Agri-Business
Climate Action Plan aims to incentivise voluntary livestock reduction
The new Climate Action Plan will aim to incentivise farmers to reduce livestock numbers on a voluntary basis from next...
Agri-Business
The new Climate Action Plan will aim to incentivise farmers to reduce livestock numbers on a voluntary basis from next...
Environment
The government has today launched Climate Action Plan 2023, setting out how Ireland will accelerate the action required to respond...
Agri-Business
The government’s new Climate Action Plan can support young farmers, provided that it is structured properly, according to Macra. The...
Agri-Business
Emissions reductions of 68,000t of CO2 have been delivered following the restoration of 10,500 ha of peatland restoration across 35...
Beef
The government must not sacrifice Ireland’s “sustainable suckler sector” to deliver on its climate and emissions reduction targets, the Irish...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has said that no agreement has been reached to cut numbers in...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that no measure contained in the Climate Action...
Environment
Government departments and agencies have implemented 77% of all measures in the 2021 Climate Action Plan to date, according to the latest progress...
Forestry
Afforestation of 18,000ha per annum is needed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, according to the “The Economics of Afforestation...
Agri-Business
There is optimism that agreement on an emissions reduction target for the agriculture sector could be reached this week. It...
Environment
“If we do not turn the tide on the climate crisis in this generation, there will not be any agriculture...
Beef News
The emissions reduction target for Irish agriculture under the Climate Action Plan is set to be announced before the end...
Environment
The Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan has said that the emissions ceilings for every sector will have...
Agri-Business
The inaugural meeting of the new Food Vision Beef and Sheep Group is set to take place this week in...
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said that methane emissions must be reduced by up to 30% if the agriculture...
Dairy News
The Food Vision Dairy Group is now recommending that the dairy sector reduces chemical nitrogen (N) use by 30% in...
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making €11.7 million available for environmental projects from the research community to help address...
Agri Politics
Climate-change policies should not lead to a reduction in food supply in Europe, and a change of mindset around such...