Environment
Green light for 10ac anaerobic digestor development in Carnaross
Plans to develop an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility to generate biomethane gas and bio-fertiliser have taken a major step forward...
Environment
Plans to develop an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility to generate biomethane gas and bio-fertiliser have taken a major step forward...
Opinion
I sense that tremendous opportunities are about to come the way of the Irish food industry. And we will have...
Dairy Technical
Getting slurry tested to determine its nutrient value could go a long way in reducing the requirement for chemical fertiliser...
Dairy Technical
Your farm doesn’t need a river or stream running through it, or even a drain, for nitrate to be leaching...
Agri-Business
Measures to reduce livestock emissions, nutrient recycling, as well as environmentally friendly food-production systems have recently been discussed at an...
Dairy Technical
Although current weather conditions wouldn’t suggest it, the harvesting of first-cut silage is just over two months away for most...
N.Ireland
Culling badgers will have “no meaningful impact” on campaigns designed to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB), according to a leading UK...
Opinion
A much criticised feature of the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) is the likely exclusion of dribble bar slurry...
Agri-Business
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that the sequencing of the slurry storage option in the new...
Beef
Some concerns from farmers thinking about, or in the process of transitioning to organic production has centred around growing enough...
Tillage
Teagasc has used its first crop report of 2023 to flag up a number of technical issues, which will be...
Dairy Technical
As the calving season gets underway on farms across the country, the workload for dairy farmers is greatly increased. But...
N.Ireland
As the open season for the spreading of organic manure begins in less than two weeks’ time on February 1,...
Dairy Technical
Chemical fertiliser prices remain high in 2023 and thus slurry remains a valuable asset on farms to grow grass. The...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that it has received confirmation that the slurry storage scheme in Budget 2023...
Buildings
Collecting yards are the only exemption in terms of the requirement to cover (roof) slurry storage on farms under the...
Dairy Technical
The busiest time of the year is approaching for spring-calving dairy farmers, with the workload on farms about to significantly...
N.Ireland
According to the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisors in Northern Ireland, farmers can take a number...