Environment
Farm org wants deferral of LESS rule for farms under 130kgN/ha
A farm organisation is calling for new rules requiring farmers with stocking rates below 130kg of organic nitrogen (N) per...
Environement
Rural Life
€40,000 grants available under community peatlands scheme
Funding worth a total of €600,000 for the community-led Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement Scheme 2024 has been announced today...
biodiversity
Trinity professor calls for private funding for 'ecosystem services'
A professor of finance at the Business School of Trinity College has called for private sector funding to pay farmers...
Agri-Business
Countries need finance to continue food systems transformations
A number of United Nations (UN) members will require financing of up to $60,000/yr, if they are to continue transforming...
N.Ireland
New Soil Nutrient Health Scheme for NI
Farm businesses are already taking practical steps to help reduce emissions and tackle climate change, according to Northern Ireland Agriculture...
Environment
Jaguar Land Rover to provide fleet of electric vehicles for climate summit
Jaguar Land Rover is partnering with COP26 (UN Climate Change Conference) ahead of the summit in Glasgow, Scotland which starts...
Beef
'Agriculture is the solution not the problem' - Senator Ian Marshall
“Agriculture is the solution, not the problem. It is important that we keep ahead of our critics and to be...
Environment
Irish food processor alliance sets targets to reduce plastic use
The recently formed group that compromises 11 agricultural processing and food businesses in Ireland – Plastics Action Alliance – has...
Environment
Calls for reinstatement of the National Farm Plan Scheme for SAC farmers
Secretary of the Shannon Action Committee (SAC) John Egan has called for the reinstatement of the National Farm Plan Scheme for...
Agri Politics
Department and Oireachtas committee to meet on climate
Officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will appear before the Joint Committee on Climate Action tomorrow,...
Environment
'Biogas trumps biomass on carbon efficiency' - claim agri-food giants
Converting farm waste to natural gas has the power to decarbonise Ireland’s agricultural food supply chain, agri industry heavyweights have...