Agri-Business
How much will farmers be charged to recycle plastic this year?
The Irish Farm Film Producers Group (IFFPG) has confirmed to Agriland the charges that farmers will have to pay for...
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Agri-Business
Farmers facing price hikes for plastic recycling
The Irish Farm Film Producers Group (IFFPG) has confirmed that farmers will be facing higher charges for recycling plastic this...
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Native Tree Area Scheme: Making it easier to plant trees
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Rural Life
Farmers recycle 18m silage bales worth of plastic in 2022
Irish farmers recycled enough farm plastic in 2022 to wrap some 18 million silage bales, reflecting a recycle rate of...
Agri Politics
Farm plastic: Committee 'in a wrap' over cancelled contract
Confusion reigned over a terminated contract in the latest meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri-Business
Farm plastic recycling: Farmer representation in IFFPG discussed
Farmer representation on the board of the Irish Farm Film Producer Group (IFFPG) came under the Oireachtas spotlight this week...
Agri-Business
Farm plastics to go back under Oireachtas spotlight
Farm plastics and recycling are set to go back in focus for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and...
Agri-Business
Farm plastic recycling: What bring centres will be open in June?
Farm plastic bring centres are reopening for collections around the country this month – with the first centres opening today...
Agri Politics
'Significant increase' in farm plastic recycling planned for Littleton
Farm plastics and farm plastic recycling were the topics of discussion for the latest meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee...
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Milk replacer: Advice on maximising early-life calf growth
During the past decade, calf rearing systems around the world have adopted higher allowances of whole milk or of calf...
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Extra 3,719t of farm plastics recycled in 2020 - IFFPG
An additional 3,719t of farm plastics – equating to an increase of 14% – has been recycled this year, compared...
Rural Life
Yard collections for farm plastic recycling to resume
Yard collections for the recycling of farm plastic will resume from next week onward, it has been confirmed. The Irish...
Environment
Irish farmers recycled '12 million bales' worth of plastic last year
Irish farmers recycled farm plastics from the equivalent of 12 million bales last year, according to Irish Farm Films Producers Group...
Environment
'Last few for 2019': Final farm plastic bring centres revealed
A final batch of farm plastic bring centre open days has been revealed by the Irish Farm Film Producers Group...
Environment
11 farm plastic bring centres scheduled over coming days
Farm plastic bring centres have been announced by the Irish Farm Film Producers Group (IFFPG), for farmers to dispose of waste...
Rural Life
Farm plastic bring centres continue this week
A number of farm plastic bring centres will be held this week by the Irish Farm Film Producers Group (IFFPG),...
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Tyrone dairy farmer reduces calf mortality to just 1%
A Co. Tyrone dairy farm has reduced calf mortality to just 1% and has no post-weaning growth checks, thanks to...
Environment
Farm plastic bring centres on the cards this week
A new round of farm plastic bring centres has been announced by the Irish Farm Film Producers Group (IFFPG), for farmers...
Environment
Farm plastic bring centres to be held this week
The first of a series of farm plastic bring centres hosted by the Irish Farm Film Producers Group (IFFPG) kicked off...
Environment
Why is it going to cost more to recycle farm plastic this year?
The closure of the Chinese market to seven million tonnes of plastic waste at the beginning of last year has left...
Environment
IFFPG: 27,000t of farm plastic collected for recycling this year
More than 27,000t of farm plastic have been collected for recycling over the course of 2018, according to the Irish...