A series of organic webinars with Teagasc Organic Specialists covering various technical aspects of organic farming.
View previous webinars on a range of organic topics and issues
Details of upcoming webinars will be announced here.
2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021
Wednesday, 1st April 2026
The Teagasc Organics team hosted a webinar on Wednesday, 1 April which focused on making quality grass silage on organic farms. Webinar host Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organic Specialist was joined by Marianne Mulhall and Cathal McCauley, Teagasc Organic Advisors.
Marianne discussed the impact of silage quality on animal performance, based off the results of samples taken on organic farms at the end of 2025. Cathal provided an overview of how to make enough good quality silage on organic farms.
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Wednesday, 4th March 2026
This episode of Let’s Talk Organics focused on the growing of protein crops. Webinar host Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organic Specialist was joined by Martin Bourke, Teagasc Organic Specialist and Pete Iannetta, James Hutton Institute in Scotland.
After oats, intercrops containing a grain and legume crop grown side by side, are the most common tillage crop grown on Irish organic tillage farms. Martin and Pete presented the finding of research trials and gave their experience of growing intercrops in Ireland and Scotland.
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Wednesday, 4th February 2026
On this episode of Let’s Talk Organics which took place on Wednesday, 4th February, webinar host Joe Kelleher, Teagasc Organic Specialist was joined by Tommy Reidy, Kerry organic farmer and Koen Willekens of ILVO in Belgium to provide an insight into composting farmyard manure for livestock farmers. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the presentations which was facilitated by Marianne Mulhall, Teagasc Organic Advisor.
This webinar aimed to inform livestock farmers as why they should compost farmyard manure (FYM), the varying methods of FYM composting and how to achieve optimal results. Koen Willekens of ILVO in Belgium presented the findings on research he has undertaken on the process of composting FYM and Kerry organic farmer, Tommy Reidy outlined how he composts FYM on his organic beef farm in Camp.
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Tuesday, 25th February 2025
William Deasy, Teagasc Specialised Vegetable Advisor, along with Elaine Leavy and Martin Bourke Teagasc Organic Specialists, hosted this episode of Let’s Talk Organics. The webinar focused on the Irish retail market for organic fresh produce (vegetables and fruit), and provided advice for growers doing business with supermarket buyers.
The team were joined by Emmet Doyle, Bord Bia Organic Sector Manager and Conor Hogan, Organic Executive at Bord Bia and retail expert, Ged Futter, founder of The Retail Mind in the UK and former supermarket senior buyer turned management consultant.
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Wednesday, 7th February 2024
Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organics Specialist hosted a webinar on Wednesday, 7th February which looked at establishment methods for red clover. Elaine was joined by Cathal McCauley, Specialised Organic Advisor, Teagasc; Lisa McGrane, Teagasc and Michael Egan, Teagasc Researcher.
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Wednesday, 6th March 2024
Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organics Specialist hosted a webinar on Wednesday, 6th March which looked at experiences with cover crops for field-scale organic vegetable production. Elaine was joined by William Deasy, Specialised Vegetable Advisor, Teagasc and Christoffel den Herder, Senior Advisor Organic Vegetable Growing – CERES Horti Advice.
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Tuesday, 12th November 2024
On this episode of Let’s Talk Organics, Elaine Leavy and Joe Kelleher, Teagasc Organic Specialists were joined by three recently converted farmers to organics – John O’Hanlon, Angus Woods, and Ivan Kiersey to get an insight into their journey in organics so far.
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Wednesday, 4th December 2024
On this episode of Let’s Talk Organics, Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organic Specialist was joined by Emmet Doyle and Conor Hogan, Bord Bia and Anne Maher, Urban Co-Op to discuss the market opportunities for Irish organic produce. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the webinar, which was facilitated by Marianne Mulhall, Teagasc Organics Advisor.
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Wednesday, 8th February 2023
On this episode of Let’s Talk Organics, which took place on Wednesday, 8th February, Elaine Leavy, Joe Kelleher and Martin Bourke, Teagasc Organic Specialists, discussed converting beef housing to meet organic standards. They were joined by Fergus Hanly and Tadhg Halpin who shared their experiences of converting beef housing to meet organic standards.
