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2025
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. 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 […]
Navigating agricultural sustainability The new digital sustainability platform, AgNav, developed in partnership by Teagasc, Bord Bia and ICBF aims to create a centralised solution for farm sustainability assessments. The new sustainability platform, AgNav, will support farmers in improving productivity, ensuring economic viability, and setting new standards for environmental sustainability.Pictured are representatives from […]
Transforming green to gold: the alchemy of Irish cheese In Ireland, cows generally graze upon ryegrass monocultures. In Ireland, cows generally graze upon ryegrass monocultures. Multispecies swards offer benefits by increasing biodiversity and reducing costly chemical inputs through natural nitrogen fixation. This research investigates the nutritional and techno-functional consequences within cheese […]
Sensor sensibility Use of smart technology on dairy farms allows more precise management decisions for tasks such as grass allocation, milk yield monitoring and slurry application. In modern dairy farm systems, data may be considered a valuable asset that can aid farmers in making critical management decisions. However, data must be easily […]
Taking centre stage Teagasc’s Climate Centre takes an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together staff from across the organisation to work on some of the biggest climate and biodiversity challenges facing us. Research Officers Lorraine Balaine (REDP), Rachael Murphy (CELUP) and Paul Smith (AGRIP) and Technologist Simon Leach (CELUP) tell us more about the […]
A worm welcome As part of international efforts to safeguard soil health and biodiversity, Teagasc researchers have been assessing practical farm-scale measures to enhance soil biodiversity in intensively managed grasslands. Bacterial feeding nematode (top) and plant parasitic nematode (bottom) from grassland soil. Nematodes are often used as indicators of soil health and […]
Snout of character The Research Leaders 2025 project PIGSMELL is investigating how pigs communicate using their senses and how their positive interactions can ultimately support social stability and improve their health. Interaction through sense of smell is the main way in which pigs interact with their environment, including social interaction between pigs […]
Innovation gets a head START By supporting researchers in entrepreneurship, commercialisation and technology transfer, Engage@Teagasc helps foster innovation, sustainability and economic growth. Here, we look at three new research projects getting a financial boost from Teagasc’s START Fund scheme. Innovations developed at Teagasc can play a key role in fostering sustainability and […]
Head of the Curve Teagasc’s Marginal Abatement Cost Curve seeks to inform and steer agricultural policy toward hitting targets on emissions mitigation. Here, one of its chief architects, Gary Lanigan, gives us a breakdown. Ireland has the world’s highest density of Eddy Covariance towers, making it a global leader in monitoring GHG […]
In with the new, out with the nutrients As head of water quality research for the ACP, Senior Research Officer Per-Erik Mellander is advancing vital knowledge in how water quality is impacted by agriculture and a changing climate. Lower Lake, Johnstown Castle Estate A hydrologist by training, Per-Erik Mellander is far from […]