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IMPRESS: An EU Project building zero-waste, sustainable aquatic food value chains
IMPRESS: An EU Project building zero-waste, sustainable aquatic food value chains IMPRESS is an industry driven project, based on sound science and centred around the EU Bioeconomy and Blue Growth strategies, striving to promote sustainable and zero-waste production and consumption. The four year project, co-funded by Horizon Europe officially began earlier this […]
26 July 2023
Sharp fall in 2023 dairy and tillage incomes expected, while cattle and sheep incomes to increase slightly
Sharp fall in 2023 dairy and tillage incomes expected, while cattle and sheep incomes to increase slightly A new report, by economists at Teagasc, provides an update on the forecast average margins and incomes which are likely across the agricultural sector in Ireland in 2023. Agriculture continues to face substantial input price […]
25 July 2023
Reappointments to Teagasc Authority
Reappointments to Teagasc Authority Mr. Liam Herlihy has been reappointed as Chairperson of the Teagasc Authority for a second five year term, by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. His appointment is for a 5 year term effective from 17 September. Mr. Herlihy is a farmer from […]
24 July 2023
Energy and Farm Diversification Options Showcased
Energy and Farm Diversification Options Showcased Thousands of people attended the Energy and Farm Diversification show which took place in Gurteen Agricultural College yesterday, Thursday 20 July. Talks were delivered all day across three pavilions: Energy Pavilion – Anaerobic Digestion, Energy Policy, Solar, Electricity, Biomass, Community Energy Farm Diversification Pavilion – Secrets […]
21 July 2023
Be a Farm Safety Hero
Be a Farm Safety Hero Acknowledging a Farm Safety Hero is the Friday theme of Farm Safety Week 2023. John McNamara, Teagasc Senior Health and Safety Specialist tells us more Teagasc wishes to particularly pay tribute to Farmers who have given an account of their injury or ill health so that others […]
21 July 2023
Farm Safety Week Focus: Long Term Health
Farm Safety Week Focus: Long Term Health The Farm Safety week focus for Thursday is long term health. Managing your own personal health and safety must be central to good management on the farm. Manual Handling About a third of all reported injuries are due to poor manual handling. Most manual handling […]
20 July 2023
Farm Safety week – Livestock handling
Farm Safety week – Livestock handling The Farm Safety week focus for Wednesday is livestock handling. With cattle out grazing it is an important time to think about how interactions with your cattle can be planned and managed carefully to avoid risk. Francis Bligh tells us how we can stay safe while […]
19 July 2023
Jessy’s Farm Safety Art Competition Winners
Jessy’s Farm Safety Art Competition Winners Jessy the Sheep Dog, our Teagasc Farm Safety mascot, loves to help keep everyone safe on the farm. As part of farm safety week, Jessy and her friends ran an art competition and asked you to show her how you stay safe with livestock on the […]
19 July 2023
Low Stress Movement of Animals with Miriam Parker
Low Stress Movement of Animals with Miriam Parker In this video Miriam Parker, Livestockwise, discusses the instinctive six strategies for cattle survival and how they can be used to encourage cattle to do what we want in a handling scenario. These are instinctive things that all cattle do and by learning how […]
19 July 2023
Farm Safety Week Focus: ATV Safety
Farm Safety Week Focus: ATV Safety Using an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) can very easily and suddenly cause a very serious or fatal injury. ATV crashes can kill on impact. When an ATV turns over it can crush the chest area with its weight or cause an impact injury. Francis Bligh outlines […]
18 July 2023