Catchments Programme, Teagasc |
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Friday, 16 October |
11 years of Hi-resolution water monitoring.
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Speaker David Ryan, Technologist, Agricultural Catchments Programme, Teagasc |
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Friday, 23 October |
The Agricultural Catchments Programme assessment of the Nitrates Derogation
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Speaker Edward Burgess, Agricultural Catchments Programme, Teagasc |
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Friday, 30 October |
Animal breeding as a cumulative and permanent strategy to environmental stewardship
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Speaker Donagh Berry, Centre Director, VistaMilk, Teagasc |