Farming

A new Teagasc telephone helpline to assist farmers with queries in relation to the current COVID-19 challenge has been set up. It was announced by Professor Tom Kelly, Teagasc Director of Knowledge Transfer: “Teagasc have put in place a dedicated helpline for farmers to get advice on the range of […]

The first in a series of Greenhouse Gas Webinars aimed at professionals working in Irish agriculture will commence tomorrow, Friday, 3 April at 9.30am.This webinar series, The Signpost Series – ‘Pointing the way to a low emissions agriculture’ is organised through the Teagasc ConnectEd service, with the support of the National Rural […]

Teagasc are setting up a Regional Farm Labour Database that would link farm families where a farmer or a farm worker becomes ill with COVID 19, with an available relief worker. This is being done in collaboration with the Farm Relief Services (FRS), and with the support of the farm […]

Agri-food professionals are invited to join a free webinar on greenhouse gases, this coming Friday, April 3 at 9.30am. The hour-long webinar will be presented by Philip O’ Brien, Scientific Officer at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and it will be moderated by Mark Gibson, Specialist – Knowledge Management and Communications at […]

Due to the Coronavirus Emergency, now is one of the most challenging periods in our country’s history.  Farmers, as food producers, are crucial to society.  A farm injury is unwelcome at any time, but currently an injury would be particularly unwelcome as it could jeopardise running of a farm, require […]