Articles
Growing Wild – Yarrow and Herb Robert
Growing Wild – Yarrow and Herb Robert Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist takes a closer look at some of our native Irish biodiversity to look out for in the countryside. Yarrow Look out for later flowering yarrow, sometimes through to new year. It can be identified all year round by its […]
20 November 2022
How to make milk “plastic”
How to make milk “plastic” Have you ever wondered why milk is white or how cheese is made? Teagasc’s food scientists took us into the research labs at Teagasc Moorepark and explain why common dairy products in our fridges like milk, cheese and yoghurt, taste, look and smell like they do and […]
20 November 2022
Space for Nature – Ryan Family Farm
Space for Nature – Ryan Family Farm The Irish farming landscape is defined by a range of biodiversity features. Best practice in the management of these features is an integral part of sustainable farming. Farmers like Shay Ryan, Teagasc-Tirlán Signpost Future Farmer, play a crucial role in protecting farmland biodiversity. Farmland Biodiversity […]
18 November 2022
A day in the life of a Walsh Scholar with Elena Hayes
A day in the life of a Walsh Scholar with Elena Hayes Elena Hayes is a Teagasc Walsh Scholar based in Moorepark in the Food Chemistry & Technology Department, she is currently in the second year of her PhD. Her research focuses on using spectroscopy and chemometrics to predict milk processing traits […]
18 November 2022
Grass disappearing fast on Athleague Sheep Farm
Grass disappearing fast on Athleague Sheep Farm ‘Low dry matter in grass means they are flying through covers and grass is disappearing. I’ll be another two weeks outside at a push. Ewes will be housed then until lambing on 1st March’ – Shane Moore, Athleague, Co Roscommon. Shane Moore is farming near […]
18 November 2022
Managing ash dieback in six short videos
Managing ash dieback in six short videos Steven Meyen, Teagasc Forestry Development Officer, provides practical guidance to forest owners on how to deal with ash dieback. Teagasc’s Forestry Development Department has produced a series of videos to provide objective advice to forest owners whose ash plantations have been affected by ash dieback […]
18 November 2022
Teagasc National Winter Milk Week
Teagasc National Winter Milk Week This year’s Teagasc Winter Milk Week takes place from Monday, 21st to Friday, 25th November, with a series of on-farm walks taking place in a different county each day. The theme of these on-farm events is ‘Managing Production Costs in Winter 2022’. Speaking at the launch of […]
17 November 2022
Planning planting, slug control and recording activities on farm
Planning planting, slug control and recording activities on farm Almost all field work has stopped at the moment and there is a total stop to planting new crops. Michael Hennessy Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer tells us it will take a few days even on the drier land before these soils can take […]
17 November 2022
Controlling slugs in cereals
Controlling slugs in cereals The wet autumn has slowed crop emergence and given soil pests such as slugs an upper hand to inflict damage on emerging crops and on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Ciaran Collins, a Tillage Specialist in Teagasc, discusses how to monitor numbers and deploy control measures where necessary. […]
17 November 2022
A day in the life of a Walsh Scholar with Ali Sultan Khan
A day in the life of a Walsh Scholar with Ali Sultan Khan Ali is from Islamabad, Pakistan, where he completed a Bachelor of Science with agronomy majors at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Ali started a PhD at Teagasc Johnstown Castle Environment Research Centre. I […]
17 November 2022