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Take a look at the video @TheRDS did for us over the summer for winning the Sustainable Farming Award.
Nice to have the next generation included🥰
Norman Dunne, Co. Kildare, is the 2023 RDS Sustainable Farming Award Winner 🏆
Norman, a fourth-generation farmer from Kilgraigue in Maynooth, Co. Kildare, embarked on a transformative journey in 2015 by transitioning from conventional tillage farming to a more holistic and regenerative approach. His main focus has been on improving soil health, recognising its vital role in fostering the well-being of plants, animals, and humans.
Through conservation agriculture principles, Norman has successfully reduced his reliance on chemicals and achieved remarkable results.
Norman has demonstrated his commitment to circular management practices by adopting the three Rs of the #CircularEconomy — Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle — on his farm. He minimises emissions, enhances energy efficiency, conserves water, and manages his supply chain sustainably.
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📢 The Call for Entries is open for the 2024 Awards
Download the application forms now and submit your entry for your chance to share in the €15,000 prize fund : rds.ie/rds-foundation/agricu…
#RDSAgri #RDSSpringAwards #Sustainable #rural
Robbie Byrne retweeted
Upcoming funded masters opportunity in crop science @ucdlyonsfarm
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Heres a tour before all the machines start arriving+a list of manufacturers👌
Banners, chairs sound system, projector and screens coming tomorrow.
A few enquiries as to who can attend the show.Everyone is the answer. Farmers,educators,students,and anyone with an interest in Soil
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An early Christmas gift! BioFarm 2019 videos are live - watch now on the NOTS YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCHBm83C…
Thanks to everyone for your support of our courses and events in 2019! #BioFarm19 #BioFarm2019 #NOTS
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Farmers hold immense potential to fight climate change through the adoption of carbon sequestering practices - but those practices are often costly and time intensive.
"If you incentivize a farmer to sequester carbon, they are going to do it." dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag…
Robbie Byrne retweeted
Composting, fermentation/brewing and grazing cover crops were the topics discussed on @tierney1981_t farm yesterday. Practical demo and great talk from @Prograss1 & @davebeechersoil. Darkness didnt even give members the notion, it was time for home! Big thanks to all involved 👍
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Excellent farm visit to Keith Swan in Carlow. Using the benefits of No Till to save on time, establishment costs and create a sustainable future for his farm. Big thank you @kburns_buzz and @aoreilly28 for discussing their research on Irish insects and 🐝 #farmerseducatingfarmers – at Carlow, Ireland
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Lapwing nest in #notill peas. Low disturbance crop establishment benefits ground-nesting birds. First lapwings for many years and skylark numbers are hugely increased. #baseireland
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W beans with companion oats wheat and some phacelia plenty of happy bees #WorldBeeDay
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.@FarmersGuardian visited James Hares to talk about his involvement in the #intercropping #fieldlab. "In the first year of the trials, Mr Hares saw a 63 per cent reduction in weed biomass in the intercropped area compared to the bean monoculture area" fginsight.com/news/intercrop…
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Interesting research highlighting some of the potential challenges and rewards from growing #field beans with #wheat. ow.ly/Ej1J50nuGVL @OrgResCent
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The new EU #FairFoodChain law builds on a proposal tabled by the European Commission in 2018. It will cover agrifood products traded in the food supply chain, banning (for the first time) up to 16 unfair trading practices imposed unilaterally by one trading partner on another 🛒
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W beans with companion oats and some vol phacelia from S.Barley and companion phacelia last year no pre emerge needed
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Amazing what’s going on your soil, you need to get out there with a spade and see for yourself – at Wexford, Ireland
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Great to see this development, and it aligns with the establishment of the @SMARTSWARD1 research site @ucdlyonsfarm Making this block accessible to the dairy cows is freeing up land for @fionnualagodwin @ShoBaker studies as part of @agriculture_ie funded project @lyBRIDGET
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Win win for farmer+ environment. Sowing crop with less than 5l diesel/acre. Great grandfather was right!#carbonsaving#soilsaving. No pgr spray. All positive👌👌 Hope teagasc are looking at this!
Check this out Agriland agriland.ie/farming-news/til…
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Reducing rain impact, improving water infiltration, soil conditioning, nutrition storage, carbon sequestration. 🌾 🐛 🐝
#7waymagicmix
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Proud as punch to have smashed 1000+ on our YouTube audience figures! Great timing too as we've just uploaded the very last video from @ORFC. A reminder that all sessions are also listed on our website bit.ly/2D2YfNc @PastureForLife @SoilAssociation #agroforestry
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From @MorganMcNeal90 “253 million cars, 143 billions gallons of gas per year, 87000 flights per day, millions of acres covered by cities. 36 million trees being lost to urban development every year.
But it’s the cows fault.......”