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The Teagasc Water Quality Week will take place from March 22 to March 26, in collaboration with dairy processing co-ops and the LAWPRO.

Water Quality Week The Teagasc Water Quality Week runs throughout the week of Monday, 22nd March to Friday, 26th March. Water quality week is being organised in collaboration with the dairy processing co-ops and the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO). During the week Teagasc and its partners will provide water quality focused information and advice to farmers to help minimise losses of nutrients, sediment and pesticides to water from their farming practices. Noel Meehan, Programme Manager with the Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme (ASSAP) said; “Water Quality...

As the old saying goes, what a difference a year makes. This time last year, Trish and I were enjoying a fantastic holiday in New Zealand. Today, we are advised to travel no more than 5km unless it is essential. Every year we say life is getting faster, but 2020 was incredible in that even though it included two lockdowns, it was still almost impossible to keep up with the online farming related information available to us while being mindful of the Covid restrictions. On the home front, we are on autopilot with the cows dry and on their winter diet of full silage (70dmd) and dry cow minerals...