Tillage
Have you considered using biopesticides to help protect your crops?
Biopesticides are increasing in popularity, as the mindset of consumers changes and more and more agricultural chemicals go off the...
Tillage
Biopesticides are increasing in popularity, as the mindset of consumers changes and more and more agricultural chemicals go off the...
Tillage
Record keeping is part and parcel of tillage farming in Ireland. Therefore, it’s important to get it done now to...
Tillage
The recent snow has left land in very wet conditions. Therefore, now might be the time to catch up on...
Tillage
The European Commission Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) voted on the criteria which determine endocrine disruptors...
Tillage
A vote is expected to take place on the future of neonicotinoids – the most widely-used insecticide in the world...
Tillage
‘Non-metal tools of tillage farming’ is the theme of this year’s Irish Tillage and Land Use Society (ITLUS) conference. The...
Tillage
It’s now a year since sprayer testing – and two years since professional user training – became mandatory under the...
Tillage
A blunt warning has been issued to MEPs in Brussels by a leading UK tillage specialist against the perceived over-zealous...
Agri-Business
A total of 15.2% of sales are lost in Ireland each year due to counterfeit pesticides, a loss of €15m,...
Agri Politics
The European Commission has decided to register a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) inviting the Commission “to propose to Member States...
Machinery
To date, approximately 3,500 pesticide sprayers have been issued with certification labels by the Department of Agriculture to registered Equipment...
Environment
The number of public water supplies affected by pesticides that was noted in 2014 continued to increase last year, according...
Agri-Business
Of all the food samples collected in the EU in 2014, 97% were free of pesticide residues or contained traces that...
Environment
Under the Sustainable Use Directive (SUD) all boom sprayers greater than 3m and all blast and orchard sprayers must be...
Tillage
Some 24,000 applications to be a registered professional user of pesticides have been approved to date by the Department of...
Rural Life
The Sustainable Use Directive (SUD) is an EU directive that covers all aspects of pesticides use and was transposed in...
Environment
Nitrile gloves should be the first thing a farmer puts on before he/she starts using chemicals or a knapsack, John...
Environment
As of November 2, 2015 a total of 4,532 people have registered with the Department of Agriculture as trained and registered...