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Farming for a Better Climate 2025: Practical and Emerging Solutions

11 Nov 2025

Event Time 9:00 am
Venue Tullamore Court Hotel, O’Moore Street, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Eircode: R35 D406.
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Conference Proceedings

  1. Meeting international market sustainability expectations – Mick Houlihan
  2. Current Solutions for Enteric Methane Reductions – Ben Lahart
  3. AgNav Digital Sustainability Platform – Natasha Browne
  4. Role of forestry in reducing GHG emissions – Tom Houlihan
  5. Carbon footprint of Irish grains – Michael Hennessey – Teagasc
  6. Hedgerow carbon – Stuart Green & Eoghan O’Reilly
  7. Reducing emissions from nitrogen fertiliser – Patrick Forrestal
  8. Reducing Methane Emissions from Slurry – Shaun Connolly
  9. Developing a carbon farming framework – Bernard Harris

Conference agenda:

9:30am
Conference Opening
Dr Stan Lalor, Director of Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc

9:40am
Meeting Global Sustainability Expectations
Mick Houlihan, Senior Manager, Agricultural Sustainability, Bord Bia

10:15am
The Methane Toolbox – Current Solutions for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reduction
Dr Ben Lahart, Teagasc Moorepark

10:50am
Coffee break

11:20am
AgNav Digital Sustainability Platform: Progress and Innovations
Natasha Browne, Teagasc Moorepark

11:55am
The Role of Sustainable Forestry in reducing GHG Emissions
Tom Houlihan, Acting Head of the Teagasc Forestry Development Department
Aidan Maguire – DairyBeef 500 programme participant, Meath

12:45pm
Lunch

1:45pm
Teagasc Research Updates

  • Carbon footprint of Irish grains
    Michael Hennessy, Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer
  • Measurement of hedgerow carbon
    Stuart Green/ Eoghan O’Reilly
  • Reducing emissions from nitrogen fertilisers
    Dr Patrick Forrestal
  • Reducing methane emissions from slurry
    Shaun Connolly

2:45pm
Workshop
Developing a Carbon Farming Framework
Presentation and workshop
Bernard Harris, DAFM

4.15pm
Close Conference

This is an essential event for farmers, advisors, researchers, and all stakeholders committed to building a more environmentally sustainable future for Irish agriculture.

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