Louise Hickey

Research ongoing for the effects of cultured meat on farmers
Research ongoing for the effects of cultured meat on farmers

Studies are ongoing by a team of farmers, researchers, and start-ups across the UK on how the advances in cultured...

CAFRE to hold meetings for dairy farmers on cash concerns
CAFRE to hold meetings for dairy farmers on cash concerns

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has organised a series of meetings this month to provide some...

New climate centres set to focus on agri-food and biodiversity
New climate centres set to focus on agri-food and biodiversity

Two new research co-centres for climate change set to begin works in January will focus on sustainable agri-food and biodiversity...

Canadian gov announces methane reduction incentive
Canadian gov announces methane reduction incentive

The government of Canada has announced a methane reduction incentive published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The initiative was...

Study: Distinct targets needed for land-based mitigation
Study: Distinct targets needed for land-based mitigation

Researchers are urging for more detailed national climate goals, with distinct targets for land-based mitigation, separate from actions in other...

Bluetongue hotline launched for farmers and NFU
Bluetongue hotline launched for farmers and NFU

Farmers and National Farmers’ Union (NFU) members in and around the Temporary Control Zone (TCZ) can now access and call...

Italy bans lab-grown meat due to social and economic risks
Italy bans lab-grown meat due to social and economic risks

Italy has become the first nation to ban lab-grown meat, in what the Italian Minister for Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida described...

DSM announces partnership to assessment carbon footprint of food
DSM announces partnership to assessment carbon footprint of food

Animal nutrition and health company DSM has announced a new partnership which it said will see the full farm to...

Lakeland Dairies launches Sustainability Incentive Payment
Lakeland Dairies launches Sustainability Incentive Payment

Lakeland Dairies has launched a farm sustainability strategy, with a key component being a payment to support farmers in carrying...

Feedback brings govt to court over ‘failure’ to reduce meat and dairy
Feedback brings govt to court over ‘failure’ to reduce meat and dairy

The environmental campaign group, Feedback, has taken the government to court over what it claims as a “failure” to ensure...

Dairy processor Saputo to close another US facility
Dairy processor Saputo to close another US facility

One of worlds top 10 dairy processors, Saputo has announced it will permanently close its Lancaster, Wisconsin facility in the...

Agri-food leaders ‘optimistic’ about global food system -Alltech
Agri-food leaders ‘optimistic’ about global food system -Alltech

Overall agri-food leaders are “optimistic” about creating a more sustainable global food system, according to a recent report from Alltech....

NIFRS rescues 30 sheep from field flooding in Co. Down
NIFRS rescues 30 sheep from field flooding in Co. Down

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) was called to the scene of a field flooding in Co. Down to...

Appeal for information after calves injured and beheaded
Appeal for information after calves injured and beheaded

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is appealing for information after two calves were beheaded...

Study: Some wild birds develop immunity to avian flu
Study: Some wild birds develop immunity to avian flu

Some wild birds have developed immunity to the avian flu amid the ongoing H5N1 bird flu epidemic, according to new...

Tánaiste launches new Shared Island Project for rural communities
Tánaiste launches new Shared Island Project for rural communities

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin launched a new Shared Island Project for rural communities this morning (October...

Climate mitigation strategies that the EU can learn from
Climate mitigation strategies that the EU can learn from

With EU carbon levels at a peak globally, the Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) recent conference discussed international climate mitigation strategies...

Pope Francis calls for support on abandonment of fossil fuels
Pope Francis calls for support on abandonment of fossil fuels

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, Pope Francis has called for support for the transition towards clean...