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SHARING OPTIONS: The Irish Farmers Journal broke the news last week that the weed Blackgrass, had been found in wildflower seed sold by companies. / Donal OLeary   What’s on the menu for crunch CAP talks? Barry Cassidy and Phelim O’Neill preview the upcoming CAP ‘jumbo’ talks where the reform might finally conclude. Wildflower seed contaminated with blackgrass Stephen Robb talks to the Irish Farmers Journal’s Andy Doyle and Siobhan Walsh about t...

Teagasc has made two appointments to its Signpost team ahead of the official launch of the new flagship programme. The new Signpost Programme – Farmers

May 10, 2021, 1:59 pm Teagasc is currently in the process of filling a number of roles within the organisation which all have a communications element, one of which will be focused on outreach and innovation. Among the promiment roles being recruited for are head of dairy Knowledge Transfer; head of research development and Walsh Scholarships; director of human resources and partner; and regional manager of the Waterford-Kilkenny advisory region. Agriland understands that an outreach and innova...

The official launch of The Signpost Programme will also include contributions from Politicians including: An Taoiseach, Micheal Martin TD Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Senator Pippa Hackett Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Martin Heydon TD Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Jackie Cahill TD along with contributions from industry partners in the...

April 12, 2021 11:32 am Up to 20 beef farms around the country are to be identified to participate as suckler beef demonstration farms which will be a key element to the new Teagasc Signpost programme. The demo farm programme is currently the subject of discussions between Teagasc and the Irish meat industry. Suckler farms Agriland a spokesperson for the agricultural authority said: “Teagasc is in discussions with the meat industry with a view to establishing a new suckler beef demonstration ...

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