Agri-Business
The department has set a new deadline this month for participants in ACRES to declare for the LESS action for 2024.
The online facility for the annual declaration of low emission slurry spreading (LESS) under ACRES is now available on the Agfood system.
Environment
Ireland’s ammonia emissions decreased by 1% in 2022, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has called for a VAT exemption for low-emission slurry spreading (LESS) equipment.
N.Ireland
Northern farmers could be missing out on opportunities to harness their cheapest source of organic nutrients, according to advisors.
The EPA has published its greenhouse gas emissions projections for 2019-2040, which sets out an expectation of agricultural reduction.
The environmental chairman of a farm lobby group has called for all farmer investments in LESS to be made exempt from VAT.
Some 88% of farmers have returned Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) forms under GLAS to the Department of Agriculture.
