Environment
Right product, right place and right time key for farmers in ACP catchments
Working with over 300 farmers across six catchments, the Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP) has been in operation since 2008.
01 December 2023
Stabilisation of water quality needed to secure nitrates derogation post 2025
Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius' visit confirmed that farmers in certain locations, where water quality failed to show significant improvement as part of an interim review of the Nitrates Action Programme, would be in receipt of a lowered maximum stocking rate under the nitrates derogation.
30 November 2023
10 Things to Know About… Where You Live
When choosing where we want to live, we usually ask questions such as, how far you are to the local shops, whether there are any good schools nearby, or if it’s a long and arduous commute to the workplace. We rarely consider how the environment around where we live could affect our health.
27 November 2023
Signpost Series - Past, current and future fertiliser use
On this episode of the Signpost Series Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Pat Murphy, Head of Environment KT, Teagasc & Mark Plunkett, Training and Development Specialist with the Teagasc Signpost Programme to discuss past, current and future fertiliser use.
26 November 2023
Signpost Series - the Irish Breeding Curlew EIP
After being widespread in Ireland back in the 1970s and early 1980s when 8,000 pairs were estimated to have been present, the Curlew is now one of Ireland’s most threatened breeding wader species.
26 November 2023
The health benefits and enterprise opportunities from farming Aronia berries in west Cork
From famine-torn countries to the idyllic countryside of west Cork, Dr Steve Collins of Derry Duff Farm joins the latest episode of the Environment Edge podcast to chat about his journey in nutrition and farming super berries with major health benefits on marginal land in the hills of west Cork.
20 November 2023
Growing Wild - Haws and Spindle fruit
Now is the time to look out for haws and spindle fruit. Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, who takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity.
19 November 2023
Farmers and livestock systems are central to achieving environmental outcomes in upland landscapes
Over 150 people attended the Upland Farming and Landscape Management Symposium in Westport, Co. Mayo on Thursday 16th November. The symposium was organised by Teagasc in collaboration with the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) from Northern Ireland.
18 November 2023
Signpost series - Catchment management initiatives in the USA
Patrick Drohan, Professor of Soils at Penn State University, joined Mark Gibson, Head of the Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department, on the latest podcast version of the Signpost Series to discuss catchment management initiatives in the USA
18 November 2023
Greater awareness of anaerobic digestion benefits at farm level needed
A survey conducted to assess farmers’ willingness to adopt anaerobic digestion has identified a potential knowledge gap at farm level in terms of the benefits this technology can bring.
15 November 2023
The Nitrates Derogation Changes and its Implications
Austin Callaghan, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Claremorris, writes about changes to the Nitrates Derogation and implications for farmers across the country.
13 November 2023
'Where are the women?'
During the opening and closing of her address to the recent conference on Irish Agriculture and the EU 50 years on, a journey through 50 years of Ireland’s EU membership, EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness posed the question 'where are the women?'
12 November 2023
Signpost Series: Ecologically significant habitats on farmland
On this episode of the Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Teagasc Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer, was joined by Dr. Melinda Lyons, Environmental Management, TU Dublin, to discuss ecologically significant habitats on farmland.
11 November 2023
Managing Rainwater on Farms
The increasing intensity of rainfall due to climate change is an additional challenge for farmers to adapt to particularly as this can occur at any time during the year.
11 November 2023
Catchment Science 2023
Over 200 scientists, advisors, farmers and representatives from the agri industry and the public sector are gathered in Wexford this week to hear the latest on water catchment science.
08 November 2023
ACRES planning - the right action in the right place
On this episode of the Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department, was joined by Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, and John Lusby, Birdwatch Ireland, to discuss planning ACRES - the right action in the right place.
07 November 2023
Deadline for submission of lime receipts upcoming
The one-week extension to the closing date for receipt claims under the National Liming Programme will come to a close this week.
06 November 2023
Growing Wild - Crab Apples and Elderberries
Now is the time to look out for Crab Apples and Elderberries. Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, who takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity.
05 November 2023
Make soil sampling a priority this winter
Donal McCabe, Drystock Advisor in Teagasc Longford, explains why you should be making plans as to how you are going to get the most out of your grass swards for 2024 and how soil sampling can help.
03 November 2023
Creatures of the Night - the truth about bats in Ireland
With Halloween upon us, on the latest Environment Edge podcast, we investigate the interesting life of bats and why they are so important to Irish farmers.
30 October 2023
The successful ‘back to basics’ approach of farming in the Burren
Analysis: The BurrenLIFE project developed a blueprint for sustainable farming to meet the needs of both farmers and the environment. This article, by Anne Kinsella, Teagasc was first published recently on RTÉ Brainstorm.
29 October 2023
Reaping the rewards from sustainability measures in Co. Leitrim
Farming just outside Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, Teagasc Signpost Programme participant John O’Connell is reaping the rewards of implementing sustainability measures on his farm.
27 October 2023
Signpost Series - From Data to Decarbonisation
On this episode of The Signpost Series which took place on Friday, 20 October, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc is joined by James Rambaud, Technologist, Teagasc to discuss 'From Data to Decarbonisation: Building the Backbone of a National Carbon Monitoring Network'.
26 October 2023
Bringing precision to the spreading of organic manures
Although farmers try to be accurate with chemical fertiliser spreading, through the use of tray testing and fertiliser spreader calibration, bringing precision into spreading organic manures is very important.
26 October 2023
How these dairy farmers more than halved chemical nitrogen applications
As part of Signpost Sustainability Month, dairy farmers John and Brendan Walsh detail the evolution in their farming practices in an effort to improve the sustainability of their farm system.
23 October 2023
Growing Wild - Ivy flowers and Common knapweed
Now is the time to look out for Ivy flowers and Common knapweed. Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, who takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity.
22 October 2023
ClieNFarms and ClimateFarmDemo projects hold joint annual meeting in Cork
Over 160 European delegates attended the joint annual meeting of the Horizon 2020 funded ClieNFarms and Horizon Europe funded ClimateFarmDemo projects held in Cork earlier this week.
22 October 2023
New €60 million Water EIP Project - Targeted Measures to Improve Water Quality on Farms
Joanne Masterson, ASSAP Adviser, tells us that Teagasc in collaboration with the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) and Dairy Industry Ireland have been successful in its application to deliver a new Water European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project for Ireland.
22 October 2023
Signpost Series: Innovation as a driver of climate action, carbon farming and sustainable dairy
On this episode of the Signpost Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department, was joined by Stewart Gee, Designer Producer, Ireland Agri Food Deep Demonstration, to discuss innovation as a driver of climate action, carbon farming and sustainable dairy.
21 October 2023
First National Bioeconomy Action Plan published
Ireland’s first National Bioeconomy Action Plan for the period of 2023-2025 was published by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, and the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan.
20 October 2023