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Seaweed TV show featuring Teagasc researchers wins award
0 Seaweed TV show featuring Teagasc researchers wins award The TV episode ’10 Things to Know About … Seaweed’, won the visual category at the Guild of Agricultural Journalists awards The episode was broadcast in 2021 and featured Maria Hayes, Sinead Waters, David Kenny, Stuart Kirwan, Emily Roskam, Caroline O’Donnell and Goldy De […]
1 January 2023
Gaining Wellness around Christmas Time
Gaining Wellness around Christmas Time John McNamara Health & Safety Specialist has Wellness pointers for all. Diet Enjoying good food is synonymous with the holiday period. We live in a period of time when good food is both readily available. However, it is far easier to avoid weight gain than to lose […]
27 December 2022
Organic on-farm Multi Species Sward Trial
Organic on-farm Multi Species Sward Trial Teagasc have teamed up with seed company, DLF and organic dairy farmers, Pat & Mark Mulrooney from Kilsheelan, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary to investigate the on farm performance of Multi Species Swards, especially in periods of drought. The video below gives details of the trial. Full details […]
26 December 2022
Burren Farmers win Newbie New Entrant Competition 2022
Burren Farmers win Newbie New Entrant Competition 2022 Burren Beef and Farm Experiences, a business established by Bronagh and Cathal O’Rourke, located in the Burren, Co. Clare have been selected as the winners of the 2022 Newbie new entrant competition. Cathal’s family have being farming the lands commercially for many generations and […]
25 December 2022
Be Winter Ready
Be Winter Ready Serena Gibbons, Education Officer, Teagasc Galway/Clare, reminds us that it is important to continue to keep safety high on the priority list as the farmyard is a hazardous place. Winter jobs are in full swing on all farms, it is often easier to manage your herd when the winter […]
23 December 2022
Keep safe during the Christmas break
Keep safe during the Christmas break Francis Bligh Teagasc Health & Safety Specialist, has some important advice for farmers in keeping safe during the Christmas break. Read about farmyard safety, creating a safe place on the farm for children, dealing with the cold weather, frozen pipes, lighting, farm animals, machinery and more […]
21 December 2022
Review of Occupational Safety and Health in Agriculture discussed at European Parliament Agriculture Committee
Review of Occupational Safety and Health in Agriculture discussed at European Parliament Agriculture Committee A major review of the Future of Agriculture and its impact on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the EU was recently discussed at the European Parliament Agriculture Committee. The Review was commissioned by the EU Occupational Safety […]
21 December 2022
Reduced Age at Finishing Improves Emissions Performance at Newford Farm
Reduced Age at Finishing Improves Emissions Performance at Newford Farm Newford farm is achieving carbon footprint 14% lower than the national average Newford Suckler Demonstration Farm is successfully producing calves that gain weight rapidly and can be slaughtered at lower ages to produce high quality beef, new results confirm. The calves are […]
21 December 2022
Minister Heydon announces investment in equine skills simulators
Minister Heydon announces investment in equine skills simulators Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Farm Safety, Martin Heydon T.D. has announced investment in three equestrian training simulators at Teagasc Kildalton College at Piltown, County Kilkenny. The simulators will assist students in the […]
18 December 2022
Ministers McConalogue and Heydon announce over €3.6 million for climate-related research in a joint collaboration with New Zealand
Ministers McConalogue and Heydon announce over €3.6 million for climate-related research in a joint collaboration with New Zealand Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., and Minister of State with special responsibility for research and innovation Martin Heydon T.D., announced awards of over €3.6M for Irish researchers in four […]
16 December 2022