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Minister Dooley Visits Teagasc Ashtown to Review Seafood Innovation and Bioeconomy Projects
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Fisheries and the Marine, Timmy Dooley T.D., visited the Teagasc Ashtown Food Research Centre to meet with Teagasc and Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) and to review joint initiatives supporting innovation, sustainability and value growth in Ireland’s seafood sector and the blue bioeconomy.
26 June 2026
The practices leading to quality milk on the Ryan family farm
The NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards are an important acknowledgment of excellence in dairying. Earlier this week, an event jointly hosted by Centenary Thurles Cooperative, the National Dairy Council, Ornua and Teagasc, celebrated the success of the Ryan family, who farm in Moyne, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and were the 2025 National Winners of the NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards.
26 June 2026
Biosecurity: The first line of defence on pig farms
Biosecurity is one of the most important tools available to pig farmers for protecting herd health and maintaining farm productivity.
26 June 2026
Insights into the performance of cereals and pulses for human food applications
Providing growers, researchers and industry stakeholders with practical information on the performance of selected cereal and pulse crops and their potential suitability for human food applications, a new factsheet has been published by the Protein-I Project.
26 June 2026
Who Will Farm Europe’s Future? VistaMilk Workshop to Help Shape Next Generation Agricultural Policy
MEP Maria Walsh joined European Stakeholders at a VistaMilk Policy Workshop on Generational Renewal in Brussels today, Thursday, 25 June, to contribute to recommendations for the next Common Agricultural Policy.
25 June 2026
Students partake in Norfolk AgroChallenge
Four students are representing Ireland at the Europea AgroChallenges Competition, underway in Norfolk from June 24-25.
25 June 2026
New varieties from Goldcrop
New varieties help maintain or increase on-farm yields and Michael Hennessy caught up with John Dunne, Trials Manager at Goldcrop, after their Dunleer open day to discuss the latest varieties coming through the system.
25 June 2026
Walking your crops will pay dividends
What you observe now will help you understand this year’s performance and guide decisions for the next six months, Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer, Michael Hennessy shares a practical checklist to get the most from your pre-harvest inspections.
25 June 2026
Previewing BEEF2026: Cork beef farmers get behind the scenes access
A group of progressive beef farmers recently travelled to Teagasc Grange, Co. Meath, to get a first-hand look at the research, innovation and practical demonstrations that will be on display at the upcoming BEEF2026 Open Day on Wednesday, 1 July.
25 June 2026
Signpost update: Silage and lamb sales plans
Michael Forde, a participant in the Teagasc Better Farm Sheep and Signpost Programmes, fills us in on lamb performance, silage harvesting and beef cattle performance.
25 June 2026