Environment
AD plant found operating without licence fined over fish kill
A mid-Ulster anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has been forced to cough up almost £3,500, after it was found to have...
Environment
Environment
‘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...
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
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...
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...
Environment
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...
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
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...
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...
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 –...
