Rural Life
DAFM is reminding farmers that unprotected urea in solid form will no longer be permitted to be spread on land after September 14, 2025.
Environment
The potential to use circular nitrogen from residual streams and green alternatives is the subject of a new project by Wageningen University
New research by John Innes Centre has discovered a biological mechanism in plants could reduce the need for inorganic fertilisers in farming.
Tillage
A UK malting operation has commenced farm-based barley production trials, focussing on the use of low carbon fertilisers.
Agri-Business
The government in Sweden, like the Irish government, wants farmers to reduce their dependency on chemical fertilisers.
Agri Politics
The UK government has launched a consultation seeking views on reducing ammonia emissions from solid urea fertilisers.
Is the EU Commission's latest plan to simply import from countries in which food is not produced 'sustainably'?
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is not supporting calls for dairy farmers in Northern Ireland to cut back production levels, according to the organisation’s Chief Executive Wesley Aston.
Irish spend more on fertilisers than farmers in any other EU Member State, according to latest research commissioned by the European Parliment.
CF Industries Inc. has bought OCI NV's North American, European and Global Distribution businesses for €8 billion, including debt.
A drone in the US has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry fertilizers and pesticides to spray crops, the FAA has announced.
The IFA is to ask the European Commission to suspend all EU fertiliser import duties with immediate effect, according to the Association’s president Eddie Downey.
The EU fertiliser industry has no case to answer, where farm gate prices are concerned, according to Jacob Hansen, the chief executive of Fertilisers Europe.
Phil Hogan has written to the EU's Competition directorate regarding the current price of fertiliser prices
It is not acceptable that when energy prices are falling that there are proposals to increases fertiliser costs, according Phil Hogan.
