Environment
Catchments programme helping farmers improve water quality
The definitive ‘green light’ has yet to be given by the government to Ireland’s fifth Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP). However,...
Environment
The definitive ‘green light’ has yet to be given by the government to Ireland’s fifth Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP). However,...
Agri-Business
The leader of the Rural Independent Group of TDs is calling on the Taoiseach to secure a two-year extension for...
Agri Politics
Some EU member states view Ireland’s nitrates derogation as a “competitive advantage” for farmers here, according to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar....
Agri-Business
A Fine Gael senator has claimed that over 40,000 cows could potentially be slaughtered if the European Commission does not...
Dairy
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue told the European Commissioner for the Environment that the timeline for...
Podcast
Go beyond the headlines with our podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of the key...
Dairy News
The potential for dairy products in Southeast Asia is significant, according to Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture,...
Agri-Business
The EU Commissioner for the Environment Virginijus Sinkevicius is to visit Ireland later this month, Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
Environment
Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey has said the EU Commissioner for the Environment is open to “flexibilities” around implementing Ireland’s...
Dairy News
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that 92% of dairy farmers declared a nitrates excretion...
Dairy News
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that the nitrogen (N) excretion rate for dairy cull...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is calling for nitrates figures to be updated on a weekly basis...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has warned that an Interim review of the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP)...
Dairy
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has reminded farmers that the date by which movements of manure...
Dairy Technical
The export of slurry from highly stocked farms affected by the lowering of the Nitrates Derogation figure appears to a...
Agri-Business
The European Commission has set new reduced limits for the use of nitrites and nitrates as food additives to ensure...
Environment
The Taoiseach told the Dáil today (Wednesday, September 27) that Ireland “going to 175kg organic nitrogen (N)/ha would be catastrophic...
Agri-Business
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed that David Flynn, who was the principal adviser on water in the Department...