The Environment Edge
By Teagasc.ie
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Presented by Cathal Somers & Deirdre Glynn, with new episodes every two weeks, the Environment Edge is your signpost to farm sustainability.
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Navigating the Teagasc Forestry Roadmap: Mobilising Ireland’s Timber Potential
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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From Soil to Savings: Turning Nutrients into Profit
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Nitrates Changes Are Coming: What Farmers Need to Do Now
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Bluetongue: Understanding the Threat
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Protecting poultry and battling bird flu
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Nore Vision, Shared Future: Farmers Taking Action
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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How ASSAP advisors are supporting farmers to improve water quality
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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What’s working harder than any tractor? The microbes in your soil
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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The GroundTruth Project
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Celebrating Ireland’s Hedgerows
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Why Now is the Time for Sustainable Grass Production
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Could a simple crop rotation be the key to cleaner waterways?
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Climate Targets, Technology and Profitability on the Farm
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Why Regular Liming Can Drive Profits
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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The Future of Organic Tillage
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Attractive Returns: Growing Organic Tillage in Ireland
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May 26, 2025 |
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Protecting drinking water in the drumlins of Monaghan (Part 2)
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May 12, 2025 |
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Protecting drinking water in the drumlins of Monaghan (Part 1)
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Nitrogen Balance & Nutrient Use Efficiency explained
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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The schemes and grants available in forestry & agroforestry
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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The implications for forest owners after Storm Éowyn (next steps)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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How to get more bang for your buck when spreading slurry
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Detecting Chromosomal Abnormalities in Cattle
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Two young farmers on their hopes for 2025
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Do the challenges outweigh the positives in farming today and what motivates farmers to keep going?
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Funding for historic farm buildings - what is involved & who can apply?
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Water Quality Challenges and the Outlook for the Future - Part 2
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Water Quality Challenges and the Outlook for the Future - Part 1
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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How can farmers reduce their overall labour demand?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Planning and preparing ahead on farms for the winter period
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Dr. Daire O'hUallacháin on The Nature Restoration Law
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Do you know what a species rich grassland looks like or if you have one on your farm?
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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The Value of Slurry & Autumn Management
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Teagasc’s Better Farming for Water - 8 Actions for Change Campaign
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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How can catch crops help to reduce nutrient loss from tillage land?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Where is tomorrow for Small Farms?
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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The Role of an Inland Fisheries Ireland Inspector
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Why is slurry so dangerous?
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May 20, 2024 |
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Raining Cats & Dogs
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May 06, 2024 |
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Using Hormones to Suppress Ash Dieback
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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How to pass a Department of Agriculture farm inspection & what to expect
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Why are we all talking about Nitrogen?
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The practical ways a farmer can reduce phosphorus and sediment loss from the farm to the river
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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From the Judas goat to grape growing in the capital - Dublin City farming in the 1950s Part 2
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Dublin City farming & the big flood in the 1950s – Part 1
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Tick Tock, Tick Tock - €50 million available to farmers in the new Water EIP
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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The hard questions answered on the highs and lows of farming in 2023
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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The Wexford Farmers Helping to Take Back the Blue Flag
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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A Grá for Nematodes & the EU’s First Soil Health Law
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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The health benefits & enterprise opportunities from farming Aronia berries in West Cork
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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All Women Discussion Groups - where everyone feels welcomed, valued & able to contribute
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Creatures of the Night – the truth about bats in Ireland
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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The Signpost Programme & how climate conscious farmers are driving sustainable growth
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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‘Grass for Gas’- Are Anaerobic Digesters and Energy Farming a possibility for the Future?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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TB hasn’t gone away, it’s on the rise again
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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The MACC is back - what savings can be made on farms while meeting our climate targets?
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Communicating Farmland Biodiversity to Intensive Dairy Discussion Groups
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Know My Number – Make a Plan (The Signpost Advisory Programme)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Threats to the Barn Owl - what actions can we take to encourage their conservation?
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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The screech of the Banshee? No, it’s the mysterious barn owl
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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When do you reduce chemical fertiliser in a grass clover sward?
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Angus calf five-point sustainable production plan - from Croke Park to the Ploughing
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May 22, 2023 |
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What farmers really think about the latest Nitrates Action Programme
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May 08, 2023 |
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Reducing the impact of pesticides on water quality
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Ireland’s most dangerous occupation – farmer James Murphy’s tale of a fatal bull attack
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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What will the cow of the future look like?
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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The Teagasc Climate Action Strategy – supporting farmers to meet challenging climate targets
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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How Irish farmers can be part of the solution to climate change
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The one action that saves money and reduces emissions - without extra effort
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Getting the most out of your slurry
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Ammonia emissions and are slurry additives really the answer?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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How drone technology can be used for water sampling
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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The Ash dieback situation and information on forestry’s €1.3bn investment
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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The Good & the Bad from the latest Water Quality in Ireland Report
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Derogation Farming – what does the future hold for farmers?
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Connecting profit to the environment with Signpost farmer, Trevor Boland
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Helping dairy farmers meet the challenges of sustainability
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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How farmers can be ready for the changes to Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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The Earthworm & the Farmer Part 2: is slurry application a friend or foe?
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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The Earthworm & the Farmer Part 1: the huge contribution the worm makes to the soil
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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How to help pollinators and the wider biodiversity on farm
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Highlights from Beef2022
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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An Update from the Signpost Programme Demonstration Farms
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Making the Future of Beef Profitable & Sustainable
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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The catchment scientist’s role with the Local Authority Waters Programme
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Water quality, the EPA and the tools to make improvements
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May 16, 2022 |
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How Sea Solutions is helping to solve the problem of methane
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May 02, 2022 |
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Why now is the time for clover
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Bryan Daniels on the challenges and opportunities for farmers in the future
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Meet the dairy farmer embracing and still profiting from the challenges of sustainability
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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The Organic Farming Scheme
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Nitrogen loss from agriculture
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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How nematodes can help reduce pesticide use
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Mental health on farm - the most important part of sustainability
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Fertiliser options in 2022
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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The Future for Ireland’s Energy Supply
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Do you know the carbon footprint of your farm?
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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The dangers of antimicrobial resistance in animal health
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Minister of State, Pippa Hackett, on the challenges that lie ahead for farming
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Éanna Ní Lamhna on bats and how farmers can improve their habitats
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Highlights from the Signpost programme village at the Moorepark Open Day
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Organic Farming – how and why Ireland needs to catch up
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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What is soil health and is it part of the solution to many of the challenges ahead in agriculture?
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Why farmers should plant more trees and the schemes available
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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What the Carbon Removal amendment means for Irish agriculture
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Cover crops: do the benefits outweigh the cost?
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Tommy the Vet on water quality - the sometimes forgotten nutrient
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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The Future of Farm Tech – from AI to alternative fuel and autonomous machinery
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Multi Species Swards – a farmer’s perspective
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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How to harvest quality silage
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May 17, 2021 |
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Best Practice for Pesticides & Alternative Methods for Weed Control
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May 03, 2021 |
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Farmland Birds and the role of farmers in their survival
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Global Warming and Ireland's Future Climate
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Water quality and how it can be improved
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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The Importance of Hedgerows
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Nitrogen Use Efficiency
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Feb 17, 2021 |