Environment
Signpost Programme Featured Farmers – Ken Gill
Signpost Programme Featured Farmers – Ken Gill Ken Gill farms full time on his own in Clonbullogue, Co Offaly. He is trading as Ballydermot Organic Farm Ltd. Ken’s breeding season started on 2nd November and is going well. Breeding Ken’s breeding season started on 2nd November and is going well. There have been […]
11 December 2022
Signpost Programme Featured Farmers – Joseph Egan
Signpost Programme Featured Farmers – Joseph Egan Joseph Egan is an organic dairy farmer near Ballygar, Co. Galway, milking 65 cows at present of which 20 are heifers, with all milk supplied to Aurivo. The herd supplied 357kgs of milk solids in 2021 at 4.36% butterfat and 3.46% protein. 80 acres of […]
10 December 2022
Teagasc Signpost Programme Newsletter December 2022
0 Teagasc Signpost Programme Newsletter December 2022 In this month’s Signpost newsletter Frank O’Mara, Director of Teagasc, outlines the new Teagasc Climate Strategy 2023-2030 which was launched recently. Issue 17 – December 2022 We have a short video explaining the new Sustainability Digital Platform which will be invaluable for farmers when establishing baseline […]
9 December 2022
Teagasc Climate Action Strategy Launch
0 Teagasc Climate Action Strategy Launch On Thursday December 1st Teagasc launched their Climate Action Strategy 2022 – 2030. Charlie McConalogue TD, Minister for Agriculture. Food and the Marine gave the opening address. Wacth a recording of the launch below View presentations from the launch below Speech by Minister for Agriculture, Food and […]
7 December 2022
Teagasc Supporting Farmers for Climate Action – Industry Response
0 Teagasc Supporting Farmers for Climate Action – Industry Response Teagasc Head of Education Dr Anne-Marie Butler was joined by Agriculture Industry leaders for a panel discussion at the launch of the Teagasc Climate Action Strategy on December 1st. ‘Farmers will meet their targets – when the Irish put their mind to doing […]
6 December 2022
World Soil Day 2022 – Soils: where food begins
0 World Soil Day 2022 – Soils: where food begins Today December 5th marks the United Nations World Soil Day. The day is marked annually as a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources. The theme for 2022 is – […]
5 December 2022
Teagasc Climate Action Strategy – The Road Map for Agriculture
0 Teagasc Climate Action Strategy – The Road Map for Agriculture Ireland has set out its commitment to reduce overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 51% by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This meets Ireland’s commitment to the Paris Agreement to keep temperature rise to 1.5°C and is in line with […]
4 December 2022
Growing Wild – Rose Hips and Flowering Ivy
0 Growing Wild – Rose Hips and Flowering Ivy Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity to look out for in the countryside. Rose Hips Look out for bright shiny scarlet red rose hips on the briars of the dog rose. They which […]
4 December 2022
Teagasc Climate Action Strategy – The Urgent Actions
0 Teagasc Climate Action Strategy – The Urgent Actions The climate challenge requires a whole of sector co-ordinated response to move the industry forward. Teagasc, through its MACC curve, has set out how the agriculture and food system can evolve over the short and medium term to meet its climate obligations. To support […]
3 December 2022
Teagasc Climate Centre
0 Teagasc Climate Centre Teagasc is establishing a new virtual Teagasc Climate Centre to co-ordinate climate research and innovation and to accelerate efforts to bring ‘almost ready’ and ‘early stage’ technologies to deployment stage. The three key pillars of the new Climate Action Strategy are: A Signpost Advisory Programme A Sustainability Digital Platform A Virtual National Centre for Agri-food Climate Research and Innovation […]
2 December 2022