Environment
Temperatures in Europe increase at twice the global average
Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years – the highest...
Environment
Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years – the highest...
Agri-Business
Irish farmers will “not be made fools” of by the government when it comes to proposals to reduce agricultural emissions,...
N.Ireland
Reducing the carbon footprint of dairy farms is achievable. However, a range of tools will be needed to effect change....
Dairy News
The final report from the Food Vision Dairy Group, which is expected to be delivered imminently to the Minister for...
Agri Politics
Farmers in New Zealand have engaged in nationwide protests today (Thursday, October 20), against proposals by the government to introduce...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture should review the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets that have been set for Irish agriculture, despite...
Agri-Business
The European Commission’s plan to widen the scope of farms that would require permits to operate “could jeopardise the viability...
Beef News
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that work is continuing on an interim report on...
Agri-Business
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has welcomed the sustainability initiatives and tax supports contained in Budget 2023. However, the...
Beef
The European Commission’s plan to extend a permitting system to a greater number of farms in the EU has been...
Dairy News
The director of Teagasc has said that the practice of slaughtering unwanted male dairy calves must be eliminated. Frank O’Mara...
Environment
The world has to produce as much food protein in the next 30 years as it has in the last...
N.Ireland
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) senior advisor, Alan Agnew, has highlighted steps that dairy farmers can take...
Rural Life
Despite Ireland’s commitment to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 4.8% per annum under the carbon budgets, energy-related emissions were...
Agri-Business
An Irish snack-food company has already achieved a government target to cut emissions by 35% – eight years ahead of...
Environment
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the agriculture sector in the European Union (EU) fell by 21% over the past...
Environment
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed that the current energy security concerns reflect a “failure by the state” to...
Environment
Aontú leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has criticised the government for blaming farmers for climate change at the...