'We’re all in this together': Cork farmers hear water quality measures at stakeholder event

A Blackwater Catchment water quality event hosted by Teagasc, Dairygold and the Agricultural Science Association showcased measures to help farmers improve local water quality.

Speaker Padraig McCormack, Teagasc addresses farmers at a Better Farming for Water Campaign event in the Blackwater catchment area on the farm of William Blackburn, Kilworth, Co. Cork.  Picture: O'Gorman Photography.

Cork farmers attended a Blackwater Catchment farm walk in Kilworth to better understand mitigating measures to improve water quality.

Following the publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2025 Water Quality report, a Blackwater Catchment – ‘Farming for the Future’ event was held on William Blackburn’s dairy farm in Kilworth on June 18. Mr Blackburn farms with his wife Audrey, and manages a 172-cow milking herd across 106ha, with an overall stocking rate of 1.99LU/ha including calves and replacement heifers.