TResearch
2024
0 Destination: Innovation The newly opened BIA Innovator Campus at Teagasc Athenry offers a unique single-location centre for food innovation and development in Ireland. To learn more about BIA’s exciting new offering, TResearch spoke to its core team: General Manager Elaine Donohue, Food Technologists Colm Foley and Anita Furey, and Head of Department […]
0 Worth re-peat-ing Peatlands are a particularly effective soil type for carbon storage. Assessing their drainage status can help harness their potential towards emissions reductions. Greenhouse gas emission calculations need to be refined to better harness the potential of peatlands for soil carbon storage Peatlands form where high rainfall or impeded drainage causes […]
0 One way or an udder Automation technology which mitigates over-milking is an important consideration when scaling up milking facilities. Research at Teagasc Moorepark is examining the optimal balance for milking efficiency. Data from Weigh-All milk meters were used to generate milk flow curves for every milking Milking is the main chore on […]
0 Pasture, present and future Is pasture-based Irish milk truly better than milk from conventional indoor feeding? To examine this question, researchers from Teagasc and Food for Health Ireland conducted one of the largest, most in-depth trials of its kind. There is a growing demand for dairy products produced from pasture-fed animals, as […]
0 Tiny microbes, big impacts A world-leading microbiome research centre based at Teagasc and UCC, APC Microbiome Ireland has spent twenty years at the forefront of this dynamic and ever-prevalent field of research. John Leech, Teagasc Technologist and Research Officer, preparing fermented foods for analysis Last December, the world-leading SFI microbiome research centre, […]
0 Vitamin “Sea” As part of the SunMara project, Researchers from Teagasc and UCD are investigating polysaccharide-rich seaweeds and their potential benefits on the immune system. For centuries, polysaccharide-rich seaweeds have been employed around the world for their dietary and medicinal benefits. Certain polysaccharides are attracting increasing scientific interest, due to their influence […]
0 Getting to know Anna Fenelon Wexford native Anna Fenelon combines her technical expertise, and passion for working with people, in a national role coordinating laboratories across the Teagasc Research programme. Hi Anna! Could you tell us a bit about yourself? I’m a Technologist based in Johnstown Castle, with a national role in […]
0 Leading poll-en Increasing the prevalence of wild pollinators is one of many strategies to combat biodiversity loss. As part of the EU-CAP Network, Teagasc researchers are examining how this may be brought about, explains Research Officer Saorla Kavanagh. There are many initiatives and strategies in place that aim to help halt and […]
0 Events: my take home message Teagasc’s researchers attend many events throughout the year, sharing the findings from their research with national and international audiences. Here, we capture the take-home messages – key pieces of information that our researchers want people to remember – from recent events. Farmers central to sustainable uplands Event: […]
0 Within farms’ reach Industry collaboration with Teagasc is key to sustainability-enhancing agtech adoption. Members of the AgTech Ireland board at Teagasc Moorepark (L-R): James Greevy, Herdwatch; Ursula Kelly, Cormac Tagging; Padraig Hennessy, Chairman AgTech Ireland and CEO Terra Nutritech; Catherine Lascurettes, COO AgTech Ireland; Lloyd Pearson, Pearson Milking Technology AgTech Ireland was […]