Navigating the Teagasc Forestry Roadmap: Mobilising Ireland’s Timber Potential
Tom Houlihan, Acting Head of Forestry Development Department, Teagasc, joins Róisín McManus and Deirdre Glynn to discuss, ‘Navigating the Te...
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From Soil to Savings: Turning Nutrients into Profit
Advisor Jack Hyland, Scheme Support Teagasc, explains how a simple, tailored Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) can cut your costs, boost your p...
Nitrates Changes Are Coming: What Farmers Need to Do Now
Pat Moylan, Teagasc Dairy Advisor, and Dr. Seamus Kearney, Signpost Climate Advisor, are on the latest Environment Edge podcast to discuss w...
Bluetongue: Understanding the Threat
Concerned about the recent spread of bluetongue virus? Veterinary surgeon, Patrick Duff, cuts through the noise to deliver the essential fac...
Protecting poultry and battling bird flu
Rebecca Tierney, a leading poultry advisor with Teagasc, discusses poultry health and the critical challenges of managing bird flu outbreaks...
Nore Vision, Shared Future: Farmers Taking Action
Maura Brennan of Nore Vision, the Nore River Catchment Trust, joins Deirdre Glynn to explain the work of Nore Vision and the involvement of...
How ASSAP advisors are supporting farmers to improve water quality
Roisin McManus, a Teagasc ASSAP advisor based in Tipperary, shares her insights into the Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Pr...
What’s working harder than any tractor? The microbes in your soil
Dr. Olga Lastovetsky, Assistant professor in UCD’s School of Biology and Environmental Science, joins us to tell us about our fungal and bac...
The GroundTruth Project
Dr Fiona Brennan, Teagasc senior research officer in soil microbiology, chats to us about ‘The GroundTruth Project' that is connecting commu...
Celebrating Ireland’s Hedgerows
Join us as Dr. Catherine Keena explains the difference between topped and treelined hedges, and don’t miss National Hedgerow Week starting A...
Why Now is the Time for Sustainable Grass Production
Sustainable grass production can play a major role on Irish farms, leading to more profitability but also reducing nitrogen loss from our fa...
Could a simple crop rotation be the key to cleaner waterways?
Teagasc Catchment Coordinator for the Slaney, Neilus Noonan, joins us with an update on the Catch Crop Pilot Measure in the Farming for Wate...
Climate Targets, Technology and Profitability on the Farm
Dr Deirdre Hennessy, UCC lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture, joins us to discuss the tools and technologies that farmers can use to meet ou...
Why Regular Liming Can Drive Profits
With nearly two-thirds of soil samples falling below the ideal pH range for grass growth, Mark Plunkett, Teagasc Signpost Programme Training...
The Future of Organic Tillage
Continuing our discussion on organics with Teagasc's Organic Crops Specialist, Martin Bourke, and Wicklow tillage farmer, Tommy Delahunt, we...
Attractive Returns: Growing Organic Tillage in Ireland
Tommy Delahunt, a tillage farmer in county Wicklow, who is in the Growing Organics programme, and Martin Bourke, Teagasc Organic Crops Speci...
Protecting drinking water in the drumlins of Monaghan (Part 2)
We link up again for part two with James McGlone, manager of the Stranooden Group Water Scheme, and Teagasc ASSAP advisor, Domhnall Kennedy,...
Protecting drinking water in the drumlins of Monaghan (Part 1)
A novel approach is being taken by the Stranooden Group Water Scheme to protect water in county Monaghan, working with catchment science and...
Nitrogen Balance & Nutrient Use Efficiency explained
Farmers have to deal with a lot of new terms that can become confusing and so, Leonard Betts, Teagasc Signpost Climate advisor, joins us to...
The schemes and grants available in forestry & agroforestry
Teagasc Forestry Specialist, Frances McHugh, joins us to chat about the financial supports which encourage people to develop and manage sust...