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Strategies to reduce methane emissions from Irish ruminant livestock systems

Ben Lahart reports on work carried out by the Teagasc team on methane emissions from ruminant animals.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Strategies to reduce methane emissions from Irish ruminant livestock systems

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Meeting Global Sustainability Expectations in food

Meeting Global Sustainability Expectations in food

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Irish grain can help to reduce emissions from milk production

Irish grain can help to reduce emissions from milk production

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

From soil to hedges and reducing artificial inputs: farms are making changes

From soil to hedges and reducing artificial inputs: farms are making changes

From soil to hedges and reducing artificial inputs: farms are making changes

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Halfway towards our 2030 targets

Halfway towards our 2030 targets

Halfway towards our 2030 targets

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

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Sustainability now being tracked and available to view

Sustainability now being tracked and available to view

Cathal Buckley and Trevor Donnellan from Teagasc Athenry have all the details of the Teagasc Sustainability report for 2024.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 19 November 2025

Farmers for climate action: progress from the Signpost Advisory Programme

Farmers for climate action: progress from the Signpost Advisory Programme

In this article George Ramsbottom gives an update on advisory within the Signpost Programme and what is available to farmers.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 19 November 2025

How one farmer is offsetting his greenhouse gas emissions

How one farmer is offsetting his greenhouse gas emissions

Tom Houlihan, acting head of Forestry Development at Teagasc and Signpost farmer Aidan Maguire report on forestry on the farm.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 19 November 2025

850,000 samples genotyped so far in 2025

850,000 samples genotyped so far in 2025

Aidan Brennan looks at some of the statistics from the National Genotyping Programme and asks what's going to happen when the programme ends.

TAGGING 19 November 2025

Where does value lie in storage?

Where does value lie in storage?

Slurry capacities increasing for dairy farmers are set to put more work and costs in to systems, but can value be gotten in a high building cost era. Martin Merrick and Tommy Moyles report.

FARM BUILDINGS 19 November 2025

Pricing fencing and paddock sizes for sheep

Pricing fencing and paddock sizes for sheep

Adequate fencing is a basic necessity for sheep farms, to prevent increased labour and headaches, writes Martin Merrick.

SHEEP HANDLING 19 November 2025

Labour saving tips from our 'Twenty ways to spend €20,000' online series

Labour saving tips from our 'Twenty ways to spend €20,000' online series

Martin Merrick and Daire Cregg look at some of the items in the ‘’Twenty under €20,000’’ series that could help reduce labour on dairy farms.

AGRI TECHNOLOGY 19 November 2025

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Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

Udder Vital Bolus can be used for animals with somatic cell count problems and during the transition period.

Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

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