Environment
Video: Irish Water urges caution on farmers spraying MCPA
Irish Water has issued a statement outlining that pesticide exceedances are on the rise in some counties. The statement, published...
MCPA
Tillage
MCPA detections lowered dramatically under new scheme
This year saw a significant drop nationally in the number of exceedances – in treated water – of the pesticide...
Sponsored
Events to showcase options for life beyond the farm
Two events are set to take place in the north-west to showcase the positives of the Irish dairy sector and...
Environment
Are you tackling rushes the right way?
With increasing detections of MCPA being found in watercourses, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Environmental Protection...
Grass
MCPA: Know your limits
MCPA contamination is a growing problem on Irish farms and the chemical is under threat as a result. In 2016,...
Grass
MCPA monitoring continues...adhere to the label
MCPA monitoring and sampling is continuing in four priority catchments in counties Longford, Kilkenny and Limerick, as part of an...
Tillage
Water to be sampled on a weekly basis for MCPA
Water supplies will be tested once a week for MCPA as part of a new industry-led product stewardship scheme. According...