Environment
Is it time to regulate products sold outside the farmgate?
Yesterday, June 29, AgriLand published data showing that agriculture accounted for approximately half of the plant protection products sold in...
Environment
Yesterday, June 29, AgriLand published data showing that agriculture accounted for approximately half of the plant protection products sold in...
Tillage
Agriculture is often deemed the main user of plant protection products in this country. Tractors and sprayers travel the roads...
Tillage
The EU Farm to Fork strategy plans to reduce the use of pesticides by 50% by 2030. With this in...
Tillage
Figures from the Department of Agriculture show that 17% of all pesticides on the market in Ireland in 2018 were...
Agri Politics
Is the EU Commission’s plan to simply import from countries in which food is not produced ‘sustainably’ and to turn...
Tillage
AgriLand has compiled comprehensive lists of herbicides, fungicides, plant growth regulators and insecticides (see below). As always, when applying pesticides farmers...
Tillage
Tillage farmers are busy spraying these days and will be in the coming weeks. At this time of the year,...
Tillage
A new report from the EU Court of Auditors is calling for the use of integrated pest management (IPM) to...
Environment
A farm inspection can be a stressful occasion, especially when records are not in order. Being prepared can help to...
Tillage
A watercourse is not just what appears on your BPS map, according to James Caplis of the Department of Agriculture,...
Beef
Pesticide regulations are often associated with tillage farmers. In a way it makes sense, the majority of tillage farmers use...
Tillage
Ensuring waterways are not contaminated with pesticides is essential. Upcoming training days, which are tailored for Irish agriculture and aimed...
Tillage
Teagasc published the eighteenth edition of ‘Approved Pesticides for use on Vegetable Crops’ in April. The book includes a host...
Agri Politics
The European Parliament’s Vice-President and MEP Mairead McGuinness has pointed to the rules on sustainable use of pesticides and how...
Environment
Plans to increase trust in the EU approval procedure of pesticides, by making it more transparent and accountable, were given...
Agri Politics
The European Parliament is set to hold a major vote on the EU policy regarding pesticides later today (Wednesday, January...
Tillage
This year saw a significant drop nationally in the number of exceedances – in treated water – of the pesticide...
Tillage
As the crop walking season gets off to a start, albeit a slow one, it is important to make sure...