Environment
Meet the category winners of the Teagasc FBD Sustainability Awards 2024
A special episode of the Signpost Series took place on Friday, November 15, where we met the category winners of the Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards 2024.
24 November 2024
Learning by doing in the Comeragh Mountains
Falling returns from production and a desire to protect what’s good about the uplands set a group of 14 hill sheep farmers in the Comeragh Mountains on a journey to complete a European Innovation Partnership project.
24 November 2024
Listen: Funding for historic farm buildings - what is involved & who can apply?
Anna Meenan, Traditional Farm Buildings grant scheme programme manager, and Ian Doyle, Head of Conservation with the National Heritage council in Kilkenny, join us to discuss the importance of historic farm building conservation and how to apply.
23 November 2024
NZAGRC x Teagasc Webinar: The challenge of managing soil carbon on agricultural peatlands
A surprisingly high share of Ireland and New Zealand’s carbon dioxide emissions come from a tiny proportion of soil - peat bogs that have been drained to support productive agriculture.
22 November 2024
Signpost Programme playing an instrumental role in agriculture’s emissions reductions
The actions and knowledge sharing of the some 120 demonstration farmers enrolled in the Teagasc Signpost Programme has been instrumental in supporting Irish farmers to make greenhouse gas emission reductions.
22 November 2024
Teagasc Signpost Conference and General Assembly
The Teagasc Signpost Programme hosted its annual conference and General Assembly today, Thursday, 21 November, at the Park Hotel, Clonmel, County Tipperary. The Signpost Programme is a collaborative partnership of farmers, industry and State Agencies, working together for climate action.
21 November 2024
Don’t lose faith in protected urea
Although its performance has been questioned by some in the last year, protected urea does maintain grass growth when compared head-to-head with other forms of nitrogen fertiliser.
21 November 2024
Farm events to demonstrate Climate Smart Farming in 28 countries
An EU funded project called Climate Smart Demo is forming a unique network of Pilot Demo Farmers covering 28 countries. It aims to accelerate the adoption of Climate Smart Farming practices and solutions by farmers.
20 November 2024
Edwin Thompson’s steps to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Tipperary dairy farmer, Edwin Thompson was crowned the winner of the reducing greenhouse gas emissions category of the Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards 2024.
20 November 2024
ACRES pointing the way for upland improvements
ACRES – the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme – is aiding in identifying the ecological and hydrological integrity, and threats and pressures facing Ireland’s uplands.
19 November 2024
Opportunities to improve water quality must be grasped
As set out by the Water Framework Directive, Ireland, like all EU countries, is faced with the task of achieving good ecological status in all our water bodies by 2027.
13 November 2024
Symposium on Upland Farming
A significant one-day symposium on Upland Farming, organised by Teagasc and CAFRE, took place today, Tuesday, 12th November in the Ballymascanlon Hotel, County Louth.
12 November 2024
The standout measures and practices from Tom Barry’s farm
Tom Barry, a tillage farmer from Co. Cork, was crowned the winner of the Tillage Enterprise category of the Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards 2024 last month.
12 November 2024
Let’s Talk Organic webinars return
The Let’s Talk Organic webinar series, featuring Teagasc Organic Specialists and special quests sharing their experiences of converting to organic farming, will return today, Tuesday, November 12 at 7.30pm.
12 November 2024
Milk recording, LESS and spring slurry spreading higher on top performing dairy farms
To measure uptake and to evaluate whether evolving science and knowledge is being translated to farming practices, Dairy Innovation Indicators were measured in the Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS) Sustainability Report 2023.
11 November 2024
Livestock provide much more than nutritious food – Senior FAO official
Livestock production systems have come under increased scrutiny in recent times. Despite challenges aplenty, opportunities exist.
07 November 2024
Views wanted on proposed changes to Noxious Weeds legislation
The views of farmers, citizens and stakeholders have been sought as part of a public consultation on proposed changes to legislation under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1936, which proposes the addition of blackgrass to the list of controlled weeds.
07 November 2024
Sustainability in Agriculture: the Science and Evidence
The Teagasc Sustainability in Agriculture: the Science and Evidence conference is taking place today, Tuesday, November 5 at the Teagasc Research Centre at Ashtown, Dublin.
05 November 2024
Part 2: Water quality challenges and the outlook for the future
Continuing the topic of asking if farmers are going in the right direction in relation to improving water quality, Teagasc Agricultural Catchment Specialist Eddie Burgess discusses the challenge on Irish farms on this episode of the Environment Edge podcast.
05 November 2024
Sustainability performance of Irish farms in 2023 revealed
Teagasc has released its latest sustainability report focusing on the year 2023.
29 October 2024
Organic Farming Information meetings get underway
Are you interested in organics or questioning whether organic farming is an option for your farm? Following the opening of the Organic Farming Scheme and to answer some of the key queries you may have, the Teagasc Organics team is hosting a series of Organic Farming Information meetings.
29 October 2024
Mapping a course
Teagasc’s Better Farming for Water campaign aims to support the agri-food sector to improve water quality across Ireland’s catchments. To learn more, TResearch spoke to a researcher on the campaign, Daire Ó hUallacháin.
29 October 2024
Ciaran Bartley: Nearing the finish with my 20-month steers
Ciaran Bartley, Signpost Programme Demonstration Farmer, gives us his farm update for October, discussing management of steers, highlighting weight gain, feeding strategies, and plans for grazing and silage production.
26 October 2024
Balancing sheep, beef and tillage – Brian Nicholson’s route to partial organic conversion
Having claimed the Sheep Enterprise Award at the Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards 2024, Dr Siobhán Kavanagh, Signpost Programme Communications and Engagement Specialist, and Terry Carroll, Drystock Advisor in Kilkenny, detail Brian Nicholson’s journey to partial organic conversion.
24 October 2024
5 steps to becoming an organic farmer
As the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has recently reopened for applications, Teagasc Organic Advisor, Orla Walsh provides five key steps farmers must follow when transitioning from a conventional to an organic farming system.
22 October 2024
Agriculture emissions down in quarter one
Emissions from agriculture for the first quarter of 2024 were down by 2.6% when compared to the first quarter in 2023, the Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, October 22, has shown.
22 October 2024
How weather patterns are changing, what are we adapting to?
As part of the recent Teagasc Grassland Climate Adaption Conference, Met Éireann’s Pádraig Flattery outlined how Ireland’s climate has changed and how it is likely to continue changing in the future.
21 October 2024
Farmers in ACRES CP: Monies available for Field Margins
Catherine Keena and Michéal Kelly, Environmental Specialists at Teagasc, write on the opportunities Field Margins as a non-Productive Investment present to ACRES CP participants, and remind potential applicants that the deadline to apply is Thursday, October 31.
21 October 2024
Listen: Water Quality Challenges and the Outlook for the Future - Part 1
Are farmers going in the right direction in relation to improving water quality? Teagasc Agricultural Catchment Specialist, Eddie Burgess, joins us to discuss the challenge on Irish farms.
21 October 2024
Tracking Farm Emissions to Improve Sustainability with Richard Starrett
National Farm Survey data helps farmers assess and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining economic and social sustainability. Richard Starrett, Signpost Programme Demonstration Farmer, tells us more.
20 October 2024