Environment
Hogan proposes scheme to reward farmers for cutting emissions
A ‘Farm Carbon Scheme’ that would see farmers being rewarded for making efforts to voluntarily cut their carbon emissions has...
Environment
Environment
Could an extra-terrestrial manage the planet better than we can?
If you were an extra-terrestrial coloniser and you discovered a new planet in a distant solar system to colonise –...
Environment
How efficient must a farmer become at producing a kilogram of product?
When it comes to agriculture and climate action the focus – with regard to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – needs...
Environment
British public's concern for environment at all-time high
More people than ever before are concerned about damage to the environment, new national statistics published by Natural England show. In...
Environment
CAFRE to host Environmental Farming Scheme farm walk
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise’s Enniskillen Campus will host two farm walks tomorrow (August 28) showcasing work...
Environment
'What are the benefits from a US trade deal we don't have already?'
The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called on the Government to explain what the opportunities are from...
Environment
NFU pens letters to ministers to call for biofuel introduction
Members of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) have penned a series of letters to Government ministers to call for the...
Environment
Farmer fined for effluent pollution of waterway
A farmer has been fined for allowing farm effluent to enter a waterway causing local pollution, according to the Department...
Environment
New Environmental Farming Scheme opens in Northern Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Wider Level will...
Environment
New Environmental Farming Scheme opens in Northern Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Wider Level will...
Environment
UN report: Better land management and dietary changes needed
A new UN report has urged for better land management and dietary changes in efforts to limit the impact of...
Arable
Petition launched to ‘edit’ plant-breeding ruling
The ruling to classify gene-edited crops as genetically modified crops – and to follow the same legislation as these crops...
Arable
Tillage focus: Progressive and open…leading the way in Ontario, Canada
“I built this drill.” That was one of the first things that Mark Brock said when he greeted a group...
Environment
France to seek €1 billion CAP advance as severe drought continues
The French government is set to ask the European Commission for a payment of €1 billion to help its farmers...
Environment
Deforestation in Brazil soars dramatically in first half of July
Deforestation in Brazil in the first half of July 2019 has increased significantly, while controversy still rages over the trade...
Environment
Increasing bioethanol in fuel mix 'crucial' to achieving net-zero goals
The NFU has reiterated its calls for the government to introduce E10 petrol to the fuel mix so that farmers...
Environment
‘Europe can comfortably and sustainably supply all the ethanol that it needs’
The production of fuel ethanol in Europe is sustainable and uses a small amount of land. It does not cause...
Environment
Defra appoints eminent environmental researcher as new chief scientist
Eminent environmental Prof. Gideon Henderson has been appointed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to be...
