2021 Webinars
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 |
