Agri Politics
Nitrates and forestry on the agenda of agriculture committee
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will tackle the issue of proposed changes to the Nitrates...
Agri Politics
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will tackle the issue of proposed changes to the Nitrates...
Environment
An information webinar on proposed changes to rules under the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) will be held tonight (Monday, September...
Environment
An information webinar on upcoming changes to rules under the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) has been organised for next Monday...
Environment
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that farmers are “furious” with the Department of Agriculture proposals for the next...
Environment
A register of chemical fertiliser sales is in the works currently and is included in the new consultation document for...
Environment
A series of tough new measures for slurry storage are proposed in for Irish farmers in the next draft nitrates...
Environment
A public consultation on Ireland’s draft Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) has been launched. The consultation was launched today (Monday, August...
Environment
A second public consultation on the review of the Nitrates Action Programme is expected to be announced in the coming...
Environment
A study examining the potential of slurry separation technology has suggested the establishment of processing hubs in Northern Ireland could...
Environment
The deadline for the public consultation period of Ireland’s new Nitrates Action Programme is looming, with a closing date of...
Environment
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien have announced the opening of public consultation in relation...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue and the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Darragh O’Brien...
Environment
As of the new year, every farmer stocked at greater than 170kg organic nitrogen per hectare (NPH) is going to...
Agri Politics
The decision of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine to inform farmers of changes in nitrates regulations via a...
Dairy
The most accurate nitrogen excretion figure for the average dairy cow has been found to be 4kg more per year...
N.Ireland
Northern Irish farmers are reminded that the closed spreading period comes into effect from midnight tonight (Monday, October 15), the...
N.Ireland
Grainne McCarney from the crops and sustainability development branch at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) answers...
N.Ireland
With slurry tanks already nearing capacity following a wet summer and autumn, many farmers are eagerly anticipating the start of...