Forestry
5 steps to understanding your forest's potential
Frances McHugh, Teagasc Forestry Development Officer, sets out five ways a forest owner can develop their knowledge about their own forest and how to manage it in order to achieve multiple objectives.
09 June 2023
Watch: Preparing for second thinning - conifer forest management
Noel Kennedy, Forestry Development Officer with Teagasc, explains the difference between thinning a conifer forest for the first or the second time.
02 June 2023
Teagasc Forestry Development Department continues its innovative outdoor classroom forestry training programme
Teagasc Forestry Development Department (FDD) continues its innovative 'outdoor classroom' forestry training programme this spring, with six busy 'marteloscope' workshops in Oak Park forest. Jonathan Spazzi tells us more.
26 May 2023
Planning towards sustainable timber production at Talking Timber
Talking Timber, Teagasc’s popular conifer timber marketing event, is taking place today, Tuesday, 23 May in Athlone.
23 May 2023
Improving the biodiversity value of your forest
Steven Meyen, Teagasc Forestry Development Officer talks about how to improve the biodiversity value of your forest. He advises on how to keep browsing animals out, create/leave deadwood and more.
22 May 2023
Forests and human health and well-being
Paul Butler, Teagasc Forestry Specialist, tells us about the importance of non-timber values of forests.
19 May 2023
Talking Timber 2023: Networking to maximise timber sales outcomes
Selling timber can be both a rewarding and challenging experience for forest owners. Information and preparation are key to achieving the best outcomes. Noel Kennedy explains how Teagasc’s Talking Timber event in Athlone on May 23rd can help forest owners to successfully sell their conifer timber.
12 May 2023
Irish wood in housing
In today's world, housing is becoming a significant issue in many countries, including Ireland. Solutions for house building can be found in all farm forests in Ireland. That is timber.
05 May 2023
Forestry and Direct Payments - availing of positive interactions
Now is the time to focus on your Direct Payments, Tom Houlihan, Teagasc Forestry Specialist, tells us. With the new CAP 2023-2027 in place, the Direct Payments for 2023 includes a number of new schemes which replace previous schemes.
28 April 2023
How can we decipher the effects of climate change in trees?
Observing how trees express their reaction to different climate conditions is the starting point for researchers to answer this question.
21 April 2023
Research update: Fighting a threat to alder
Emma Fuller and Dheeraj Rathore report on the Irish Research Council funded ExAl project.
14 April 2023
Native honey bees in your forest
When we think of honey bees, we usually think of them as living in human-managed beehives and with honey production for humans as their purpose. Paul Butler, Forestry Liaison Officer, Teagasc Athenry, explains more in this article.
07 April 2023
What tree rings can tell us about climate change
The rings of a tree are like a time capsule recording past environmental conditions and they provide an opportunity for scientists to understand how trees might respond to future climate change.
03 April 2023
Morphological differences between Silver and Downy Birch
Oliver Sheridan, Teagasc Forestry Research Officer, tells us more about Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth) and Downy Birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) - two birch tree species that occur naturally throughout most of Europe.
31 March 2023
Transformation of Sitka spruce stands to continuous cover forestry- ContinuFOR
Grace Jones & Ian Short, Forestry Development Department, tell us that in the 1920’s only 1% of Ireland’s land area had forests, yet now over 11% of Ireland is forested.
24 March 2023
Application of Multi-Omics technologies for tree improvement
Jie Huang, Teagasc Walsh Scholar, and Dr Dheeraj Rathore, Teagasc Tree Improvement Researcher, discuss the potentials of omics technologies in accelerating the tree improvement research.
17 March 2023
Earnáil na Foraoiseachta in Éirinn - Roinnt Fíricí agus Figiúirí
Steven Meyen agus Nuala Ní Fhlatharta
10 March 2023
Clár taighde feabhsaithe crann Teagasc
Le Oilibhéar Ó Síoradáin agus Dheeraj Singh Rathore, Taighdeoirí Feabhsaithe Crann
09 March 2023
Agroforestry - grass, crops & food forests
Agroforestry is the integration of trees with either crops or livestock on the same land. John Casey, Teagasc forestry development officer, tells us more.
03 March 2023
The Northeast Forestry Group - promoting locally grown timber for local end use
The North East Forestry Group (NEFG) is a Forest Owner Group with over 90 members from counties Meath/Louth/Cavan/Monaghan. Kevin O’Connell, Teagasc Forestry Development Officer tells us more.
24 February 2023
New Forestry Programme 2023-2027
The new Forestry Programme 2023-2027 will come into force in early 2023, subject to state aid approval from the European Commission.
18 February 2023
Native woodland and water quality
Ireland's native woodlands have evolved with our watercourses since before the ice age. Róisín McManus and Michael Somers, Teagasc Nenagh, discuss how the re-emergence of these native woodlands will benefit water quality.
17 February 2023
Part 2: A look at the interim scheme options - Forestry Programme 2023-2027
The proposed new Programme is very ambitious and contains a proposed range of forest types to facilitate new forest creation and also interventions to help facilitate sustainable and resilient existing forests.
12 February 2023
Part 1: A look at the interim scheme options - Forestry Programme 2023-2027
During November 2022, a proposed investment of €1.3bn in Irish forestry was announced, representing the largest ever investment by an Irish Government in tree planting.
10 February 2023
The many options for planting trees - from gardens to fields and forests
From producing timber, capturing carbon, providing shelter, improving water quality to providing habitats etc; we can all list the many benefits of trees and forests.
03 February 2023
The Opportunity of Forestry
Dermot Leavy, his late wife Florian and their four daughters were previously dairy farmers located on the outskirts of Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath.
27 January 2023
Cork production – at the heart of the Montado agroforestry system
The next time you uncork a bottle of wine or pop the champagne spare a thought for that little cork stopper and where it has come from. Noel Kennedy tells us more.
20 January 2023
Managing ash dieback
Teagasc’s Forestry Development Department have produced a series of videos “Managing ash dieback” to provide objective advice to forest owners whose ash plantations have been affected by ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus).
13 January 2023
Teagasc at the 2023 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
We invite you to visit the Teagasc stand at the 2023 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE).
09 January 2023
Teagasc Signpost Programme Newsletter January 2023
In this month’s Signpost newsletter Stan Lalor, Director of Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc, outlines the new Teagasc Signpost Advisory Programme.
07 January 2023