Tag: Teagasc
Ornamental brassicas
In a continuing series of articles on cut flowers, Andy Whelton of Teagasc Horticultural Development Department looks at the potential of Brassica oleracea which...
Berry Seminar
To celebrate the start of the 2018 berry season we are holding a berry seminar combined with a tour of our new glasshouse facilities...
Nursery stock meeting – Teagasc
The spring nursery stock meeting was held in Portlaoise on 7 March. It was very well attended and a lot of good discussions followed,...
Mushroom growers embracing Lean Farm Programme – Teagasc
The Commercial Mushroom Producers Organisation has launched the Lean Farm Programme for mushroom growers. Lean is about driving continuous improvement to enable businesses to...
Appointments – Teagasc
In November 2017, Teagasc appointed Ivan Donnelly as Horticulture Technician, the latest member of the horticultural staff at Kildalton College. He replaces Brian Lyons...
Fusarium meeting at Ashtown – Teagasc
An unusual meeting took place at Ashtown on 16 February. Unusual in that only one small group of growers were invited – lettuce producers...
Events – Teagasc
One of the events being run for the industry is the berry seminar to be held at the Teagasc centre in Ashtown on 18...
Innovation in Fresh Produce Production from File to Field to Fork...
Teagasc Horticultural Development Department in association with Total Produce are holding a grower seminar, looking at ways in which growers can harness and improve...
Kildalton Agricultural & Horticultural College – Postponed until 16th March
A Horticultural Open Day will take place at the Teagasc Kildalton horticultural college in Piltown, County Kilkenny, now on Friday, 16 March, starting at...
EU and IRL Plant health update (March 1st) by Teagasc’s Dónall...
In spite of the very cold weather, some changes in plant health regulation come into effect today.
In efforts to control the spread of the...