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Watch: inside the 5,000-head Kepak finishing farm
Adam Woods
Adam Woods reports from a visit to the Kepak finishing farm this week.
21 May 2025 Dealer
Walsh wins Walsh award
The head of the research, bioeconomy and codex division at the Department of Agriculture, received the award at a ceremony in Teagasc Ashtown last week.
21 May 2025 News
Blackgrass making noxious weed list a 'positive step'
Blackgrass cases are on the rise on Irish farms. Here’s what it means now that it is added to the Noxious Weeds Act.
Department pays Teagasc €100,000 to rent offices
A total of 32 Department of Agriculture staff are headquartered in the Teagasc Mellows campus in Athenry.
21 May 2025 News
1,500 Dairygold suppliers complete nutrient balance consultations
This is part of the co-operative’s grassroots sustainability programme and the consultations provide farmers with their current nitrogen and phosphorus balance figures.
16 May 2025 News
Dutch student wins Walsh scholars gold medal
Presented at a ceremony in Ashtown on Thursday, Teagasc also presented awards to its top scholars across its four research programmes for exemplifying diversity, innovation and real-world focus.
15 May 2025 News
Phone 'epidemic' a serious hazard
Teagasc health and safety specialist, Dr John McNamara was speaking at a farm safety webinar hosted by the EU project SafeHabitus.
14 May 2025 News
Teagasc to host eight organic crop walks
Teagasc is aiming for these on-farm events to be an opportunity to assess current crop performance and discuss practical crop husbandry challenges.
12 May 2025 News
Keeping spring barley clean with T1 fungicide
Many farmers are spraying their T1 on spring barley or are due to spray it in the coming days.
11 May 2025 News
Minister plans to move quickly to introduce new TB measures
Minister Heydon held an emergency TB summit with farm organisations and other stakeholders on Thursday.
9 May 2025 News
Traditional blight spraying ‘gone out the window’ - Teagasc
Potato planting is three weeks ahead of last year for many Irish farmers, however, Ireland’s current climate of wet springs and summers can allow fungal diseases like late blight to thrive.
4 May 2025 News
33% of tillage area in break crops in 2024
This report from Teagasc shows key performance indicators for the different sectors of agriculture.
4 May 2025 News