Tillage
Tillage: How to make best use of organic manures
Before tillage farmers start applying organic manures to stubble ground or crops, two questions must be addressed. Firstly, is there...
Tillage
Before tillage farmers start applying organic manures to stubble ground or crops, two questions must be addressed. Firstly, is there...
Dairy
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has reminded farmers that the date by which movements of manure...
Environment
Losses from the nitrogen cycle “cannot be eliminated” so the livestock sector needs to minimise them and hold more nitrogen...
Environment
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has been accused of hiding “behind a committee” on the issue...
Environment
Pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca has announced it is switching to biogas produced from cow manure and food waste in the US...
Agri-Business
The EU is set to ask member states to encourage the use of “good, evidence-based, manure management practices” as part...
Beef News
Teagasc has recently outlined the soil nutrient and financial values of a range of different organic manures. While the nutrient...
Environment
The aggregate volume of slurry applied through Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) increased from 4% to 48% between 2017 and...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued a reminder to farmers to complete nitrates declarations for...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that cattle only nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) statements...
N.Ireland
The results of a study, looking at the potential for biomethane production in Northern Ireland, show considerable promise. However, those...
Machinery News
Vogelsang have long recognised the importance of retaining and evenly reapplying nutrients that have passed through livestock during feeding. This...
Video
In this installment of CROPS WATCH, John Mulhare discusses how early management of beet is key to success.
Environment
The closed period for the spreading of farmyard manure starts on November 1 and will last until mid-January at the...