Environment
Teagasc Climate Action Strategy – Sustainability Digital Platform
0 Teagasc Climate Action Strategy – Sustainability Digital Platform Supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Teagasc in co-operation with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Bord Bia is building a new digital platform to facilitate a robust whole farm sustainability assessment and ‘counting’ of carbon emissions and […]
2 December 2022
Launch of the Teagasc Climate Action Strategy
0 Launch of the Teagasc Climate Action Strategy The Teagasc Climate Action Strategy 2022-2030 – ‘Supporting Farmers for Climate Action’ has been launched today, Thursday, 1 December by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD. Speaking at an event at the Teagasc campus in Ashtown, Dublin, Minister Charlie McConalogue […]
1 December 2022
Teagasc Climate Action Strategy – Signpost Advisory Programme
0 Teagasc Climate Action Strategy – Signpost Advisory Programme The Signpost Advisory Programme is a new service which Teagasc aims to make available to all farmers, to allow them to know their current emissions and sequestration, to make a plan to improve, help them with the implementation of the plan, and track progress. […]
1 December 2022
Signpost Series: Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) – achievements, activities & aspirations
Signpost Series: Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) – achievements, activities & aspirations On this episode of the Signpost Series which took place on Friday, 4 November, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment KT, Teagasc was joined by Rebecca Davis, Technical Coordinator & Mollie Burns, LEAF, UK to give an overview of Linking Environment […]
25 November 2022
Update from Tom Tierney, Signpost Programme Tillage Farmer
Update from Tom Tierney, Signpost Programme Tillage Farmer Ivan Whitten, Teagasc Tillage Advisor, Naas caught up recently with Tom Tierney, Ballinafagh, prosperous, Kildare on how the harvest went and autumn fieldwork progress to date on the farm. Tom farms on heavy soils and grows a combination of winter and spring cereals with […]
20 November 2022
Growing Wild – Yarrow and Herb Robert
Growing Wild – Yarrow and Herb Robert Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity to look out for in the countryside. Yarrow Look out for later flowering yarrow, sometimes through to new year. It can be identified all year round by its […]
20 November 2022
Space for Nature – Ryan Family Farm
Space for Nature – Ryan Family Farm The Irish farming landscape is defined by a range of biodiversity features. Best practice in the management of these features is an integral part of sustainable farming. Farmers like Shay Ryan, Teagasc-Tirlán Signpost Future Farmer, play a crucial role in protecting farmland biodiversity. Farmland Biodiversity […]
18 November 2022
Signpost Series: WaterMARKE – Mitigating Agricultural Impacts through Research & Knowledge Exchange
Signpost Series: WaterMARKE – Mitigating Agricultural Impacts through Research & Knowledge Exchange On this episode of the Signpost Webinar Series, Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Dr Mary Ryan, Teagasc and Professor Cathal O’Donoghue, University of Galway to discuss WaterMARKE – Mitigating Agricultural Impacts through Research […]
14 November 2022
Signpost Series: Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) – achievements, activities & aspirations
Signpost Series: Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) – achievements, activities & aspirations On this episode of the Signpost Series which took place on Friday, 4 November, Pat Murphy, Head of Environment KT, Teagasc was joined by Rebecca Davis, Technical Coordinator & Mollie Burns, LEAF, UK to give an overview of Linking Environment […]
13 November 2022
Teagasc Signpost Programme Newsletter November 2022
Teagasc Signpost Programme Newsletter November 2022 In this month’s newsletter, Tom O’Dwyer, Head of the Signpost Programme, presents the Signpost Sustainability Results 2021, the baseline year. We have our usual climate actions as well as an article from Karl Richards explaining carbon sequestration. Issue 16 – November 2022 We have a number […]
11 November 2022