Environment
Government criticised over lack of farm renewable energy support
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed that the current energy security concerns reflect a “failure by the state” to...
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...
Agri-Business
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has claimed that aspects of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s...
Environment
Ireland has joined a European Union network to improve the management of our greenhouse gas (GHG) budgets. The EU Integrated...
Agri-Business
The president of the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) has called for a more reasoned debate around emissions from the agricultural...
Tillage
This week’s episode of Farmland takes a special focus on tillage, looking at Harvest 2022 so far, and features an in-depth...
Agri-Business
The Independent Farmers Organisation of Ireland said it has written a “strongly worded” letter to government TDs voicing opposition to...
Agri-Business
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has warned that there is “no clear path” to achieving a reduction of 25%...
Agri Politics
While the agreed sectoral emissions reduction targets are an “important milestone”, the announced figures are problematic, the chair of the...
Dairy
Dairy Industry Ireland (DII), the body which represents dairy processors in Ireland, has called for “fair policy and funding” in...
Environment
Finalising the emissions ceiling for the Land-use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector has been deferred for 18 months to...
Environment
Now that emissions ceilings are set, there must be transformative action to tackle climate change in every sector, according to...
Agri Politics
A People Before Profit TD has said that the agreed emissions reduction target of 25% for the agriculture sector is...
Agri Politics
The president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA), Dermot Kelleher, has said that the government must now...
Environment
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that today’s government announcement of a sectoral emissions ceiling for agriculture 25% lower...
Agri Politics
The agreed 25% emissions reduction target for agriculture is a “shocking failure” by the government which ignores climate science, according...
Breaking News
The coalition government parties have today (Thursday, July 28) agreed on a 25% reduction in emissions from the agriculture sector...
Agri-Business
There is optimism that agreement on an emissions reduction target for the agriculture sector could be reached this week. It...