Dairy
10 NI farms complete international 'Dairy 4 Future' project
Ten farms in Northern Ireland have completed their participation in the international project Dairy 4 Future. The aim of the...
Dairy Emissions
Dairy News
Farmland: Protected urea must be embraced to meet emissions targets
Farmers will have to embrace the use of protected urea over calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) fertiliser, according to Pat McCormack,...
Dairy
Dairy group first meeting 'sober' but sees 'agreement to work together'
The inaugural meeting of the Food Vision Dairy Group was held today (Monday, February 7) in what Agriland understands was...
Dairy
ICOS: 'Protecting dairy productivity growth the main priority'
Following the announcement last Friday (January 28) that a new stakeholder group has been set up to reduce emissions in...
Dairy
Dairy sector expansion defended by finance minister
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has defended the expansion of the dairy sector in recent years, saying it was “not...
Dairy
IFA critical of EPA boss comments on dairy expansion
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has hit out at recent comments from the director general of the Environmental Protection Agency...
Dairy Technical
Solohead farm is lowering emissions while maintaining production
With increasing pressure being put on agriculture to lower emissions James Humphreys from Teagasc outlined some of the measured used...
Dairy
Reducing the carbon footprint of dairy cows
One environmental issue on the horizon is climate change; and how dairy farms can reduce their carbon footprint. Brian Finch,...
Dairy
Achieving a 70% reduction in ammonia emissions with a circular shed system
A new shed system for separating mineral flows and converting emissions into value has been unveiled in the form of...
Agri Politics
Manner of revealing nitrates change 'unacceptable'
The decision of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine to inform farmers of changes in nitrates regulations via a...
Dairy
Nitrogen excretion figure for dairy cow rises in Teagasc review
The most accurate nitrogen excretion figure for the average dairy cow has been found to be 4kg more per year...
Beef
GHG emissions from Irish beef farming lower than dairy levels
A report published today (Tuesday, March 26) by Teagasc has indicated that, on a per hectare basis, emissions from Irish...
Environment
2020 targets were 'probably unrealistic' - Varadkar
It probably wasn’t ever achievable for Irish agriculture to meet its emissions targets for 2020, according to An Taoiseach Leo...
Environment
Creed called upon to 'correct misleading statements on dairy emissions'
Calls have been made for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, to “correct” what have been...