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10 Things to Know About… Where You Live
10 Things to Know About… Where You Live When choosing where we want to live, we usually ask questions such as, how far you are to the local shops, whether there are any good schools nearby, or if it’s a long and arduous commute to the workplace. We rarely consider how the […]
27 November 2023
Teagasc celebrates 60 years of academic publishing
Teagasc celebrates 60 years of academic publishing Teagasc recently launched the 60th Anniversary Special Issue of the Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research (Volume 61, Issue 1). This special issue consists of 12 papers, compiled in 2021 – the journal’s anniversary year – and highlights scientific advancements made over the last […]
27 November 2023
Irish beef in a global market
Irish beef in a global market 2023 has been a remarkable year for the global beef industry, Rupert Claxton, Meat and Livestock Director of Gira, told delegates at the Teagasc National Beef Conference. Considerable headwinds at the end of 2022 in the form of both rising costs for producers and industry, combined […]
26 November 2023
Signpost Series – Past, current and future fertiliser use
Signpost Series – Past, current and future fertiliser use On this episode of the Signpost Series Mark Gibson, Head of Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department was joined by Pat Murphy, Head of Environment KT, Teagasc & Mark Plunkett, Training and Development Specialist with the Teagasc Signpost Programme to discuss past, current and […]
26 November 2023
Signpost Series – the Irish Breeding Curlew EIP
Signpost Series – the Irish Breeding Curlew EIP After being widespread in Ireland back in the 1970s and early 1980s when 8,000 pairs were estimated to have been present, the Curlew is now one of Ireland’s most threatened breeding wader species. Due to habitat destruction of many guises, the last national survey […]
26 November 2023
CBV differences follow through to finish for Carlow DairyBeef 500 participant
CBV differences follow through to finish for Carlow DairyBeef 500 participant Carlow DairyBeef 500 farmer Shane Cranny is using the Commercial Beef Value (CBV) tool to predict animal performance, Gordon Peppard, DairyBeef 500 Advisor to the farm, tells us how. Farming in Ullard Beg, three kilometres outside of Myshall, Co. Carlow, Shane […]
25 November 2023
Check your seed rates
Check your seed rates Michael Hennessy, Teagasc Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer, tells us that many farmers are taking the opportunity to plant more cereals in the coming days, following the welcome break in the weather. However, he explains that seed rates need close attention to allow for poorer conditions. Farmers are […]
24 November 2023
ContinuFOR project update: four thinnings into our continuous cover trials
ContinuFOR project update: four thinnings into our continuous cover trials Professor Áine Ní Dhubháin at UCD and Dr. Ian Short, Teagasc, have been involved in projects that have actively managed and monitored two continuous cover forestry (CCF) trial sites for over 10 years! The ContinuFOR project is led by Professor Áine Ní […]
24 November 2023
Research and Innovation Developments for Sustainable Food Systems
Research and Innovation Developments for Sustainable Food Systems The 2023 Euragri Conference Research and Innovation Developments for Sustainable Food Systems opened yesterday, Thursday, November 23 in Dublin. Professor Frank O’Mara, Teagasc Director, welcomed delegates to the Euragri conference, which is hosted by Teagasc at the Teagasc Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin. The […]
24 November 2023
Snout of character
Snout of character The Research Leaders 2025 project PIGSMELL is investigating how pigs communicate using their senses and how their positive interactions can ultimately support social stability and improve their health. Domesticated animals are gregarious in nature, so social environment has a substantial impact on their welfare. Most farm animals are group- […]
24 November 2023