Environment
Nolan: Emissions debate must not demonise farmers
An independent TD has said that the government must not become complicit in demonising farmers and the agricultural sector in...
Environment
An independent TD has said that the government must not become complicit in demonising farmers and the agricultural sector in...
Environment
Environment-related taxes levied on agriculture reached €68 million in 2021, however the sector only accounts for 1.4% of the total...
Beef News
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has cautioned against proposals for any further reduction in the suckler herd....
N.Ireland
Co. Tyrone based Premier Woodlands has welcomed the reopening of the forestry grant schemes in Northern Ireland. These are the...
Environment
A pair of common cranes have successfully hatched two chicks on a rewetted peatland, following a breeding attempt last year,...
Environment
Farmers are among those sought by the European Commission to apply for an expert group on carbon removals, and support...
Environment
More than 50,000 people have now signed a petition by food awareness organisation ProVeg International calling on the European Commission...
Environment
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe has submitted a formal complaint to the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU)...
Rural Life
Police in the Netherlands have confirmed that a number of shots were fired during a tractor protest in the north...
Environment
BirdWatch Ireland has today (Tuesday, July 5) warned heritage minister Darragh O’Brien, Minister of State for heritage, Malcolm Noonan and...
Environment
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) research is looking at the feasibility of physically extracting phosphorous (P) from animal slurries. The...
Environment
Rothamsted Research is a major partner in a new £13 million programme to produce low-carbon, environmentally-friendly food. AgZero+ will bring...
Environment
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and European Investment Bank (EIB) vice-president, Christian Kettel-Thomsen have formally agreed...
Environment
There seems every prospect that farming for carbon will have a strong role to play within Irish agriculture as the...
Agri-Business
An air quality specialist has told a meeting that we need to change the narrative when it comes to how...
Environment
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has expressed concern about legal action being taken by An Taisce in relation...
Environment
Environmental group, An Taisce has said that the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP), as proposed, does not provide the level of...
Forestry
Minister of State with responsibility for forestry at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett has...