Crops and Spreaders Open Day at Teagasc Oak Park
The 2019 Teagasc Crops Open day will provide an excellent opportunity to witness first-hand demonstrations from the Teagasc applied and strategic crops research programme across the Oak Park campus. The open day will take place from 11am to 6pm on Wednesday, 26 June at the Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow.
The 2019 Teagasc Crops Open Day will provide an excellent opportunity to witness first-hand demonstrations from the Teagasc applied and strategic crops research programme across the Oak Park campus.
The 2019 Teagasc Crops Open day will provide an excellent opportunity to witness first-hand demonstrations from the Teagasc applied and strategic crops research programme across the Oak Park campus. The open day will take place from 11am to 6pm on Wednesday, 26 June at the Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow.
Each year over 10,000 research plots are assessed at Teagasc Oak Park and other locations throughout the country. From these plots essential data is gathered on issues such as chemical efficacy, the potential of pre-commercial crop varieties against diseases, optimum nutrient management and crop stewardship as well as the importance of biodiversity and Integrated Pest Management strategies. At the Crops Open day on the 26 June, farmers and growers will have the opportunity to engage with the staff who complete this work and discuss the present and future challenges to tillage farming businesses.
In addition, with our partner the Farmers Journal, this year’s Open day will also focus on the importance of accurate fertilizer spreading to support sustainable productivity, with live fertilizer spreader demonstrations through the day.
Dr Ewen Mullins, Head of Crop Research Department in Teagasc, Oak Park said: “Our priority for the Open day is to maximise engagement and research demonstration with farmers and industry personnel attending.”
Over thirty stands will be on display, addressing subjects such as:
- Maximising grain numbers in oats
- Impact of loss of CTL in wheat
- Weed research workshop
- Nutrient management in Barley
- Ramularia control options for winter barley
- Fungicide sensitivity in septoria
- Mildew resistance in oats
- IPM in arable crops
- Break Crops – Beans, oilseed rape
- Greenhouse Gas emissions and sustainability
- Optimum fertilizer application
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) recommended cereal varieties will be available for viewing, plus a separate Innovation Hub will provide updates on the role genetics, genomics and nano-science is playing in tackling the many challenges the tillage sector faces.
Teagasc environment researchers and specialists will present the role organic manures can play in crop nutrition in addition to the importance of mitigating GHG emissions.