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Young Breeder Training 2025 is Underway
Young Breeder Training 2025 is Underway Passionate about horses? Join The Young Breeders Programme to learn from experts and connect with like-minded peers. Young Breeder training welcomes those aged 15-30 years of age. The next World Championships takes place July 16-19, 2026 at the State Stud Celle in Germany – eligible for […]
26 March 2025
Planning to build?
Planning to build? Farmers and farm building contractors are invited to attend one of a series of Farm Buildings Seminars this April. Organised by Teagasc and the Irish Farm Buildings Association, the seminars aim to increase awareness of the key changes to building specifications under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) and […]
24 March 2025
Industrial Hemp Conference Demonstrates Ireland’s Potential in Sustainable Agriculture and Industry
Industrial Hemp Conference Demonstrates Ireland’s Potential in Sustainable Agriculture and Industry The Industrial Hemp Conference, hosted by Teagasc and Textile Composites International, brought together a diverse group of experts, farmers, policymakers, and innovators to explore the transformative potential of industrial hemp in Ireland’s agriculture and industry. Barry Caslin, tells us more. The […]
23 March 2025
Reducing stress on your farm in 2025
Reducing stress on your farm in 2025 Planning your workload is key to reduce stress and make life easier during busy periods on your farm. Marion Fox, B&T Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Galway/Clare, shares five areas farmers should focus on to help reduce stress over 2025. The farmer is a very important person […]
22 March 2025
Survey to explore wellbeing in Irish farm families
Survey to explore wellbeing in Irish farm families The FarmFaMHealth team at Dublin City University (DCU), in collaboration with Teagasc, is conducting a survey to investigate the mental wellbeing of Irish farm families. The research, titled: ‘Mental Health Help-seeking in Irish Farm Families’, aims to gain a deeper understanding of the mental […]
18 March 2025
5 ways viruses can help plants
5 ways viruses can help plants Like all other types of microbes, viruses have the potential to be neutral or even beneficial to their host. As part of a recent RTÉ Brainstorm Article, Marta Niedzicka identified 5 ways viruses can help plants. When we hear the word ‘virus’, we typically think ‘disease’. […]
18 March 2025
Cork and Kildare students awarded Dairygold bursaries at UCC
Cork and Kildare students awarded Dairygold bursaries at UCC UCC students Sarah Shannon, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, and Katy Halpin, Colbinstown, Co. Kildare, have been awarded the 2025 Dairygold Co-Operative Society bursary for 2025. Available to students undertaking the Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree at University College Cork (UCC), the degree programme has […]
11 March 2025
Changes to the nitrates regulations… Again!
0 Changes to the nitrates regulations… Again! The mid-term review of the fifth Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) has introduced 10 new requirements to the Good Agricultural Practice regulations, Specialist on the Agricultural Catchments Programme, Eddie Burgess tells us more. We are currently in the fourth and final year of the fifth Nitrates Action […]
6 March 2025
Teagasc brings food and farming science to students at ESB Science Blast
0 Teagasc brings food and farming science to students at ESB Science Blast Teagasc was proud to again play a key role in this year’s ESB Science Blast 2025. Eimear Ferguson, Science Communication & Engagement officer, tells us more about welcoming thousands of enthusiastic primary school students & their teachers to engage with […]
6 March 2025
National cattle herd down 3.3% in December 2024
0 National cattle herd down 3.3% in December 2024 According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Irish national cattle herd was 3.3% or 217,700 head lower in December 2024 when compared to the corresponding period in 2023. Reductions were also recorded in the national pig herd and sheep flock. Totalling 6.3 million […]
4 March 2025