N.Ireland
'No one talks about the suffering badgers'
Farmers at an Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) meeting held earlier this week said they felt appalled that badgers were being...
Environment
N.Ireland
Tyrone AD plant becomes first in the UK to earn industry certification
A Co. Tyrone anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has become the first in the UK to be certified under a scheme...
Environment
Bulk fertiliser spreading: How much does it cost?
Now that the fertiliser prohibited period has come to an end, some farmers are busy agitating and emptying slurry storage...
Environment
Umbilical slurry spreading: How much does it cost?
As slurry tanks reach capacity, agricultural contractors are gearing up for a busy period of spreading slurry. This comes as...
Environment
How much are contractors charging for slurry spreading?
Slurry tanks around the country are reaching capacity and agricultural contractors are gearing up for a busy spell. This comes...
N.Ireland
Slurry petition calls for end to 'calendar farming craziness'
Approximately 2,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the slurry ban to be scrapped in Northern Ireland. The...
N.Ireland
Court forces fuel-laundering farmer to pay back £15,500
A Crossmaglen farmer involved in fuel laundering has had £15,571 (€17,518) confiscated in court after 127t of domestic and commercial waste...
Agri-Business
Could NI's AD industry be used as a pilot for nutrient management?
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) could allow farmers to more effectively manage nutrient loading if digestate is correctly applied, researchers told delegates...
Agri-Business
103 Anaerobic Digestion plants approved in Northern Ireland as AD sector booms
Northern Ireland’s Anaerobic Digestion (AD) sector is set to rocket within the next half decade. A government official who deals...
Environment
Caterpillar fined for diesel spill which saw 40,000L end up in the Irish Sea
Caterpillar (NI) has been fined after a spill at its Co. Antrim factory saw more than 40,000L of diesel make its...
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted for fish kill through slurry contamination
A Fermanagh farmer was today convicted of allowing slurry to enter a waterway – causing a major fish kill –...
N.Ireland
Dairy farmer fined for waterway pollution
A Co. Tyrone farmer has been fined for polluting a waterway in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of Agriculture,...
N.Ireland
Antrim farmer charged £5,000 for waste offences
A farmer from Co. Antrim was fined £5,000 (€5,647) for four breaches of waste management legislation by Coleraine Magistrates Court on...
Environment
Two farmers fined for polluting waterways
Two farmers in Northern Ireland have been fined for polluting waterways, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
N.Ireland
Glyphosate ban ‘would squeeze UK wheat output by 20%’
A ban on herbicides containing glyphosate would reduce British wheat production by 20%, according to research from the UK’s Crop...
Machinery
Will this unconventional slurry spreading system escape proposed splash-plate ban?
At the moment, there is a growing fear among farmers that steps could be taken to ban traditional splash-plate slurry...
N.Ireland
Farmers fined in connection with fish kill incident
Two farmers from Co. Fermanagh have been fined recently at Omagh Magistrates’ Court, in connection with a fish kill incident....
N.Ireland
EU pumps €8.1 million into cross-border environmental recovery fund
A cross-border environmental project that will protect endangered species and restore natural habitats is to receive €8.1 million in funding,...
