Environment
Research: Co-locating crops and solar can increase performance
Growing commercial crops on solar farms can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity, according...
Environment
Growing commercial crops on solar farms can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity, according...
Agri-Business
By Gordon Deegan The modelling of the continued operation of Abbott Ireland’s infant formula production plant in Co. Monaghan on...
Environment
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has called for greater law enforcement after new data revealed that illegal turf-cutting remains a...
Environment
The illegal use of scrambler bikes within the Wicklow Mountains Special Area of Conservation (SAC) has resulted in convictions and...
Machinery
Mark Fuller is a 24-year-old agricultural contractor based in Co. Cavan. He is in the process of growing his own...
Environment
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has welcomed the relaunch of the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) by Minister for...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, will tell an Oireachtas committee that the agriculture sector is...
CAP / Schemes
Farm organisations have welcomed today’s (Wednesday, March 1) announcement by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue that...
Agri-Business
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that six of the 13 sites listed as “National Priority Sites” last year were...
Dairy
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has put forward proposals to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
CAP / Schemes
Minister of the State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Martin Heydon has said that he...
Agri-Business
Kerry Dairy Ireland has today (Tuesday, February 21) announced the launch of a new partnership with Bank of Ireland which...
N.Ireland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has passed the milestone of 750 carbon-benchmarked farm enterprises. Carbon benchmarking...
Agri-Business
Pressure increases on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue to reduce the 500m hedgerow limit as protesters...
Beef News
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has said that the “constant trolling of livestock farmers by a small...
N.Ireland
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court today (Monday, February 13) for a water pollution offence. Co....
Environment
Ireland will need to cut livestock numbers by up to 30%, plant up to 875,000ha of forestry and carry out...
Environment
To mark World Wetlands Day tomorrow (Thursday, February 2), Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...