Forest Fire Risk Warning

Posted on March 22, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

"The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine wishes to remind farmers, forest owners, forest managers and members of the public that an inherent risk of fire exists during spring months on certain types of land, particularly in upland areas. The Department also wishes to remind the general public that a number of major wildfires have occurred in recent years which destroyed or damaged property, including farmland and forests." Source: DAFM - Press Release, March 2016 "It should b...

New AGMET website

Posted on February 28, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

Welcome to the new AGMET website! Every leap year for the last 28 years the Joint Working Group on Applied Agricultural Meteorology (AGMET) traditionally holds an event on or near the 29th February. This February we are relaunching our website as our leap year event. Our aim is to bring together relevant Irish agricultural meteorology related material from multiple sources into the one place. This website will hopefully allow for greater more frequent interaction within our diverse community...

Crop Yield Forecasts

Posted on February 27, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has developed and runs a crop yield forecasting system which provides timely forecasts of crop production for Europe. The MARS Crop Yield Forecasting System monitors crop vegetation growth, including the short-term effects of meteorological events on crop production. It also provides seasonal yield forecasts of key European crops, thereby contributing to the evaluation of global production estimates. Overview of JRC Crop Yield Forecasting Sy...

Teagasc PhD Walsh Fellowship Opportunity

Posted on February 27, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

Assessing impact from extreme weather on agriculture and Irish farm resilience From www.ecocareers.ie "As a changing climate will possibly be more variable and extreme, it is timely that we develop a better understanding of the impacts on agriculture and farm performance associated with extreme weather events and seasonal trends. Historically agro-meteorology has looked at climate and regional land-use, with less research on farm management and profitably. However, extreme weather events signi...

Crop yield forecasting

Posted on February 26, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

"Crop yield forecasts and crop production estimates are necessary at EU and Member State level to provide the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) decision makers with timely information for rapid decision-making during the growing season. Estimates of crop production are also useful in relation to trade, development policies and humanitarian assistance linked to food security. The JRC's crop forecasting activities support the CAP by providing scientifically relevant, independent and timely cr...

AGMET

Posted on January 29, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

Sharing the expertise of professionals

AGMET

Posted on January 29, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

Helping to develop agricultural meteorology in Ireland

AGMET

Posted on January 29, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

JOINT WORKING GROUP ON APPLIED AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY

Liver Fluke Forecast

Posted on January 29, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

"Each year, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) advises farmers in relation to the predicted risk of disease caused by liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) infection in livestock based on advice received from the Liver Fluke Advisory Group. A liver fluke disease-forecasting model based on meteorological data provided by Met Éireann with regard to weather conditions last winter and rainfall during the summer and early autumn of this year predicts that the risk of liver fluke inf...

Agmet Abroad

Posted on January 28, 2016April 3, 2018 by Keith Lambkin

As well as support nationally there is a well established international agricultural meteorology community. Many of these community resources are funded or supported by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations. Here are some of the international agrometeorological resources available within the global community: (more…)