Environment
How to plan safe slurry agitating and spreading
The prohibited period when slurry spreading is not allowed on Irish farms will lift in a couple of weeks. Drowning and...
Environment
Environment
Flexibility to be allowed on hedgecutting dates on pilot basis
New legislation to allow hedgecutting and burning at certain times within the existing closed period on a pilot basis is...
Environment
New rules to curb the influx of pests into the EU
New rules to curb the influx of pests to stop them spreading and eradicate the most dangerous ones were informally...
Environment
Greenhouse Gas emissions from agriculture actually fell last year (but it's still by far the biggest)
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture decreased last year, according to latest research from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It released...
Environment
New tranche of hugely popular Organic Farming Scheme launched
The second tranche of the new Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been launched by the Minister of State at the Department...
Environment
Some Christmas tree growers are sleeping out to protect their trees
Some Christmas tree growers in Co. Wicklow are sleeping out in caravans near their crop to protect them from thieves....
Environment
'Glyphosate unlikely to pose carcinogenic hazard to humans'
Glyphosate, the chemical used widely in pesticides including Roundup, is ‘unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans‘, according to...
Environment
Poor water quality will be the new quota - EPA
Approximately 50% of all water bodies in Ireland require improvement in terms of water quality and this could have a...
Environment
Investment aid scheme worth €4.3m launched for horticulture sector
Some €4.3m has been made available for the 2016 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture...
Environment
65% of dairy farms have a lime requirement
Lime is required on up to 65% of dairy farms, the statistic is a major concern as land is the...
Environment
30% of private wells are contaminated with E.coli - EPA
It is estimated that 30% of private wells in Ireland are contaminated by E. coli arising from animal or human...
Environment
Environment MEPs oppose national GMO import bans proposal
A draft EU law that would enable any member state to restrict or prohibit the sale and use of EU-approved...
Environment
GM crops to be banned in Northern Ireland
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) Environment Minister, Mark H Durkan has announced that he is prohibiting the cultivation of...
Dairy
Carbon to replace milk as the new quota in farming
Carbon will become the new quota in Irish farming, according to Trinity College economist Professor Alan Matthews. Matthews was addressing...
Environment
Love Christmas? Here's your chance to buy a Christmas tree farm
If you’ve ever wanted to buy a Christmas tree farm well now is your chance. A 100ha farm of predominantly Nordmann...
Environment
How to spot the signs of ash dieback
The number of ash dieback cases in Ireland continues to decrease year-on-year and there has been 26 new findings so...
Environment
'Increasing farm incomes more important than reducing emissions'
Farmers and those involved in agri-business see sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes as more important than reducing and removing...
Environment
Schwarzenegger says climate change is not science fiction
Climate change is not science fiction and right now we are failing future generations, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator star...
