
Agri-Business
Call for full investigation into Irish farm plastic industry
The Irish Rural Association has called for a full investigation into the farm plastic industry in Ireland after having discovered...
Agri-Business
The Irish Rural Association has called for a full investigation into the farm plastic industry in Ireland after having discovered...
Agri-Business
A new study has found that the majority of farmers recycle agricultural plastic waste, but illegal burning and burying still...
Agri-Business
The European Commission has today (Thursday, September 15) adopted new rules on the use of recycled plastic for food packaging....
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots, is calling on the public to respond to the single-use plastic (SUP) drinks...
Tillage
There is mounting expectation that Irish farmers could resort back to growing maize crops on a significant scale without the...
Agri-Business
Irish agri machinery giant Samco is seeking clarity on the issue of the EU’s new Single Use Plastic (SUP) Directive...
N.Ireland
Extended corporate responsibility, a deposit return scheme, and laws banning the sale of some single-use plastic items are all options...
Tillage
The sale of single-use plastic that has usually been used to cover maize grown in Ireland is to be banned...
Environment
A new study has found that the agriculture, shipping and fishing sectors are the main sources of plastic pollution in...
Environment
The recently formed group that compromises 11 agricultural processing and food businesses in Ireland – Plastics Action Alliance – has...
Environment
More than 27,000t of farm plastic have been collected for recycling over the course of 2018, according to the Irish...
Tillage
Ireland’s maize acreage is up 10% year-on-year, according to Maizetech’s John Foley. The improved performance was attributed to the continuing...
Machinery
Fastparts, a division of Farmhand, has recently launched a new Hayknife on the Irish market to take the hardship out...
Environment
Plans for a €54m investment in Ireland, producing 40 million litres of motor fuel per annum from plastic, are underway....