Teagasc at the National Ploughing Championships
18 Sep 2025Venue Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
The National Ploughing Championships takes place from Tuesday, 16th – Thursday, 18th September in Screggan, Tullamore, County Offaly.
The Teagasc presence at the National Ploughing Championships will be bigger than ever this year. Visit us at Block 4 Row 13 Stand 267.
What to expect in the indoor exhibit
In our marquee, visitors can meet Teagasc experts in education, farm management, succession, farm health and safety, and receive advice on all aspects of practical farming.
There will be a wide range of interactive exhibits such as:
- A simulator to test your fertiliser spreading skills
- Our Prepared Consumer Foods Centre exhibit
- Excellent food products made from carrots
- A scent test to measure your ability to smell odours
- A Help Desk for all advisory queries
- Horticulture, Farm Management, Succession, Organic farming and more…
What to expect in the outdoor exhibit
In our extended outdoor exhibit area you can learn about organic farming, forestry, and maximising the effectiveness of grass/clover swards. We will also demonstrate how Teagasc researchers are working to help farmers, for example, by using technology which employs infra red beams to measure ammonia loss from soils and slurry.
Our expanded outdoor exhibit will include:
- A life size bund showing how to prevent soil erosion reaching rivers
- Fodder demo showing how to get better, cheaper livestock nutrition
- Forestry
- Live cattle and sheep
- Signpost
- Major biodiversity demo
- A fascinating and simple way to measure the health of your soil
Dr. Michael Egan, Teagasc Grassland researcher, discussing management of grass swards, at last year’s Teagasc Exhibition at the National Ploughing Championships.
Visitors will learn how to measure the health of a field’s soil by burying a cotton vest for several weeks! Also how to prevent soil being eroded into nearby streams.
Live Cattle and Sheep
We will have a dedicated area for live cattle and sheep with tips on how to optimise your returns. Our tillage area will demonstrate how Irish crops are being used to generate low-carbon-footprint rations. Organic farming, optimising biodiversity and, of course, dairying will also feature.
Pearse Kelly, Head of Teagasc drystock Knowledge Transfer Department talking to farmers about optimising animal performance, at the Teagasc livestock exhibition at last year’s National Ploughing Championships.
We want visitors to have fun and there will be lots of ways to engage with Teagasc staff and a competition where visitors can win interesting prizes. Whatever aspect of farming you wish to discuss there will a relevant person to talk to. See you there!