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23 February 2021 Type Event Proceeding On the latest episode of Lets Talk Dairy, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist is joined by Don Crowley, Milk Quality Specialist at Teagasc where they discuss what can be done in the milking parlor with freshly calved cows in order to try and stay ahead of the cell count before it becomes a problem. Don issues the importance of early lactation cell count. View webinar below: Lets Talk Dairy is a weekly webinar series held every Thursday morning...

19 February 2021 Type Event Proceeding On the latest episode of The Signpost Series webinars, which took place on Friday, 19 February, Mark Gibson, Teagasc ConnectEd was joined by Dr Tom O’Dwyer, Head of the Teagasc Signpost Programme to discuss The Signpost Programme - Leading climate action by Irish farmers. Toms presentation was followed by a Q&A session which was facilitated by Pat Murphy, Head of Environment KT, Teagasc. View presentation below

Watch the recording below: On February 17 th, part two of the 2021 National Tillage Conference took place as an interactive webinar. Researchers and PhD students provided insights into more immediate issues, detailing the continuous need for integrated pest management approaches to mitigate against the problem of grassweeds and STB of winter wheat. The panellists also discussed the relevance of recent results from the on-going Teagasc systems trials, which have been examining the impact of di...

th February Part one of the Virtual Hill Sheep Conference 2021 took place on Wednesday, 17th February at 8pm. Host Dr Philip Creighton, Teagasc Sheep Researcher based in Athenry, was joined by Donegal farmer and Teagasc Better Sheep Programme Participant David McLaughlin, along with his Teagasc Advisor, John Cannon. Also joining the panel was Kevin McDermott from Sheep Ireland. David McLaughlin together with his Teagasc Advisor, John Cannon, discussed his farm progress during his time as a par...

17 February 2021 Type Event Proceeding On a recent Research Insights webinar which took place on Wednesday, 17 February, Muireann Egan - Communications Officer, Teagasc Food Research Programme was joined by Teagasc Researchers Fiona Crispie, John Kenny and Olivia McAuliffe to learn more about viruses…the good and the bad. As the world reels from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Teagasc researchers are playing a key role in the fightback, by supporting national and international e...

15 February 2021 Type Event Proceeding The first of the Teagasc Winter Crop Agronomy Update Webinars took place on Tuesday, 9th February. Teagasc researchers, specialists and advisors updated growers on crop agronomy for the coming weeks. Advice on nitrogen, P&K, weed control, PGR and disease control were also discussed. The first event covered crops from across the country including the following: Winter barley (hybrid and conventional Winter oilseed rape – early season agronomy Wee...

15 February 2021 Type Event Proceeding Alan Dillon, Teagasc Beef Specialist was joined by John Douglas, Teagasc Grass10 on this episode of Lets Talk Cattle which took place on Thursday, 11th February to discuss Early Spring Grassland Management. With longer spring days edging closer farmers will now need to start thinking about turning stock out to grass to make use of cheap weight gain. John Douglas from the Teagasc Grass10 team spoke with Alan Dillon about what practices farmers ...

15 February 2021 Type Event Proceeding Ciaran Lynch, Teagasc Sheep Specialist was joined by the team of Teagasc Sheep Specialists on this episode of Lets Talk Sheep which took place on Thursday, 4th February to discuss Reducing Mortality at Lambing Time. During this webinar, the team of Teagasc Sheep Specialists covered topics such as: Hygiene – reducing challenge from infection during lambing and early life Nutrition – feeding the ewe to maximise colostrum quality and quantity Nutr...

29 January 2021 Type Event Proceeding Mark Gibson, Teagasc ConnectEd and Pat Murphy, Head of Teagasc Environment KT were joined by Elaine Leavy, Organic Specialist, Teagasc on Friday, 22 January, to discuss various steps you can take to covert to organic farming and some opportunities to exploit in switching to organic farming. Only 2% of Ireland’s land cover is under organic production. Elaine outlines that biodiversity is a key component that has come to the fore in EU policy aroun...

29 January 2021 Type Event Proceeding On this episode of the Let’s Talk Dairy for January 28th 2021, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist is joined by Joe Patton, Teagasc Nutritionist to discuss milk fever. 60% to 70% of all clinical disorders occur at this time, as cows are beginning to calf throughout the country due to the calving season heating up. Joe covers some points and solutions as to how to prevent or resolve milk fever before it becomes a significant issue for dairy ...