Environment
8,800 farmers to receive Nitrates texts
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed to AgriLand that it plans to issue approximately 8,800 text messages tomorrow to those...
Environment
Environment
Leading the way in horticulture
The View from Teagasc: Teagasc,the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, recently launched its ‘Road Maps to Better Farming 2020’, which included...
Environment
Slurry deadline today
The slurry spreading season comes to an end today. The deadline holds little fear for farmers this year when compared...
Environment
Give tanks a final check in preparation for the closed spreading period
The View from Northern Ireland: Recent weather and field conditions have provided an excellent opportunity for livestock farmers to spread any...
Environment
‘Grasping the nettle’ that is farm succession
Alan Jagoe, from the European Council of Young Farmers (ECOYF), has told AgriLand that agriculture must grasp the nettle that...
Environment
€4.7bn wind energy investment as minister blasts 'misinformation'
Ireland will see a total of €4.7bn invested in onshore wind energy projects between now and 2020, and will more...
Environment
Fodder, finance and cashflow
The View from Teagasc: A fodder census of 1,240 farmers in September 2013 showed an overall average fodder surplus of eight per...
Environment
96 ash dieback outbreaks
Just under 100 ash dieback outbreaks in locations across Ireland have been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture. Of these,...
Environment
King of the woods, forest owner think-in under way
The View from Teagasc: The National Forest Owner Groups Conference will take place at the Ballykisteen Hotel near Tipperary town on...
Environment
Climate change is having an impact in a wetter, warmer Ireland
The findings from five Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) research projects on climate change, published this week, examine the impacts of...
Environment
Fodder planning for this winter
The View from Northern Ireland: Brian and Ian Thompson farm around 350 acres at Culmore Point just outside Derry where...
Environment
Continuing interest in photovoltaic panels
The View from Northern Ireland: Many farmers are considering the installation of photovoltaic panels on their farms or on their homes....
Agri-Business
Community wind farm in Tip takes flight
Ireland’s first community owned wind farm in Templederry, Co Tipperary launched this week. Templederry Community Wind Farm counts students, farmers...
Environment
'Application of the wrong soil treatment could cause more harm than good'
The View from Northern Ireland: A large group of farmers from counties Down and Armagh attended a soil compaction and benchmarking...
Environment
Nitrogen extension deadline approaching
Farmers across Ireland have until the end of September to use bagged Nitrogen. Normally mid-September is the deadline to stop applying...
Environment
Clean water key for agri-food industry, EPA
Protecting the environmental resources we already have, including our water resources, will be a priority for the Environmental Protection Agency...
Environment
'Maximising grass growth and use is top priority'
The View from Northern Ireland: Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) President Harry Sinclair has said as autumn rolls in the top...
Environment
Clare tops sea farming water quality league
“Some progress has been made on water quality but there is room for serious improvement by some councils,” according to...
