Environment
Celebrating Ireland’s Hedgerows – National Hedgerow Week 2025
Teagasc and the Heritage Council are launching National Hedgerow Week 2025, an initiative to raise awareness of the value of hedgerows in our landscapes, with a series of free events highlighting the benefits hedgerows provide to our rural landscape.
22 August 2025
Need to complete an organic training course?
Teagasc will run a number of Organic Farming Principles courses, starting on August 26, in various locations across the country.
20 August 2025
Hill Farming insights await at CAFRE Open Day
On Wednesday, 3rd September, CAFRE and Teagasc are hosting a joint Upland Open Day at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise’s (CAFRE’s) Hill Farm Centre, Glenwherry, Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
19 August 2025
Why now is the time for sustainable grass production
Sustainable grass production can play a major role on Irish farms, leading to more profitability but also reducing nitrogen loss from our farms through the use of clover, and utilising available data to make quick decisions.
17 August 2025
Quality grass back on the menu
Signpost Dairy farmer and Barryroe Co-op milk supplier, Dermot Walsh explains how some good decision making in July has put quality grass back on the menu for his herd in Bandon, Co. Cork.
16 August 2025
Calculating farm nutrient balance
Last year, Teagasc launched the Better Farm for Water Campaign with the objective of supporting farmers to improve water quality. The campaign consisted of ‘8-Actions for Change’, one of which was to improve nutrient balance on farms in relation to nitrogen and phosphorus.
15 August 2025
Adoption of MACC measures needed for substantial reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Climate Change Advisory Council has highlighted the need to ‘urgently accelerate the roll-out of proven on-farm measures to reduce emissions’ in its 2025 Annual Review of Agriculture and Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry.
10 August 2025
Harvest and cropping plans with Signpost farmer Don Somers
Don Somers, Signpost Tillage Farmer, talks us through the progress he’s made with harvest 2025 and looks ahead to his cropping plan for 2026.
9 August 2025
Finishing fast approaching in Donegal
Teagasc DairyBeef 500 and Signpost Programme participant, Gareth Peoples brings us up to date with the latest happenings on his farm, updating us on parasite control programmes, grassland management and finishing plans.
8 August 2025
6 tips for better autumn grassland management
Increasing the proportion of grazed grass in the diet of the dairy cow keeps costs down and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Leonard Betts, Climate Action & Sustainability Advisor, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, shares some key points to consider when managing autumn grass.
7 August 2025