Environment
Farm orgs applaud judge's ruling on NAP in An Taisce case
A decision by a High Court judge that a complex legal case, launched by An Taisce, must go ahead on...
Environment
A decision by a High Court judge that a complex legal case, launched by An Taisce, must go ahead on...
Environment
Farmers who export slurry, to comply with nitrates limits, are set to have a four day timeframe in which to...
Environment
The ‘threat’ that Ireland may not retain its Nitrates Derogation past 2027 and that the limit could fall to 170kg...
Agri Politics
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has welcomed proposed changes to nitrates excretion rates but has hit out at...
Dairy Technical
A number of potential mitigation measures for farmers affected by changes to nitrates regulations are to be sent to the...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture has tonight (Thursday, February 29) confirmed new developments on the nitrates front including proposed adjustments to...
Agri-Business
A public consultation on EU rules on nitrates to protect water quality by the European Commission remains open for submissions...
Dairy
Housing cattle indoors is “much more nitrogen efficient” but “bad” for a lot of other reasons, the head of advocacy...
Environment
The “systemic failure” by the state to implement a tailored catchment-based approach, based on the best available science, is setting...
Agri Politics
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Dairy Committee has accused the government of a lack of support for...
Tillage
Driving the use of biostimulants within production agriculture, has been the identification of bespoke bacteria (endophytes) with the ability to...
Dairy News
Young farmers view time, data and science as critical elements to Ireland nitrates derogation and want greater integration with generational...
Environment
Former vice-president of CEJA (European Council of Young Farmers), Thomas Duffy has said that Ireland needs to maintain the derogation...
Podcast
Go beyond the headlines with our podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of...
Agri Politics
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet today, Wednesday, February, 14 to discuss ‘Compliance with the...
Dairy Technical
Although whole farm stocking rates don’t impact nitrate leaching, hotspots are a contributing factor. This is according to Eddie Burgess...
Dairy News
A return to a stocking rate of 250kg organic nitrogen (N) per hectare in areas that have dropped to 220kg/ha...
Dairy News
A combination of weather and “lag time” may be some of the key reasons why water quality data has not...