Environment
The Department of the Environment said there will be no further extension to the exemption allowing for burning of agricultural green waste.
The IFA Environment Committee chair Paul O'Brien is calling for "a common sense approach" to be taken on the burning of green waste.
Farmers are being reminded that the final exemption for the on-farm burning of cut agricultural green waste will come to an end next week.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has written to farmers this week outlining the alternatives to burning agricultural green waste.
