Environment
TAMS for Organic Farming
TAMS for Organic Farming Joe Kelleher, Organic Specialist, tells us; the recent announcement that the opening of the TAMS 3 scheme is imminent has been greatly welcomed by organic farmers and it is great to see the list of eligible investment items that organic farmers can avail of has been greatly increased. […]
15 March 2023
Ag feirmeoireachta ar son sláinte Ithreach
Ag feirmeoireachta ar son sláinte Ithreach Le Seán Ó Chonbhuí, Scoláire PhD Breathnach Tá sláinte na n-ithreacha tábhachtach d’inbhuanaitheacht fhadtéarmach na feirmeoireachta. Is córais bheo iad ithreacha sláintiúla ina bhfuil na billiúin orgánach beo, a chomhlíonann raon feidhmeanna éagsúla. Déanann ithreacha rialáil agus scagadh ar uisce, rialaíonn aeráid, stóráil agus timthriall cothaitheach, […]
15 March 2023
An leasachán P ithreach éifeachtach é sloda próiseála déiríochta?
An leasachán P ithreach éifeachtach é sloda próiseála déiríochta? Tá sé tábhachtach úsáid leasacháin cheimiceacha a laghdú, agus dramhaíl orgánach cosúil le sloda próiseála déiríochta (DPS) a athchúrsáil agus a athúsáid. Cuirfidh sé seo le straitéisí geilleagair chiorclaigh go háirithe do thíortha ina bhfuil diantáirgeadh déiríochta ar nós na hÉireann. I gCaisleán […]
14 March 2023
3rd Global Soil Biodiversity conference co-hosted by Teagasc and UCD
3rd Global Soil Biodiversity conference co-hosted by Teagasc and UCD A major international conference on soil biodiversity, co-hosted by University College Dublin and Teagasc, in association with the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, is taking place in Dublin, commencing today, Monday 13th of March. The 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity conference, a 3 day […]
13 March 2023
Ag cosaint ár n-ithreacha
Ag cosaint ár n-ithreacha An Dr Fiona Ní Bhraonáin Tá ithreacha i measc na n-acmhainní nádúrtha is tábhachtaí atá againn. Cuireann a ról ríthábhachtach i dtáirgeadh bia, i stóráil carbóin agus i sláinte plandaí iad i gcroílár na ndúshlán domhanda maidir le slándáil bia agus athrú aeráide. Ar an leibhéal idirnáisiúnta, tá […]
10 March 2023
SOILGUARD: Ag nascadh bithéagsúlacht ithir le bainistíocht ithir talmhaíochta
0 SOILGUARD: Ag nascadh bithéagsúlacht ithir le bainistíocht ithir talmhaíochta Le Ciarraí Ní Riain, Taighdeoir Iardhochtúireachta. Is tionscadal Eorpach é SOILGUARD a bhfuil sé mar aidhm aige modhanna a fheabhsú agus a chaighdeánú chun bithéagsúlacht ithreach a thomhas, agus tuiscint a mhéadú ar dháileadh speiceas ithreach thar réigiúin éagsúla Eorpacha. Cuimsíonn bithéagsúlacht ithreach […]
8 March 2023
Update from the Clover150 Programme
0 Update from the Clover150 Programme In 2021, a group of 30 farmers from across the country enrolled in the Clover150 programme, with a range of land types, geographic spread and farming enterprises. Over the past two years, white clover was established on farms by a combination of reseeding and oversowing. The objectives […]
6 March 2023
Tionchar úiré chosanta ar an micribhithóim ithreach
0 Tionchar úiré chosanta ar an micribhithóim ithreach Aoife Ní Dhuibh Is gás ceaptha teasa cumhachtach é ocsaíd nítriúil le poitéinseal téimh dhomhanda i bhfad níos mó ná dé-ocsaíd charbóin, rud a dhéanann dochar don chiseal ózóin freisin. Féadann eotrófú agus sil-leagan aigéad a bheith mar thoradh ar astuithe amóinia, le tionchair dhiúltacha […]
6 March 2023
Balancing the books on silage quantity and quality
0 Balancing the books on silage quantity and quality Des Powell operates a sheep and beef farm just outside Templederry, Co. Tipperary, in conjunction with his parents George and Frieda. The farm is made up of 97ha of grassland, which is divided into two blocks but all situated within approximately 2km from the […]
5 March 2023
‘Soil sampling ensures I’m making the best use of expensive fertiliser’
0 ‘Soil sampling ensures I’m making the best use of expensive fertiliser’ Peadar O’Droscoll, Teagasc Signpost Programme and Carbery Monitor farmer, discussed the importance of soil sampling and his plan for clover establishment in the March edition of the Teagasc Signpost Programme newsletter. I milk 70 cows in Church Cross, Skibbereen, the home […]
4 March 2023