The year was 2006. The President of Ireland: Mary McAleese; the Taoiseach: Bertie Ahern (Fianna Fáil); the Minister for Agriculture: Mary Coughlan (Fianna…
Reducing methane production enhances on-farm profitability, according to the preliminary findings of a potentially game-changing international project involving Teagasc, the Irish Cattle Breeding…
Cara Augustenborg would like to talk more about emissions from transport rather than agriculture. The environmental scientist spoke at the Irish Tillage and…
Minister Michael Creed has launched a code of practice aimed at cutting agricultural ammonia emissions. The minister announced the ‘Code of Good Practice…
Ireland exceeded its emissions budget for the third year running, with agricultural emissions rising over this period, according to the Environmental Protection Agency…
By Prof. Frank O’Mara, director of research, Teagasc The debate on how agriculture deals with greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) has intensified in recent…
We need to improve agriculture both environmentally and commercially to meet proposed EU targets for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050, though Ireland’s climate…
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has argued in favour of ‘agro-forestry’, saying it offers financial benefits for farmers, but only if the government…