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Wednesday, 8th March 2023
Elaine Leavy and Joe Kelleher, Teagasc Organic Specialists hosted a Let’s Talk Organics webinar on Wednesday, 8th March. It focused on feeding the ewe pre and post lambing in an organic situation. The team were joined by Michael Gottstein, Head of Sheep Knowledge Transfer; Cathal McCauley, Teagasc Organic Advisor; and Organic Sheep Farmers Amy Jackson & Barry O’Hagan.
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Wednesday, 5th April 2023
Elaine Leavy and Joe Kelleher, Teagasc Organic Specialists hosted this webinar on Wednesday, 5th April. It focused on growing red clover silage to finish beef cattle. The team were joined by Dr Nicky Byrne, Teagasc Researcher and organic farmers, Colman Deely, West Limerick dairy farmer and Oliver Dixon, Mayo beef finisher farmer.
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Tuesday, 14th November 2023
This informative webinar on organic dairying took place on Tuesday, 14th November. Host Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organic Specialist was joined by Joe Kelleher, Teagasc Organics Specialist who specialises in organic dairy farming. The webinar was aimed at conventional dairy farmers that want to learn more about whether an organic dairy system might suit them and their farm.
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Wednesday, 15th November 2023
On Wednesday, 15th November an informative webinar on Organic Tillage took place. Host Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organics Specialist was joined by Martin Bourke, Teagasc Organics Specialist who specialises in organic tillage crops. The webinar was aimed at conventional tillage farmers and existing organic farmers considering tillage that want to learn more about whether an organic tillage system might suit them and their farm.
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Thursday, 16th November 2023
On Thursday, 16th November an informative webinar on organic horticulture took place which was hosted by Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organics Specialist and featured William Deasy, Specialised Vegetable Advisor, Teagasc. This webinar was aimed at horticultural growers and farmers who are interested in learning more about commercial organic horticulture.
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Wednesday, 26 January 2022
On Wednesday, 26 January, 2022 Joe Kelleher and Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organic Specialists hosted the fourth in a series of Autumn Organic Webinars. They were joined by Eoin Sweetman, Teagasc; Padraig Fahy, Beechlawn Organics and Gillian Westbrook, IOA to explore the opportunities available to organic horticultural growers.
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Wednesday, 23 February 2022
On Wednesday, 23 February, Glen Corbett, Teagasc Advisor hosted the fifth in a series of Autumn Organic Webinars which gave an insight into applying for the 2022 Organic Farming Scheme. Glenn was joined by Kevin Mc Geever, Organic Unit, Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine (DAFM); Elaine Leavy and Joe Kelleher, Teagasc Organic Specialists.
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Wednesday, 30th March 2022
On Wednesday, 30th March, Joe Kelleher, Teagasc Organic Specialist hosted the sixth in a series of Organic Webinars which explored the direct selling of organic produce. Joe was joined by Barry Caslin, Rural Development Specialist, Teagasc; Ollie & Esther O’Brien, Cúlbhac Farm, Newport, Co. Tipperary; and Clive Bright, Rare Ruminare, Ballymote, Co. Sligo.
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Wednesday, 22nd September 2021
On Wednesday, 22nd September 2021, Joe Kelleher and Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organic Specialists were joined by Thomas Moloney, DLF and Kevin O’Hanlon, Organic dairy farmer for the first in a series of Autumn Organic Webinars which focused on the role of multi species swards on Irish organic farms.
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Wednesday, 27th October 2021
On Wednesday, 27th October 2021, Elaine Leavy and Joe Kelleher, Teagasc Organic Specialists hosted the second in a series of Autumn Organic Webinars which focused on options for organic tillage growers. Elaine and Joe were joined by James & Johnny Flavahan, Flahavans; Brian O Regan, Irish Organic Feeds; Ross Jackson, Lacka Organic Lamb; and Micheál Rafferty, Irish Organic Mill Ltd.
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Wednesday, 24 November 2021
On Wednesday, 24 November, 2021 Joe Kelleher and Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organic Specialists hosted the third in a series of Autumn Organic Webinars which gave an insight into converting to organic farming. They were also joined by two farmers who recently converted to organic farming – Colman Deely and Jim Hogan.
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