TResearch
2025
0 A delicate balance A collaboration between Teagasc and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute is aiming to better understand viral-bacterial interaction in the poultry gut and its effect on food safety. The gut is home to a highly complex ecosystem comprising various microbiomes (microorganisms that live within a given environment, such as the […]
0 Celebrating REDP’s impact on farming and policy Teagasc’s Rural Economy and Development Programme (REDP) strives to make an impact on the agri-food sector by bringing together several streams of work at different disciplinary, strategic and temporal scales. As part of its latest peer review process, the REDP team selected six case studies […]
0 No more PET peeves? Recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) is a sustainable packaging alternative to support the circular economy using recycled materials and minimising waste. The team behind the Leaf No Waste project at Teagasc Ashtown is currently investigating and trialling the use of novel rPET for fresh produce packaging using an automatic […]
0 Pest in class Horticulture and Entomology Senior Research Officer Michael Gaffney is helping to lead a collaborative Teagasc project to automate pest control practices and tackle the ever-important issue of food security. Horticulture may be one of Teagasc’s smaller departments, but as any good entomologist will tell you; small things can have […]
0 Benefits of once-a-day milking Work carried out at Teagasc Moorepark suggests that once-a-day milking does not impact Cheddar cheese composition and can improve cheese yield and some sensory and nutritional attributes. Richard Page (left) and Prabin Lamichhane cut milk gel as part of the process of making Cheddar cheese at Teagasc Food […]
0 Counting sheep emissions Experts at Teagasc have been using life cycle assessment, an internationally recognised methodology, to calculate the environmental performance of average sheep systems in Ireland and to determine the effect of recommended practices. Ireland is the largest net exporter of sheep meat within the European Union, with the sheep sector […]
0 Genetics: a move in the right direction The sheep industry is facing challenging times, with increased input costs, resistance to parasitic infection treatments and pressures to meet greenhouse gas targets. While genetics are not the silver bullet, they are a proven solution. Recent studies have proven that 5 star animals deliver more […]
0 The rings of truth Researchers at Teagasc are looking at the basics of dendrochronology in forestry research – using tree ring analysis to explore the impact of climatic stress on tree growth performance and physiological responses. Projections of increased temperature coupled with decreasing precipitation during the growing season have the potential to […]
0 Overcoming the pathogen hurdle Climate change, the energy crisis and the drive for agricultural sustainability have moved anaerobic digestion centre stage. Teagasc researchers are investigating and eliminating bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens in feed stock and digestate. Anaerobic digestion will sanitise organic waste while providing cheap, sustainable energy and fertiliser Wastewater treatment […]
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. Teagasc’s Luis Lopez-Sangil (right) chats to visitors […]