Environment
European Commission launches consultation on zero pollution plan
The European Commission has launched an open public consultation on an EU Action Plan ‘Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for...
Environment
The European Commission has launched an open public consultation on an EU Action Plan ‘Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for...
Environment
A new report from NUI Galway, which examines farmers’ attitudes and preferences for climate change adaptation, has found that one...
Tillage
The recent Crops 2030 report released by Teagasc examined the tillage sector’s sustainability credentials, and under environmental sustainability it hit...
Tillage
The chairperson of the Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) has called on the Minister for Agriculture Dara Calleary and the...
Environment
”The target to reduce average annual greenhouse gas emissions by 7% between now and 2030 is very positive, but if...
Environment
Applications are now being accepted by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) for the 2020 nitrates derogation....
Dairy
The most recent 2013 to 2018 report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) showed an overall decline in water quality...
Dairy
Time and time again, the amount of our soils that are still not at optimum soil fertility is brought up...
Agri Politics
The new Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Environmental Committee chairman Paul O’Brien will be guest speaker at a meeting in...
Dairy
If farmers don’t make changes at farm level, to reduce their environmental impact, they could put themselves at risk of...
Dairy
Recently, global air pollution expert, Dr. Frank Mitloehner – during a series of interviews with AgriLand – highlighted recent US Environmental...
Dairy
The potential for Ireland’s hedgerows and grasslands to be acknowledged as carbon sinks on farms proved to be a major...
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Environment Committee has elected a new chairman following a meeting in Portlaoise, Co. Laois,...
Dairy
For today’s dairy throwback, we will be going back in time to June of this year, when we visited last...
Rural Life
Efforts to try and prevent the granting of a prospecting licence in Connemara for gold and silver are well and...
Rural Life
Approximately 90% of the population of Connemara is opposed to an application by a mining company to seek a prospecting...
Rural Life
Opposition to mining for gold and silver in Connemara is clearly evident this week after 6,900 people signed a petition...
Rural Life
So, if there is no chance of mining – why would they be prospecting? This was the question asked by...