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The ‘Stay Safe with Jessy’ competition brings farm safety to the classroom
The ‘Stay Safe with Jessy’ competition brings farm safety to the classroom Teagasc is proud to announce the launch of the ‘Stay Safe with Jessy’ farm safety art competition and webinar, a new initiative aimed at promoting farm safety among children. The competition invites all primary school going children across Ireland to […]
28 May 2025
Sharing farm safety messages with our youngest farmers
Sharing farm safety messages with our youngest farmers Have a budding young farmer at home? Teagasc is excited to launch a fun and educational initiative aimed at keeping our youngest farmers safe as the summer holidays approach. The Stay Safe with Jessy Art Competition and Webinar is now open for entries, giving […]
23 May 2025
Kate Curran crowned Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year
Kate Curran crowned Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year Kate Curran, Kilmagemogue, Portlaw, Co. Waterford is the overall winner of the Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year 2024 award. The awards were presented by the Teagasc Chairman, Liam Herlihy in Dublin today, Thursday 22 May. Kate Curran was crowned the overall winner of the […]
22 May 2025
Organic tillage farming with Tommy Delahunt
Organic tillage farming with Tommy Delahunt Tommy Delahunt is a tillage farmer in the Growing Organics programme. He farms in east Wicklow and grows a mix of winter and spring cereals, along with oilseed rape, beans, maize and fodder beet as break crops. Tommy opted for a partial tillage conversion into organic […]
22 May 2025
Meet the finalists in the Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year
Meet the finalists in the Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year The Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year will be crowned, tomorrow, Thursday, May 22. Meet the finalists here: Adrian Gaynard Adrian is from Co. Mayo, he completed a Level 6 Specific Purpose Certificate in Farming at Teagasc Ballinrobe. He is an enthusiastic suckler […]
21 May 2025
Practical Solutions for Pollinator-Friendly Farming
Practical Solutions for Pollinator-Friendly Farming In celebration of World Bee Day 2025, Biodiversity Technician Claudia Barry and Research Officer Saorla Kavanagh share the details of the EU CAP networks Workshop on ‘Promoting Pollinator-Friendly Farming’. In June 2024, the EU CAP Network hosted a workshop on “Promoting Pollinator-Friendly Farming” in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In […]
20 May 2025
Fabrication at Kildalton: Bringing designs to life
Fabrication at Kildalton: Bringing designs to life From initial concept to design and finally manufacture, students of the Advanced Machinery and Crops Course in Kildalton College gain valuable hands-on experience in fabrication, College Lecturer, Patrick Heffernan tells us more. Through the fabrication module of the Advanced Machinery and Crops Course at Kildalton […]
19 May 2025
Staying safe on farm this May
Staying safe on farm this May With May being a very busy month, B&T Drystock Advisor in Teagasc Galway/Clare, Ciara Collins shares key tips on staying safe on farm. The month of May is a very active farming month, particularly with machinery work, including spraying, silage harvesting, fertiliser and slurry spreading. The […]
18 May 2025
7 ACRES actions to be monitored from the sky
7 ACRES actions to be monitored from the sky The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced that its Area Monitoring System (AMS), colloquially known by some as the ‘eye in the sky’, will be used to monitor seven ACRES actions this year. Used to ensure that area-based schemes have […]
17 May 2025
Agri-food Policy Leader Dr Karl Walsh Wins 2025 Walsh Scholars Alum Award
Agri-food Policy Leader Dr Karl Walsh Wins 2025 Walsh Scholars Alum Award A former PhD student whose work has helped shape Ireland’s agri-food policy has been honoured with the 2025 Walsh Scholars Alum Award. Dr Karl Walsh, now Head of the Research, Bioeconomy and Codex Division at the Department of Agriculture, Food […]
16 May 2025