Signpost Advisory Programme
Teagasc’s Signpost programme is open for business throughout the country. Twenty one dedicated advisors are in place. Their sole mission is to help you to contribute to the emissions target reduction set for our industry. In this video clip hear about the steps that you can take in join and participate in the programme, how AgNav can help and listen to a farmer outline how knowing their number will help secure their farming future.
This public programme will be available to all farmers. It will build on the network of Signpost Demonstration Farms by providing enhanced advisory and training support to farmers to commit to, select and implement climate and sustainability actions that will be appropriate and impactful on their farms. Participating farmers will be given the opportunity to commit to taking action for their farms.
Contact the Signpost Climate Advisors in your region
Cork East | Cork West | Galway/Clare | Kerry/Limerick | Laois/Kildare/Meath/Louth/Dublin | Mayo | Roscommon/Longford | Sligo/Leitrim/Donegal | Tipperary | Waterford/Kilkenny | Westmeath/Offaly/Cavan/Monaghan | Wicklow/Carlow/Wexford |
AgNav – Know My Number – Make My Plan
A “Know My Number – Make My Plan” component of the programme, supported by AgNav the Sustainability Digital Platform, will allow farmers to see and understand their carbon emissions and sequestration profile as a baseline on which to act. A team of 21 Signpost climate advisors are here to support this programme.
AgNav is a programme that calculates the greenhouse gas emissions for a farm. It collates data from ICBF plus Board Bia and uses Teagasc’s life cycle assessment models to calculate the emissions produced on a farm. To find your emissions number, you need to sign up for the Signpost Advisory Programme.
With advisory support, farmers will make a plan to improve by adopting positive changes and technologies, and advisors will help them with the implementation of the plan, and tracking of progress.
This will also create trust and build capacity for supporting the adoption of new technologies as they emerge. The ambition of the programme is to engage with 50,000 farmers between now and 2030.
Register for the Signpost Advisory Programme here
Signpost Programme
The Signpost Programme is a free programme available to all farmers. It builds on the network of Signpost demonstration farms by providing enhanced advisory and training support to farmers to help them to select and implement climate and sustainability actions that are appropriate and impactful on their farms.
The overall aim of the programme is to empower farm families to adopt technologies and production systems that will allow agriculture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030 while maintaining farm profitability.
The target for the programme is to register 10,000 farmers each year with 50,000 participating in the programme between now and 2030. Twenty one dedicated advisors are in place across the country and their mission is to help farmers to contribute to the emissions target reduction set for their industry.
In this video clip listen to the steps that you can take to join and participate in the programme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAT7I4huHw&t=5s
Steps of the programme:
- Farmers register for the programme - Sign up here.
- A baseline assessment of the current actions being implemented on the farm is carried out to give the farmer the total emissions figure for their farm (KNOW YOUR NUMBER).
- An Action Plan for the farm is developed in conjunction with an advisor (MAKE MY PLAN). Farmers participating in the programme are supported to enable them to make the Action Plan plan happen through a range of advisory supports, including both group-based and individual follow-up and advice.
- Participation in the programme is for 3 years. Farmers will be supported during this 3 year period in adopting the key technologies identified in the Action Plan for the farm.
Milestones for the Signpost Advisory Programme
2023
- Signpost Advisory Programme established - Quarter 1
- 5,000 - mainly derogation farmers registered and committed to a Plan - Quarter 2
- 5,000 new farmers registered
- 10,000 farmers participating - Quarter 4
2024
- 10,000 new farmers registered
- 20,000 farmers participating
2025
- 10,000 new farmers participating
- 30,000 farmers participating
2026
- 10,000 new farmers participating
- 30,000 farmers participating
- 10,000 farmers competed
2027
- 10,000 new farmers registered
- 30,000 farmers participating
- 20,000 farmers completed the programme
2030
- 50,000 farmers will complete the programme by 2030
Milestones for the Signpost Advisory Programme
2023
- Signpost Advisory Programme established - Quarter 1
- 5,000 - mainly derogation farmersregistered and committed to a plan - Quarter 2
- 5,000 new farmers registered
- 10,000 farmers particiating - Quarter 4
2024
- 10,000 new farmers registered
- 20,000 farmers participating
2025
- 10,000 new farmers participating
- 30,000 farmers participating
2026
- 10,000 new farmers participating
- 30,000 farmers participating
- 10,000 farmers competed
2027
- 10,000 new farmers registered
- 30,000 farmers participating
- 20,000 farmers completed the programme
2030
- 50,000 farmers will complete the programme by 2030
Sign up for the Signpost Advisory Programme
Regsiter for the programme to avail of:
- Signpost workshops and short training courses, focused on climate actions, including mitigation and adaptation measures;
- An assessment of your current climate actions;
- A farm specific Signpost Action Plan;
- One-to-one Climate Action advice from a Teagasc Advisor;
- Invitations to Signpost Farms farm walks and seminars;
- Invitations to participate in thematic discussion groups;
- Support in the implementation of your farm’s Nutrient Management Plan;
- Digital newsletters, updates and text messages, including the monthly Signpost e-Newsletter;
- Support in interpreting your farm’s GHG emissions and carbon footprint, including the opportunity for benchmarking your farm’s performance against industry targets
