N.Ireland
Ammonia emissions still on the rise in NI
The latest environmental statistics for Northern Ireland (NI) confirm that ammonia emissions from agriculture are still on the rise. The...
N.Ireland
The latest environmental statistics for Northern Ireland (NI) confirm that ammonia emissions from agriculture are still on the rise. The...
Environment
The quarter one (Q1) Progress Report of the 2023 Climate Action Plan (CAP23) has been published, setting out delivery of...
Dairy
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State with special responsibility for research and innovation,...
Environment
The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres has called for the decarbonisation of agriculture to be sped up. He was...
Environment
Improving the management of grasslands on mineral soils for increased carbon sequestration is one of the measures set out in...
Agri-Business
Ammonia emissions from pigs are reduced by up to 90% through the use of an air washer at the Duroc...
Agri-Business
The drive to have the sale of cars powered by petrol and diesel engines prohibited from 2035 appears to have...
Agri-Business
Measures to reduce livestock emissions, nutrient recycling, as well as environmentally friendly food-production systems have recently been discussed at an...
Environment
Environmental organisation, An Taisce, has called for mandatory reduction in dairy cow numbers and an end to the nitrates derogation...
Environment
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that there are “multiple, feasible and effective options” currently available to...
Agri-Business
The role of beef animals in achieving net-zero emissions targets has been discussed by a panel of experts at an...
Agri-Business
The European Parliament has today (Tuesday, March 14) voted to increase the 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target at...
Agri-Business
Almost eight in ten (79%) of Irish consumers would prefer if the carbon footprint of food items was included on...
Agri-Business
The chair of the Food Vision Beef and Sheep Group, Prof. Thia Hennessy believes it will be “very challenging” for...
Environment
Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions grew by 0.9% in 2022, or 321 million tonnes, reaching a new high of...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, will tell an Oireachtas committee that the agriculture sector is...
Dairy
Ten farms in Northern Ireland have completed their participation in the international project Dairy 4 Future. The aim of the...
Sheep
A new Agri-EPI Centre project to breed ultra-low-emission sheep is about the start on Romney rams in Hertfordshire in the...