Reducing carbon footprint of agriculture
ENVIRONMENT: How can Irish agriculture reduce its carbon emissions – Donal O’Brien gives information on Improving efficiencies, low emission technology and carbon sequestration.
- Date
- 19 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
White Clover on Organic Farms
ORGANICS: Research has shown that in a productive sward white clover can supply 100-150Kg Nitrogen/ha/year. Find out how to get it established in pastures.
- Date
- 18 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
Options to Reduce GHGs – Webinar
The Signpost Series - ‘Pointing the way to a low emissions agriculture’
- Date
- 17 April 2020
- Type
- Event Proceeding
Springtime in your forest
FORESTRY: Spring is a good time to assess your forest’s condition and plan for the future! Good management will help your trees to realise their full economic and environmental potential. Liam Kelly & Noel Kennedy, Forestry Development Officers.
- Date
- 17 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
Lower GHG emissions from urine and dung patches than previously thought
ENVIRONMENT: A recent project measured N2O from urine and dung in spring, summer and autumn on well-drained, moderately-drained and imperfectly-drained pasture soils - Dominika Krol tells us more.
- Date
- 17 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
Tillage Update April 16th
Tips on winter cereals; plant growth regulators & disease control advice; nitrogen for malting barley. Podcast on early season disease control in winter wheat. Watch a video on nitrogen timing for spring malting barley.
- Date
- 16 April 2020
- Type
- Factsheet
Fertiliser application: Headland Spreading
Headlands make up a large proportion of a field. Headlands often display the greatest variation in fertiliser application.Dermot Forristal outlines why is it important to spread fertiliser evenly on headlands?
- Date
- 16 April 2020
- Type
- Press Release
Spreading the benefits – Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS)
David Wall, Teagasc, CELUP, Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford
- Date
- 15 April 2020
- Type
- Media Article
Fertilising 1st Cut Grass Silage
Prepared by Mark Plunkett, Teagasc Johnstown Castle
- Date
- 15 April 2020
- Type
- Factsheet
Fertiliser Advice for Grass Establishment
Mark Plunkett, Johnstown Castle, Research Centre - April 2020
- Date
- 15 April 2020
- Type
- Factsheet