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It’s nearly 20 years since Mike Pearson was appointed principal of Gurteen Agricultural College and it’s fair to say that he has seen…
Mike Pearson has been principal of Gurteen Agricultural College for nearly 20 years, having first taken up the role in early 2000. Ireland…
When Mike Pearson took over as principal of Gurteen Agricultural College in 2000 he was facing into a changing landscape. He didn’t realise…
The annual Energy in Agriculture event took place in Gurteen Agricultural College on Tuesday, August 20, with what was, according to organisers, “another…
There has been little action by Government in terms of bioenergy and its role in renewable energy supply in Ireland. However, there is…
Ireland is “shamefully” behind on climate action; the Irish Government didn’t take 2020 climate action targets seriously and there was no real indication…
The key issue for Irish MEPs like Séan Kelly as they face into a new term in Brussels is Brexit. Kelly pointed out…
In 2017, Ireland produced 7.3 billion litres of milk on-farm – this equates to 312GW hours of energy. By 2020, the country’s national…
Nationally, about 42kW hours of electricity are consumed for every tonne of milk produced. In 2017, Ireland produced 7.3 billion litres of milk…
We all need to look at our carbon footprint and see how we can make energy efficiencies in our daily lives – which…
In Ireland, we need to look at what can work for us in terms of energy and understand better how to do that…
If we go back in time the whole climate problem has been a product of the last 40 to 50 years. We didn’t…
Energy is part of the Irish agriculture story and while it’s never going to be the only income from a farm, if farmers…
What the Energy in Agriculture conference and exhibition is aiming for is to arm farmers with as much knowledge as possible about bio-energy…
‘Energy in Agriculture 2019’ aims to provide practical information for farmers and the rural sector about the various renewable energy and energy-efficiency options…
