Equine Pasture Management Workshop - Limerick
27 June 2025 27 June 2025Venue Ballyvolane Stud, Bruff, Co. Limerick. Eircode: V35 AX62
Join Teagasc and the Irish Equine Centre, in collaboration with the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association (ITBA) for an Equine Pasture Management Workshop on Friday, 27th June, from 10:30am - 1:30pm in the Ballyvolane Stud, Bruff, Co. Limerick, V35 AX62.
Engage with soil, grassland, biodiversity, and water quality specialists alongside stud farm hosts to discuss optimising pasture management for healthy horses. The workshops will focus on efficient farming, pasture management, soil management, pasture hygiene, protecting watercourses, and biodiversity on equine farms.
Speakers include Catherine Keena Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, Mark Plunkett, Teagasc Signpost Programme and previously Soils Specialist, Pádraig Fitzgerald and Joseph Maher Water Quality Advisors Teagasc ASSAP Programme, Alan Creighton, Head of Environment and Nutrition at the Irish Equine Centre, with the discussion facilitated by Teagasc Equine Specialists Seán Keane and Wendy Conlon.
Each workshop will cost €15 and it is recommended to book early as places are limited. For more information please email Hannah at hmarks@itba.ie or Sean at Sean.E.Keane@teagasc.ie.