Environment

Capturing More N from Cattle Slurry
0 Capturing More N from Cattle Slurry With fertilizer prices at all-time highs cattle slurry will be a key resource on farm to reduce the impact of high N, P & K prices. Mark Plunkett, Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford and Francis Quigley, Machinery Specialist, Kildalton College explain how to achieve this Retaining […]
4 January 2022

Saoirse wins International Award for her Teagasc multi-species sward research
Saoirse wins International Award for her Teagasc multi-species sward research This year’s Brian Chambers International Award for Early Career Researchers was won by Dr Saoirse Cummins, a researcher at Teagasc’s Environment Research Centre at Johnstown Castle, for showing that multi-species mixtures enhance grassland sustainability Saoirse’s poster entitled ‘Strong effects of grassland sward […]
24 December 2021

Meeting December Climate Actions
Meeting December Climate Actions In December Climate Actions: Order protected urea for 2022 – how to value it versus other N, Organise soil sampling, Weigh finishing animals in winter to ensure they are on target for slaughter next Spring, Identify suitable heifers for breeding at 15 months and importing organic manure for […]
19 December 2021

Reducing Phosphorus Loss to Water
Reducing Phosphorus Loss to Water There has been at lot of focus on Nitrogen in media coverage in recent times, but it is another nutrient, Phosphorus, that in causing issues in many watercourses draining heavy soils. Ivan Kelly, Teagasc ASSAP Advisor provides some advice on reducing Phosphorous loss to water. Nutrient application […]
19 December 2021

Safeguard your payments against Cross Compliance Penalties
Safeguard your payments against Cross Compliance Penalties Under cross-compliance, the beneficiary of direct payments is required to meet specified minimum criteria in the maintenance of their yard and the storage of organic manures to avoid sanctions being applied to their area-based payments. Noel Bardon, Walsh Scholar, Teagasc Westport has some advice. Keeping […]
17 December 2021

Environment Newsletter – December 2021
Environment Newsletter – December 2021 The latest edition of the Environment newsletter has information on: Think before you plant!; Planting a new hedge; and a message from Signpost Programme – How big is your carbon footprint?. View it here: Environment Newsletter – December 2021 (PDF) In this month’s edition: Think before you plant!Are you […]
17 December 2021

Teagasc Pathway to Reducing GHG Emissions
Teagasc Pathway to Reducing GHG Emissions The Climate Action Plan of 4th November clarified sectoral emission reduction targets for agriculture and land-use. Tom O’Dwyer, Head of Signpost Programme focuses on the steps needed for agriculture to deliver on its targets. Teagasc Director, Frank O’Mara outlined these at the Beef Conference also A […]
16 December 2021

Organic farming: an option now?
Organic farming: an option now? For those considering the change to organic farming there are many factors to take into account. Martina Donnelly, Teagasc B&T Drystock Advisor, discusses these factors, including fertiliser, meal and sprays, here. Is organic farming something I should consider now? This is a question a farmer asked me […]
12 December 2021

Recap on November Climate Actions
0 Recap on November Climate Actions With the first week of December under our belt it’s time to recap on Climate actions for November and see if we have measured up. This week is Hedgerow week – did you order your trees and hedging? It’s a good time to soil sample, test silage […]
8 December 2021

The state of Ireland’s hedgerows
0 The state of Ireland’s hedgerows Catherine Keena Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist covers The state of Ireland’s hedgerows, as talked about in the Teagasc Hedgerow Week Panel Discussion on Monday’s webinar. Watch back on the webinar here and tune in all this week to Hedgerow Week events Hedgerows are the most common habitat […]
8 December 2021