Environment
How food waste can boost domestic fertiliser production
Encouraging more people to properly separate their food waste for composting can help boost domestic fertiliser production. The comments from...
Fertiliser
Environment
Guinness continues its regenerative agriculture pilot
A regenerative agriculture pilot by Guinness that focuses on the reduction of greenhouse gases is now entering its second year...
Agri-Business
Watch: Kerry farmers cut fertiliser use by average of 10%
A group of farmers based on the Dingle Peninsula in Co. Kerry who took part in an EU-backed pilot project...
Agri-Business
DAFM: Work continuing on fertiliser database
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that work is continuing on developing a new fertiliser...
Dairy Technical
Dry weather disrupts second cut silage preparations
The good weather over the last couple of weeks will have seen most, if not all, farmers move to harvest...
N.Ireland
Yara to build new global production plant in UK
Yara International has chosen a site in the UK as the home of its new global production plant for specialty...
Rural Life
Man charged with alleged Limerick fertiliser heist
A man has been charged in connection with an alleged fertiliser heist in Co. Limerick. 38-year-old Noel Greaney, from John...
Agri-Business
Significant drop in nitrogen sales of nearly 56%
Nitrogen fertiliser sales dropped nearly 56% over a nine-month period, according to latest figures issued today (Thursday, May 18) by...
Dairy Technical
Ensuring you get the best use of slurry after first-cut silage
Slurry has a massive role to play on farms as it can be used to replace nutrients within the soil,...
Agri-Business
CSO: Fertiliser prices show a decline of 5.9% in March
Fertiliser prices have declined again in March, down 5.9% on February according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office...
Agri-Business
CAN fertiliser falls below €500/t - a first since crisis
For the first time since the fertiliser crisis began back in early 2022, Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) has dropped to...
Agri-Business
FAI: What is the fodder outlook on your farm?
The Fertilizer Association of Ireland (FAI) has urged farmers to take immediate action to restore grazing and silage stock over...
Agri-Business
Feed and fertiliser savings must be passed to farmers - MLA
Animal feed and fertiliser importers have been urged to pass on any savings to farmers who are continuing to “grapple...
Agri-Business
CCPC examining complaints about fertiliser industry
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has confirmed to Agriland that it is currently examining two complaints relating to...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser: Agri committee to write to minister on 'cartel'
An Oireachtas committee will write to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue urging him to investigate what...
Agri Politics
ICSA: €100/t difference in fertiliser in same county
Farmers are seeing a €100/t differential in fertiliser prices in the same county this week between a smaller scale merchant...
Agri-Business
Yara reports revenue decline in first quarter of 2023
Fertiliser company Yara has reported weaker financial results for the first three months of 2023 compared to a strong first...
Agri-Business
IFA describes fertiliser prices as 'unsustainable'
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that prices being paid for fertiliser by Irish farmers are “unsustainable”. Addressing the...
