TResearch Winter 2023
The Signpost Programme dairy demonstration farmers are making progress in adopting the 12 Steps to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Carbon sequestration — the capture of carbon into soil — can be an effective tool to combat climate change.
Teagasc’s new digital sustainability platform, AgNav, aims to create a centralised solution for farm sustainability assessments
Use of smart technology on dairy farms allows more precise management decisions for tasks such as grass allocation, milk yield monitoring and slurry application.
Teagasc’s Climate Centre takes an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together staff from across the organisation to work on some of the biggest climate and biodiversity challenges facing us. Research Officers Lorraine Balaine (REDP), Rachael Murphy (CELUP) and Paul Smith (AGRIP) and Technologist Simon Leach (CELUP) tell us more about the crucial research happening within the centre.
As part of international efforts to safeguard soil health and biodiversity, Teagasc researchers have been assessing practical farm-scale measures to enhance soil biodiversity in intensively managed grasslands.
The Research Leaders 2025 project PIGSMELL is investigating how pigs communicate using their senses and how their positive interactions can ultimately support social stability and improve their health
By supporting researchers in entrepreneurship, commercialisation and technology transfer, Engage@Teagasc helps foster innovation, sustainability and economic growth. Here, we look at three new research projects getting a financial boost from Teagasc’s START Fund scheme
Teagasc’s Marginal Abatement Cost Curve seeks to inform and steer agricultural policy toward hitting targets on emissions mitigation. Here, one of its chief architects, Gary Lanigan, gives us a breakdown.
Grass and other plant biomass may represent an innovative new protein source for use in food and beverages.
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Use of nitrogen-based fertilisers contributes heavily to greenhouse gas emissions. Research is underway at Teagasc Johnstown Castle to quantify the effect of alternative fertiliser formulations on nitrous oxide emissions
Teagasc and lead coordinator University of Galway join a range of partners across the EU to bolster female-led innovation in rural areas.
Innovations in plant variety testing in Europe are laying the foundation for more sustainable agriculture. breeding better crop varieties is an essential component in the development of sustainable agricultural production systems.
?The Johnstown Castle dairy herd was established in 2003 to provide a base for winter-milk research within Teagasc...
An important focus for methane mitigation efforts is to develop strategies to accurately measure and reduce methane emissions in grazing dairy, beef and sheep, explain AGRIC Principal Research Officer Sinead Waters, Walsh Scholar Emily Roskam, and Research Officer Ben Lahart.
The Agricultural and Land-Use sector is facing an unprecedented challenge to reduce greenhouse emissions and increase carbon removal activities to meet national and international climate targets.
Learn more about Teagasc Crop researcher, Vijaya Bhaskar
Teagasc’s researchers attend many events throughout the year, sharing the findings from their research with national and international audiences.
In Ireland, cows generally graze upon ryegrass monocultures. Multispecies swards offer benefits by increasing biodiversity and reducing costly chemical inputs.
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