Insights from the visit of the New Zealand Special Agriculture Trade Envoy to Teagasc Dairygold Signpost Farmer, Sean Moher

Gráinne Hurley, Teagasc Dairygold Joint Programme Monitor Farm advisor, and Paul Maher, Head of International Relations and Corporate Strategy in Teagasc, join Stuart Childs on this week’s episode of the Dairy Edge podcast to discuss a recent visit of the New Zealand Special Agriculture Trade Envoy to Teagasc Dairygold Signpost Farmer, Sean Moher which they both facilitated. Gráinne first explained the reason for the visit before describing the key elements of sustainability that Sean is putting into practice such as protected urea, clover incorporation and EBI. Gráinne also explains how Sean has adopted these practices and outlined some of the feedback coming from the New Zealand group on the day. Following on from this, Paul explained what his role as the Head of International Relations and Corporate Strategy in Teagasc entails and went on the explain the importance of visits such as that at Sean’s farm in terms of sharing information and knowledge with other countries with a view to achieving common goals with climate being the most current common dominator for all countries regardless of their production systems. Paul continued by outlining some of the relatively unknown work that Teagasc do internationally and finished by saying that while we have plenty to offer, we also have plenty to learn too, so visits such as these are hugely beneficial for all involved. For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com