Louise Hickey

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...

Rural Northern Ireland facing ‘double-edged sword’ with cost of living
Rural Northern Ireland facing ‘double-edged sword’ with cost of living

Northern Ireland is facing a “double-edged sword” in rural areas between the current cost of living crisis and “lack of...

US corn exports drop by 34% as competition increases
US corn exports drop by 34% as competition increases

As the end of the marketing year for corn and soybeans draws to a close, a report published this week...

Using industrial heat in the dairy sector to reach climate goals
Using industrial heat in the dairy sector to reach climate goals

Tom Marren, chair of the non-profit organisation E Heat, believes the “only way” to reach climate goals in the dairy...

Ukraine: Exporting 4m tonnes of grain a month is ‘possible’
Ukraine: Exporting 4m tonnes of grain a month is ‘possible’

The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski has said that exporting four million tonnes of grain per month from Ukraine...

DairyNZ warns some farmers will make a loss this season
DairyNZ warns some farmers will make a loss this season

New Zealand dairy organisation DairyNZ has warned that some farmers in the country will make a loss this season and...