Drought conditions causing soil moisture deficits in many areas of the country have made grassland management difficult over the last month. John Maher, head of the Teagasc Grass 10 programme says that farmers are adapting and reacting well to the current grass growing conditions. This is the main message from […]
Farming
Agriculture accounts for 33% of Irish emissions and rising, but simply reducing the national herd is not the solution, and a new way of measuring emissions could have a profound impact on how the world views Ireland and our agriculture sector, argues Shane McDonagh, environmental researcher at UCC. There is a growing […]
Competition to find Ireland’s agri-innovators with a €10,000 cash prize fund Entries for the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Awards 2020, in association with the National Ploughing Association, are now being accepted online. Irish agri-companies are invited to enter their products and innovations for consideration to the annual awards competition which […]
Macra na Feirme has rejected the just published EU Farm to Fork Strategy, stating that it fails to put farmers at the core of the strategy. “Farmers are seen as an obstacle in this strategy and not as important stakeholders that are addressing the challenges in the food chain and […]
Agroforestry is the practice of combining forestry and agriculture in a mutually beneficial way. West Cork agroforester Rossa Gibbons talks to Moze Jacobs about his passion for trees and the benefits of planting on agricultural land. Trees are long-lived. (The oldest known individual specimen is almost 5,000 years old). So […]
Six dairy farmers are focussed on making their farm more enjoyable and easier and have been sharing their experiences of their farm practices weekly for the last three months. This is part of a new Teagasc Dairy Knowledge Transfer initiative led by Martina Gormley Teagasc Dairy specialist. Weekly updates from […]