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Minister Michael Healy-Rae opens the 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting
Michael Healy-Rae TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine delivered a warm welcome address to mark the beginning of the 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting chaired jointly by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Teagasc that took place in Dublin this month.
31 October 2025
Strengthening women-led innovation in farming and rural areas
Europe cannot afford to lose the talent and innovation of rural women. Women do not lack ideas or ambition - they lack access.
31 October 2025
Irish broiler sector supports 5,000 jobs
Broiler producers from across Ireland gathered for two important events last week, the Teagasc National Broiler Conferences, which assembled delegates in both Monaghan and Limerick over two respective days.
31 October 2025
Tillage Edge: Post-emerge weed control and aphid control in winter cereals
Conor Kavanagh, a Teagasc tillage advisor in Tipperary, joins Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge to discuss weed control strategies in winter cereals.
30 October 2025
Assessing establishment in winter cereals
Now is an ideal time to walk crops to assess establishment and the effectiveness of weed control, Teagasc Crops Specialist, Ciaran Collins tells us more.
30 October 2025
The proposed measures in the new Nitrates Action Programme
Ireland’s sixth Nitrates Action Programme is due to come into effect in January 2026. At the Teagasc Water Quality Conference held on October 29, Ted Massey, Head of Water Quality and Air Division at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provided an update on the programme that will run from 2026-2029.
30 October 2025
An update on the performance of protected urea
An ongoing study in three Teagasc research centres has shown that protected urea (46% Urea NBPT-NPPT) remained an effective nitrogen fertiliser product in 2025.
30 October 2025
Buyer beware – question the value of add-on products
Crop heavy global markets and a less than positive outlook for cereal returns mean Irish tillage farmers need to refocus firmly on costs, especially add-on costs that add very little value to the bottom line of their business.
30 October 2025
Improving water quality – the catchment approach
Attendees at the Teagasc Water Quality Conference, today, October 29, heard New Zealand and Irish experiences of improving water quality through a catchment science approach.
29 October 2025
Measures to improve water quality must gather pace
Despite water quality improving in some areas, the overall trend continues downwards. That was a key message delivered by Dr. Jenny Deakin, Programme Manager with the EPA, who addressed the Teagasc National Water Quality Conference in Co. Laois, today, October 29.
29 October 2025