Agri-Business
Green diesel excise clearances up 18% in year to October - CSO
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said that clearances of marked gas oil, or green diesel, in October 2024 were...
Diesel
Agri-Business
CSO: Just 7% of green diesel sales through forecourts in 2023
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said that only 7% of marked gas oil (green diesel) sales (81,000 litres) occurred...
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Native Tree Area Scheme: Making it easier to plant trees
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Rural Life
Excise clearances of green diesel down to 97m litres in August
There was a 8% year-on-year decrease in the volume of excise clearances of green diesel in August 2024, according to...
Rural Life
Drop in the number of new and used tractors licensed last month
New figures published today (Tuesday, August 13) show a double digit percentage fall in the number of both new and...
Rural Life
Government urged not to impose fuel excise tax increase this week
Opposition parties are urging the government not to impose another fuel excise tax increase planned for this week. The second...
Rural Life
Call for increase in fuel excise duty to be postponed
Fuels for Ireland (FFI), the representative body for fuel retailers has urgently called on the new Minister for Finance, Jack...
Rural Life
AA Ireland data indicates decrease in June fuel prices
Data from today (Friday, June 21) released by AA Ireland indicates that fuel prices dropped in the month of June...
Rural Life
CSO: Green diesel clearances jump to 98m litres in April
Latest figures show a year-on-year increase in excise clearances of green diesel in April 2024, according to the Central Statistics...
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Milk replacer: Advice on maximising early-life calf growth
During the past decade, calf rearing systems around the world have adopted higher allowances of whole milk or of calf...
Agri-Business
Any fall in wholesale diesel price should be passed on - O'Keeffe
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called for any fall in wholesale diesel price to be immediately passed onto the...
Rural Life
March green diesel excise clearances up 4% over 12 months
Clearances of marked gas oil, or green diesel, in March 2024 were 4% higher than in March 2023, according to...
Rural Life
'When are fuel prices going to stop soaring?' - TD
Sligo-Leitrim TD, Marian Harkin has told the Dáil that if the government goes ahead with the rise of fuel prices...
Rural Life
Rural Independents call for reversal of fuel excise increase
The leader of the Rural Independent Group of TDs has called on the government to reverse the recent increase in...
Rural Life
Lowest green diesel clearances recorded for February since 2017
Excise clearances of marked gas oil (green diesel) in February 2024 were the lowest clearances recorded for February since 2017,...
Rural Life
Gardaí investigating theft of diesel from Co. Cork farm
A farm in the Boherbue area of Co. Cork is the subject of investigation by Gardaí as diesel was stolen...
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Tyrone dairy farmer reduces calf mortality to just 1%
A Co. Tyrone dairy farm has reduced calf mortality to just 1% and has no post-weaning growth checks, thanks to...
Rural Life
Fuel increases this week 'absolutely unnecessary' - TD
An independent TD has slammed the government for allowing increases in excise duty for fuel to go ahead this week....
Agri-Business
Unleaded petrol excise clearances up 13% since last January
Excise clearances of unleaded petrol have seen a 13% increase since January 2023, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO)....
Machinery
Skoda backs the diesel as Certa rolls out HVO
Volkswagen acquired Skoda in 1991 and the German parent company is usually regarded as leading the transition to battery powered...
Machinery
Machinery: Ramping up diesel production from biomass
Mineral-oil-based fuels suffer a good deal of bad publicity, but the government’s enthusiasm for batteries as a universal method of...