Dairy
A lot of farmers across the country were still skeptical of spreading protected urea throughout the 2025 season.
Environment
Teagasc has been reminding farmers that the deadline to declare fertiliser closing stocks is fast approaching, with the final date next week.
Agri-Business
Representatives of the fertiliser industry have called for the government to make "urgent" representation for the postponement of the CBAM.
DAFM have reminded farmers of the technical notice issued in February 2025 regarding the restriction of unprotected urea.
Beef
With the fine weather over the weekend, a lot of farmers may lifted their second cut of silage or left paddocks aside for hay.
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Tillage
Teagasc’s Veronica Nyhan referenced the disquiet expressed by some farmers regarding the performance achieved from protected urea.
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Protected urea is urea nitrogen (N) fertiliser made safe from ammonia loss through the addition of a urease inhibitor.
N.Ireland
United Feeds is confirming that protected urea has accounted for 50% of all nitrogen (N) sold by the business over the past three years.
Ireland’s ammonia emissions decreased by 1% in 2022, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Tirlán will continue its support of lower-emissions fertiliser for the coming season and support farmers to switch to protected urea.
The Irish government could step in to mandate the spreading of protected urea if farmers do not voluntarily commit to use it.
The Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) said the government must be proactive on ensuring there are sufficient supplies of protected urea.
The Fertilizer Association of Ireland (FAI) has just published a new technical bulletin entitled: Improving farm nitrogen use efficiency.
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According to Teagasc, chemical fertiliser usage on Irish farms – grassland and tillage – continues to decline.
Grassland Agro is confirming that retail standard urea price this week is around €850-860/t in 500kg bags on pallets
Tillage Technical
Land, machinery and nitrogen fertiliser, and whether to consider urea, are the big ticket items that farmers have to address.
