Other articles

1. Holding onto the country’s derogation: Two million water samples over the past nine years, six catchments and 300 farmers; you might not have heard about the Teagasc ACP, but it’s playing a huge role in allowing Ireland to hold onto its nitrates derogation. Information is crucial in securing this derogation and that’s exactly what the ACP provides – lots and lots of information. More in this Agriland article
2. Joe Doyle: Not your average tillage farmer; he installed a robot on his farm in 2014. The land on Joe’s Castledockerell-based holding isn’t stony and the robot wasn’t bought to pick stones. Balancing cereal and milk production in the Castledockerell catchment. More in this AgriLand article
3. The EPA Catchments newsletter features science and stories about the different ways we all work together to care for Ireland’s water ways. In a short article, the Spring 2018 issue highlights the launch of the ACP twitter account and the nearly decade long-work of the programme. The entire newsletter is available at catchments.ie
4. Johnstown Castle Dairy BEEF 2019: Although Irish water is among the best in Europe, there are strong reasons for farmers to work towards improving it. It is possible to have both better water quality and economic performance and more information on some farmer actions is available on pages 100-101 in this booket.
5. Weather and soil type have a significant influence on the nitrate concentration in water. In 2018 there was prolonged drought in Ireland which had a marked influence on stream nitrate levels and findings from the Ballycanew catchment are discussed in this Moorepark19 Open Day booklet on pages 116-117.
6. Timoleague Catchment Update, Oisin Coakley. Teagasc online article on 8 March 2021. Article
7. Managing Soil Phosphorus, Eddie Burgess. Teagasc online article on 24 March 2021. Article
8. Monitoring Pesticides, Per-Erik Mellander. Teagasc online article on 25 March 2021. Article
9. Does nitrates derogation farming impact water quality? Edward Burgess, Bridget Lynch and Per-Erik Mellander. Article in Moorepark '21 Open Day booklet on pages 142-143
10. Closed Period Nutrient Loss, Eddie Burgess. Teagasc online article on 19 October 2021. Article
11. New EC tower in Timoleague, Oisín Coakley. Article submitted to local newspaper in Autumn 2021. Timoleague update 
12. New EC tower in Timoleague, Oisín Coakley. Teagasc online article on 12 November 2021 (similar to previous). Article 
13. Catch crops, Bridget Lynch & Laura Daly. Article submitted to Irish Farmers Journal in December 2022. Reducing N loss from tillage 
14. A Teagasc online version of the previous article also released on 10 January 2023. Article
15. Impact of 'banding' on catchment dairy farms, Edward Burgess. Teagasc online article on 9 February 2023. Article
16. Purpose of the NAP measures, Eddie Burgess. Teagasc online article on 24 February 2023. Article
17. N use, Oisín Coakley. Teagasc online article on 2 April 2023. Article
18. ACP Week 2023, Bridget Lynch & Tom O'Connell. Teagasc online article on 4 May 2023. Article
19. Launch of Catchment Science, Teagasc press release 8 May 2023. Article
20. N loss seasonality, Eddie Burgess. Teagasc online article on 9 May 2023. Article
21. Sub-catchment research, Jason Galloway. Teagasc online article on 10 May 2023. Article
22. Timoleague catchment open day, Teagasc online article on 10 May 2023. Article
23. N uptake by catch crops, Bridget Lynch. Teagasc online article on 11 May 2023. Article
24. Using satellite data, Una Cullen, Johan Jaques & Joost Beckers. Teagasc online article on 11 May 2023. Article
25. N uptake by catch crops, Bridget Lynch. Teagasc online article on 28 August 2023. Article
26. The ACP, multiple team members. Teagasc online article on 7 September 2023. Article
27. Catchment Science 2023 opening. Teagasc press release on 8 November 2023. Article
28. Catchment Science 2023, Tom O'Connell. Agriland article on 22 November 2023. Article
29. Nitrates Derogation, Edward Burgess. Agriland article on 25 November 2023. Article
30. Farmers at Catchment Science conference. Teagasc online article on 1 December 2023. Article

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Webinars / Podcasts

1. ACP water quality trends, Per-Erik Mellander & Jason Galloway. The Signpost Series 5 May 2023. Webinar
2. What farmers think about the latest NAP, Diarmuid Mulkerrins. The Environment Edge (episode 54) 8 May 2023. Podcast
3. ACP water quality trends, Per-Erik Mellander & Jason Galloway. The Signpost Series (episode 153) 8 May 2023. Podcast
4. Minimising N loss to improve water quality, Eddie Burgess. The Dairy Edge (episode 267) 9 May 2023. Podcast
5. ACP gaseous emissions and soil science update, Bridget Lynch and Ognjen Zurovec. The Signpost Series 12 May 2023. Webinar 
6. ACP gaseous emissions and soil science update, Bridget Lynch and Ognjen Zurovec. The Signpost Series (episode 154) 15 May 2023. Podcast
7. Farmer options for the nitrates derogation changes, Eddie Burgess. The Dairy Edge (episode 277) 25 September 2023. Podcast

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