Proposals from Fine Gael to introduce a reduction target for methane would be “damaging to Ireland’s rural economy and global climate emissions”, according…
The Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Environmental Committee chairman, Thomas Cooney, has confirmed he will be putting his name forward for the position of…
The voluntary resource management programme – Smart Farming – has announced its 2019 results with average cost savings on participating farms of €6,336. The…
A farm-lobby group’s environmental chairman has today called for the Irish Government to veto the looming EU/Mercosur deal if it favours South American…
A recent report from the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) has included a recommendation to introduce “short-term carbon budgets”. The Irish Farmers’…
The environmental chairman of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called for a farmer support scheme to encourage farmers to undertake soil conditioning…
The Smart Farming Programme Leader has expressed his delight following Smart Farming’s receipt of the inaugural Talamh Agri-Innovation Award at the RDS Spring…
Local authorities must develop plans to address the annual increase in countryside dumping that takes place post-Christmas, a farm-lobby group’s environmental chairman has pointed…