Environment
Farm org wants deferral of LESS rule for farms under 130kgN/ha
A farm organisation is calling for new rules requiring farmers with stocking rates below 130kg of organic nitrogen (N) per...
Nitrates
Agri-Business
Further €50m for Dutch farmers closing livestock sites
The European Commission has approved a further €50 million to compensate Dutch livestock farmers for voluntarily closing livestock farming sites...
Grass
Reminder: Guidance on N and P allowance for farmers
The closed period for spreading chemical fertiliser begins on September 15 which is just over three weeks from now and...
Agri Politics
Senator sceptical about timing of nitrates derogation plan
A Fine Gael senator has questioned if a recently published Oireachtas committee report was even considered as part of the...
Agri-Business
Committee urges government to fund national slurry storage project
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is calling on the government to provide funding for a...
Agri Politics
Nitrates case referral adds to uncertainty for farmers - Gorman
The referral of a legal challenge to Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will...
Environment
Judge refers An Taisce nitrates legal challenge to European court
A High Court judge presiding over a legal challenge launched by An Taisce against the State’s fifth Nitrates Action Programme...
Agri-Business
Appeal finds ‘nitrates credit' should apply to BVD restricted farmer
An appeals officer determined that a “nitrates credit” should have been applied in the case of a farmer who was...
Dairy
Every farmer 'needs to pitch in' on water quality issues - Dairygold chair
Every farmer needs to “pitch in and do their part” – both derogation farmers and non derogation farmers – to...
Environment
EPA: All farmers have a role to play in water quality
“All farmers, and not just those in derogation, have a role to play in reducing nutrient losses to water,” according...
Dairy
Research: Reducing derogation could be 'useful' to reduce risks to water quality
Research has suggested that reducing Ireland’s nitrates derogation could be “useful” in reducing risks to water quality. This was revealed...
Dairy
DAFM chief inspector talks fertiliser database and derogation
Industry sources have indicated that some farmers are buying fertiliser from Northern Ireland in order to avoid having their fertiliser...
Environment
An Taisce: 'Step change' needed to improve water quality
An Taisce has called for a “step change” in the water quality measures being asked of Irish farmers to address...
Agri Politics
Fianna Fáil defends stance on nitrates derogation
The Fianna Fáil party has defended its stance on the issue of Ireland’s nitrates derogation by stating that it “is...
Agri-Business
Seven-year 'Better Farming for Water' campaign launched
Teagasc has today (Thursday, May 30) launched the ‘Better Farming for Water’ campaign which aims to support farmers to reduce...
Agri Politics
Kelly commits to convene nitrates derogation meeting in Brussels
Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly has pledged to convene a meeting on Ireland’s nitrates derogation in Brussels if he is...
Agri-Business
Over 7,200 online applications for 2024 nitrates derogation
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has received a total of 7,238 online applications for the 2024...
Agri-Business
Farmers and politicians urged to attend Lakeland water quality day
Lakeland Dairies is urging farmers and politicians across the country to attend an upcoming water quality meeting. The processor is...