Environment
The wonderful world of bees
The wonderful world of bees As today, May 20, marks World Bee Day, Teagasc Research Officer, Saorla Kavanagh tells us there are over 20,000 bee species worldwide and 102 of these are native to Ireland. She also outlines five key actions to consider if you want to help bees. Each bee species […]
20 May 2024
Why is slurry so dangerous?
Why is slurry so dangerous? Farmers in Northern Ireland were lucky to escape with their lives in April, when they were involved in a slurry gas incident. Now is the time to think, plan and act to avoid these potential tragedies on our farms. Dr. John McNamara and Francis Bligh, Teagasc Health […]
20 May 2024
Growing Wild: Lousewort and Meadow Foxtail
Growing Wild: Lousewort and Meadow Foxtail Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity, focusing this time on Lousewort and Meadow Foxtail. Lousewort Look out for lousewort, one of the positive indicator plants on the ACRES grassland and peatland scorecard, meaning that fields […]
19 May 2024
Reducing nutrient losses from farm roadways
Reducing nutrient losses from farm roadways Sharing the key findings of the Roadrunner project, Owen Fenton, Karen Daly, John Murnane and Patrick Tuohy address the impact of farm roadway runoff on water quality in Ireland. The Nitrates Directive aims to protect water quality across Europe by preventing nutrients from agricultural sources, including […]
17 May 2024
Fertiliser sales at lowest point in two decades
Fertiliser sales at lowest point in two decades Recently released data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have shed light on the volume of fertilisers sold over the 2023 crop year, which ran from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. During this timeframe, total fertiliser sales decreased by 18% for the […]
14 May 2024
Signpost Series: The ‘Buaile Bó Ballyloughane’ pilot biodiversity project
Signpost Series: The ‘Buaile Bó Ballyloughane’ pilot biodiversity project On this episode of the Signpost Series, host Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer at Teagasc, was joined by Paula Kearney, Biodiversity Officer at Galway City Council, to discuss the ‘Buaile Bó Ballyloughane’ pilot biodiversity project. A questions and answers session took […]
13 May 2024
Raining cats and dogs
Raining cats and dogs With rain of almost biblical proportions for the last eight months, farmers have been really struggling to get work done. The big question is why has this occurred and will it continue to happen into the future? Head of Climate Services Division with Met Eireann, Keith Lambkin, joins […]
12 May 2024
Growing Wild: Charlock and Lady’s Smock
0 Growing Wild: Charlock and Lady’s Smock Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity, focusing this time on Charlock and Lady’s Smock. Charlock Look out for charlock growing on recently disturbed ground on roadsides or new house sites where the seed gets a […]
6 May 2024
Signpost Series: The impact of clover along with other measures on land use and net zero emissions
0 Signpost Series: The impact of clover along with other measures on land use and net zero emissions On this episode of the Signpost Series, Pat Murphy, Teagasc Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer, was joined by Daniel Henn, Phd Student, University of Limerick & Teagasc, to discuss the impact of clover, along with […]
5 May 2024
The Festival of Farmland Biodiversity
0 The Festival of Farmland Biodiversity The Festival of Farmland Biodiversity is a virtual festival hosted by the National Biodiversity Data Centre. The festival takes place from May 1 to May 31, Saorla Kavanagh, Catherine Keena and Colm Doran preview the activities. The purpose of the festival is to encourage a more positive […]
1 May 2024