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28 January 2021 Type Event Proceeding On a recent Farm Business Options Webinar, which took place on Tuesday, 26 January, host, Barry Caslin, Energy & Rural Development Specialist, Teagasc was joined by Grainne Blount, Natural Forces; Tom Marren, Astatine and Rory Mullan, MullanGrid Consulting to discuss the options for Irish farmers connecting to the Grid. On-site generation of renewable electricity has become an element of many farming businesses across Europe. To encourage deployment of green technologies, Ireland has introduced RESS incentive to encourage early adopters while maki...

Tuesday, 26 January   This session hosted by Michael Gottstein, Head of Sheep Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc, delivered a strong New Zealand influence as Teagasc Walsh Scholar Nicola Fetherstone gave an update on the INZAC trial in Athenry which compares one-star and five-star Irish ewes with elite New Zealand ewes. Hear how New Zealand ewes surpassed the performance of both Irish groups for litter size, ewe survival, lambing dystocia and lamb vigour. The conference also heard from Prof. Paul Kenyon PhD, Professor of Sheep Husbandry at Massey University, New Zealand, and the head of the Schoo...

Type Event Proceeding The Spring Tillage Webinars took place across two sessions on Tuesday, 19th and Thursday 21st January. The webinars covered a wide range of topics including spring cereal varieties; straw incorporation scheme; GLAS and biodiversity on tillage farms; BREXIT implications for the tillage industry; Optimising the use of Organic manures and Beans. Session One - Tuesday, 19 January | 11.30am A live interactive webinar with Teagasc Tillage Specialists and Advisors who covered the following: Spring Cereal Varieties – Variety selection and availability Straw incorporation sche...

20 January 2021 Type Event Proceeding On a recent Farm Business Options Webinar, which took place on Tuesday, 19 January, host, Barry Caslin, Energy & Rural Development Specialist, Teagasc was joined by Liam Donohue, Technological University Dublin (Hemp Insulation); Alan Jackson, farmer grower and Killian McGrath, Remedy Health to discuss the opportunities for Industrial Hemp in Irish Agriculture. This webinar gave an insight into the various uses for industrial hemp and its impacts on the modern day world! Over the years, the hemp industry has experienced a lot of ups and downs, but...

19 January 2021 Type Event Proceeding The live webinar at which 15 finalists of the Grassland Farmer of the Year competition were profiled, category winners and the overall winner announced On Tuesday, 19 January, the Grassland Farmer of the Year Awards Ceremony took place as a live webinar. During this live webinar, the 15 finalists were profiled and winners of each category along with the overall winner were announced. Caroline Walsh from Ballinascarthy, Co. Cork was announced as the Overall Winner of the Grassland Farmer of the Year 2020.