Yes can you believe it the weather in Ireland has been unbelievable the past week. Check out the weather on the link. Met Eireann National Forecast Here is a posing Bullock chewing happily on grass! Stay tuned for more Sinéad
Today, I attended the launch of Sheep Farm to Fork 2018. The event will happen on the 7th of July 2018 in Teagasc Athenry. The launch was officially opened by Minister of State Andrew Doyle. This event is the largest sheep event in Ireland and is not one to be missed. The event will have ...
Hello Everyone, Yesterday I travelled to the farm of Gerry McGrath located in Barnaderg, Tuam Co.Galway. Gerry is a Barley and Oat crop farmer. Gerry has been farming since the 70’s and throughly enjoys having open days and giving farmers insights to the way he farms. As yesterday was such a fantastic day here are ...
Hello Everyone, On Friday last I travelled to the farm of Jimmy and Edward Payne in Tulsk Co.Roscommon, and what an experience it was. The dairy farm is divided between two farms one in Ballymoe and one in Tulsk. Between the two farms they are milking 450 dairy cows. This is by no means a ...
Hello Everyone, Today is my first day in Teagasc. Here is a Picture of my new office space in both NUI Galway and Teagasc Athenry. Today I am working on gathering reading and summarizing them into a table format, this will greatly help with my literature review. Until next time, Sinéad
Hello Everyone, Today I start my first day in NUI Galway. I am writing this from my new desk in the ILAS building. From my last post I have been working on my Literature Review. It is amazing all the work that has been done on farmer perspectives to climate change, in countires such as ...