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Meet Melissa – an ISH young breeder

Meet Melissa – an ISH young breeder Melissa Glynn is from Crannaghmore Stables, Co. Roscommon where showing at agricultural shows, selling at auctions and from the farm gate were part of her early education, including riding & pony camps. Melissa says the Young Breeders Programme opened a network of connections & opportunities […]
14 December 2021

What maps tell us about how we live, work and travel

What maps tell us about how we live, work and travel Complex patterns in geographic data and maps can tell us much about our lives today and in the future. This article “What maps tell us about how we live, work and travel” by Jesko Zimmermann, David Meredith and Rob O’Hara, Teagasc, […]
30 November 2021

Meet Sarah – an ISH young breeder

Meet Sarah – an ISH young breeder Sarah Brashaw lives near Newtownards, Co. Down where she has a yard of ten competition equines ranging from performance and show Connemara Ponies to show horses and cobs, young event horses and breeding stock at Ringcreevy Stud. Find out how she benefited from the ISH […]
28 November 2021

Meet Nicole – an ISH young breeder

Meet Nicole – an ISH young breeder Nicole Groyer grew up in Naul, North Co. Dublin surrounded by animals and horses on her grandfather’s farm. Her interest in horses began from an early age when her mother took Nicole to local agricultural shows, hunts and annually visited the RDS Dublin Horse Show. […]
19 November 2021

Seaweed supplementation to reduce methane emissions in ruminants

Seaweed supplementation to reduce methane emissions in ruminants Researchers at Teagasc are investigating whether the addition of native seaweeds and seaweed extracts to the ruminant diet can reduce methane emissions. Dr Maria Hayes explains more to presenter Jonathan McCrea on “10 Things to Know About…Seaweed”, airing tonight on RTÉ One Television at […]
15 November 2021

Meet Conor – an ISH young breeder

Meet Conor – an ISH young breeder Conor Wixted grew up near Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare with a deep-rooted love for horses. Conor was exceptionally close to being selected for team participation at World Championships, more than once, and won the overall senior section of the National Young Breeders competition 2019. Find out […]
11 November 2021

Creating Our Future

0 Creating Our Future I’m sure you have seen or heard ads for the Creating Our Future initiative, which is a campaign being run by the government of Ireland to find out from the public what they think we should be doing scientific research on in the future. The Creating Our Future campaign […]
9 November 2021

Generating bioplastics using haemoglobin from blood

0 Generating bioplastics using haemoglobin from blood On “10 Things to Know About … Blood”, airing tonight, Monday, 8 November, on RTÉ One Television at 8:30pm, presenter Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin will meet Teagasc Researchers, Dr Anne Maria Mullen and Dr Carlos Alvarez, who have developed a method to generate bioplastics using haemoglobin from […]
8 November 2021

Meet Sharon an Irish Sport Horse young breeder

0 Meet Sharon an Irish Sport Horse young breeder Sharon Mannion, Windgap Stud, Doon, Co. Offaly is an enthusiastic Irish Draught breeder. There were always Irish Draught horses on the family dairy & sheep farm now the main enterprise today. Sharon’s experience of the ISH Young Breeder training programme gave her valuable experience […]
4 November 2021

Healthy Workplaces Lighten the Load

0 Healthy Workplaces Lighten the Load Last week was European Week for Safety & Health at Work themed: ‘Healthy Workplaces Lighten the Load’ – part of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2020-22. Francis Bligh & John McNamara, Teagasc Health and Safety Specialists take this opportunity to advise on avoiding work-related injury on the farm […]
2 November 2021