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Forage Maize Seminars Presentations
Forage Maize Seminars Presentations

Teagasc along with UCD held Forage Maize Seminars on the 12 & 13 March at which experts from AFBI, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Teagasc and UCD presented up to date information for the 2015 growing season. The presentations from this event are now available on the following page.

12 March 2015
Type
Event Proceeding
National Seed Potato Workshop Presentations
National Seed Potato Workshop Presentations

Dr Barry O Reilly, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, addressed the conference about the new EU regulations governing seed certification and also the standards seed must pass to qualify in each seed category and grade. The workshop was joined by Dr Jan van der Wolf, an international expert on the potato disease Blackleg from Wageningen University. Dr. van der Wolf outlined the importance of blackleg in an Irish context and gave solid recommendations to help farmers deal the disease. Dr Denis Griffin, Teagasc, Oak Park outlined how growers should focus on specialised seed potato production, rather than dual cropping, and outlined the major steps to achieving this. Poster sessions included information on Virus and potato cyst nematode and blight.

4 March 2015
Type
Event Proceeding
Reaching New Heights: Report of Irish Sport Horse Industry Strategy Committee
Reaching New Heights: Report of Irish Sport Horse Industry Strategy Committee

Reaching New Heights: Report of the Irish Sport Horse Industry was launched on 3 March by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney, at the Irish Army School of Equitation in Dublin. The report contains a wide range of recommendations for the development of the sport horse industry over the next ten years.

3 March 2015
Type
Report