Articles
Soil First: Planning Your Nutrient Strategy for 2026
Mark Plunkett from the Teagasc Signpost Programme joins Catherine Egan on this week’s episode of the Beef Edge podcast to discuss soil fertility and planning for the year ahead.
25 February 2026
Spring calving management – protecting the newborn calf
With spring calving now in full swing and disease pressure rising, Teagasc Beef Specialist, David Argue shares key advice that will pay dividends for calf health.
25 February 2026
Climate Action on the Ground: What Irish Farmers Need to Know for 2026
Dr Siobhán Kavanagh, Communications Specialist with the Signpost Programme interviews Dr Karl Richards, Head of the Teagasc Climate Centre on the progress being made to meet our emissions targets.
24 February 2026
New tillage support scheme opens to applications
The opening of a new National Tillage Sustainability Support Scheme was today, February 24, announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD.
24 February 2026
Sustainable upland farming – lessons written on the landscape
A recently published book, Seventy Years in the Wild West – The Rise and Fall of Ireland’s Largest Sheep Farm, provides a timely reflection on the evolution of upland farming and the lessons it holds for today, Dr. Catherine Keena, Countryside Management Specialist at Teagasc, and Aileen Collery ACRES Donegal shares some reflections.
24 February 2026
Clostridial vaccination pre-lambing – timing, immunity and best practice
Eleanor Brady, Ruminant Veterinary Manager with MSD Animal Health, joins Ciaran Lynch on the OviCast podcast to discuss the critical role of clostridial vaccination in sheep flocks ahead of lambing.
24 February 2026
Guidelines to minimise thermoduric bacteria in bulk tank milk
Thermoduric bacteria are organisms capable of surviving pasteurisation which results in negative effects for milk processing.
24 February 2026
Teagasc publish Enterprise Roadmaps 2030
Teagasc has published a new series of “Enterprise Roadmaps” looking forward to 2030 across seven agricultural enterprise areas; dairy, beef, sheep, pigs, tillage, horticulture, and forestry.
23 February 2026
The Road to 2030: A Clear Direction for Irish Dairy
Emer Kennedy, Dairy Enterprise leader, Teagasc Moorepark and Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, join James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the recently launched Teagasc Dairy Roadmap 2030 - a blueprint for where the Irish dairy sector needs to go over the remainder of this decade.
23 February 2026
Teagasc weekly Signpost webinar to highlight Agroforestry opportunities
On Friday morning, February 27, Teagasc invites you to participate in its highly popular Signpost Webinar series, which will explore attractive options for agroforestry - the beneficial integration of trees and farming on the same land parcels. Tom Houlihan of the Teagasc Forestry Department tells us more.
23 February 2026