2023
Digitalising dairy
0 Digitalising dairy Researchers in the Food Chemistry and Technology department at Teagasc Moorepark are examining how the Industrial Internet of Things can make dairy processes more efficient and streamlined. WAPS dashboard for energy monitoring of the spray dryer operations. Photo credit: Hanieh Amani. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) aims to provide […]
2 June 2023
Re-Peat business
0 Re-Peat business Beyond Peat is a five-year DAFM-funded research project aiming to identify potential peat alternatives for Irish horticulture. To highlight the work being done to meet that challenge, we spoke to the core Beyond Peat Mushroom team: Senior Research Officer Helen Grogan, Technologist Brian McGuinness, Specialist Advisor Donal Gernon, and Research […]
2 June 2023
The social side of sustainability
0 The social side of sustainability Social sustainability is a measure of human welfare, with both internal dimensions, which relate to the individual, and external, which concern community-oriented issues around values and the demands of wider society. There is increasing momentum worldwide to adopt an integrated approach to food systems. Sustainable food systems […]
2 June 2023
Bullish behaviour
0 Bullish behaviour The sexed semen lab at Teagasc Moorepark is helping to increase the availability of sex-sorted semen from large teams of dairy bulls of a high genetic index. Sexed semen allows greater reliability when predetermining calf sex, which can help bolster the Irish beef and dairy sectors. The use of sex-sorted […]
1 June 2023
Ripe for the picking
0 Ripe for the picking Seeking to bolster the market for Irish apples, a new screening project will develop in-depth blueprints of customer preferences, allowing growers to focus on producing the most desirable varieties. The market is ripe for the development of Ireland’s dessert apple sector. Across the globe, demand is increasing for […]
1 June 2023
Innovation drivers in horticulture
0 Innovation drivers in horticulture Dermot Callaghan, Head of the Horticulture Department, examines some of the challenges and opportunities facing the horticulture sector. With a €521 million farm gate value, the horticulture sector is spread across two key sub-sectors: horticulture food (€417 million) and amenity horticulture (€104 million). The sector is diverse and […]
1 June 2023
Events: my take-home message
0 Events: my take-home message Teagasc’s researchers attend many events throughout the year, sharing the findings from their research with national and international audiences. Here, we capture the take-home messages – key pieces of information that our researchers want people to remember – from recent events. Soil biodiversity Kerry Ryan and Natalie Oram […]
1 June 2023
Dotty dots on trees
0 Dotty dots on trees Plants exist in close association with microbes, both on the surface (epiphytes) and inside (endophytes). These microbes are also known as the second genome of plants that help fight against biotic and abiotic stressors. The ElmAsh project will explore microbiomes of different ash genotypes to identify and grow […]
1 June 2023
A delicate balance
0 A delicate balance A collaboration between Teagasc and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute is aiming to better understand viral-bacterial interaction in the poultry gut and its effect on food safety. The gut is home to a highly complex ecosystem comprising various microbiomes (microorganisms that live within a given environment, such as the […]
1 June 2023
Celebrating REDP’s impact on farming and policy
0 Celebrating REDP’s impact on farming and policy Teagasc’s Rural Economy and Development Programme (REDP) strives to make an impact on the agri-food sector by bringing together several streams of work at different disciplinary, strategic and temporal scales. As part of its latest peer review process, the REDP team selected six case studies […]
1 June 2023