Dairy
Budget 2024: Minister confirms slurry storage capacity measures
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that he will seek a number of measures to...
Dairy
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that he will seek a number of measures to...
Dairy
Budget 2024 is expected to deliver enhanced grant aid for farmers constructing slurry storage, in advance of a reduction in...
Dairy
Dairy farmers will have to ensure that their “cows are the best performing and the most efficient” when the lower...
Dairy
The vice-chairperson of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said that the committee “needs to...
Environment
The government has been urged to introduce an “unconditional” 60% grant for slurry storage in Budget 2024 next week, by...
Agri Politics
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today (Wednesday, October 4) told the Dáil that “about 250 farms” will be able to continue to...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has published a “baseline map” specifically setting out the areas where...
Environment
A “path” needs to be afforded to farmers affected by a decision to reduce Ireland’s nitrates derogation, according to the...
Dairy
An as yet unfinalised draft of a map to determine the areas where the nitrates derogation will be reduced may...
Agri-Business
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has called for grant aid for all farmers that are investing in slurry and...
Dairy News
There is “no chance” the decision to reduce the nitrates derogation from 250kg to 220kg of organic nitrogen (N) will...
Agri-Business
Ireland should be looking for pathways to move away from the nitrates derogation and towards farming with less inputs, Green...
Dairy Technical
Exporting slurry has been mentioned as an option for dairy farmers who find themselves exceeding the 220kg limit of organic...
Environment
It was always clear that with the abolition of dairy quotas that all farmers had an obligation towards “the environment,...
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that there needs to be a collective effort by...
Dairy News
Determining what is the sustainable stocking rate for your farm is still the focus for dairy farmers impacted by the...
Dairy
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has said that it is seeking an “urgent meeting” with Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Dairy
Cattle-only nitrogen and phosphorous (N and P) statements from January 1, to August 31, 2023 are now available online the...