Environment
Efficient drainage schemes underpin production agriculture in Finland
Investment in efficient drainage schemes is an ongoing priority for farmers in Finland, according to Olle Häggblom, a representative of...
Agricultural Catchments Programme
Environment
Nitrates derogation among topics raised at catchments conference
Nitrates derogation was one of the issues recently discussed at the ‘Catchment Science 2023’ conference, held in Wexford. The conference...
Environment
Catchments programme helping farmers improve water quality
The definitive ‘green light’ has yet to be given by the government to Ireland’s fifth Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP). However,...
Environment
Catchment Science 2023 conference underway in Wexford
The Catchment Science 2023 conference is currently underway in Co. Wexford, where the agricultural effect on water quality in water...
Environment
Weather and soil type - 'key factors in water quality'
Weather conditions and soil type are two key factors impacting on water quality in Ireland according to the Agricultural Catchment...
CAP / Schemes
Agricultural Catchments Programme gets green light to 2023
The Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP) has been given the green light for a further four-year period to 2023, Minister for...
Environment
Fertiliser focus: Holding onto the country's derogation
Two million water samples over the past nine years, six catchments and 300 farmers; you might not have heard about...
Tillage
Tillage focus: Balancing cereal and milk production perfectly in Co. Wexford
Joe Doyle isn’t your average tillage farmer; he installed a robot on his farm in 2014. The land on Joe’s...
Tillage
Comeback on the cards for phosphorus?
Phosphorus (P) use on Irish farms has declined in the past decade due to high costs; low grain and meat...