Environment
Separation of slurry helps enhance nitrogen losses, new research finds
The physical separation of pig and cattle slurry into its liquid and solid components will increase the rate of nitrogen...
Environment
World News
How a farmer drilling a well created one of the most beautiful sites in the desert
A farmer digging a well in Nevada to help irrigate his land ended up creating one of the most iconic...
Dairy
Children who grow up on dairy farms may be less likely to develop allergies
Did you grow up on a dairy farm? If so did you know that research has shown that children who...
Rural Life
White Tailed Sea Eagles to soar again this summer
The popular White Tailed Sea Eagle Viewing & Information Point at Mountshannon Pier in Co. Clare has reopened to the...
Environment
Fire service warns of heightened risk of gorse fires with current weather
Landowners should abstain from burning activities as the current warm, dry weather combined with easterly winds has created “tinderbox” conditions, Clare County Fire and...
Environment
Tilting trees causes them to produce more sugars for biofuel
Medical imaging techniques have been used by a team of researchers at Imperial College London, in collaboration with Rothamsted Research, to explore why...
Opinion
It’s time to get tough with rogue farmers
The vast majority of Irish farmers work tirelessly to maintain the fabric of their businesses and, in so doing, act...
Environment
Apply now for 2015 Nitrates Derogation
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney has announced that farmers and their agents can now submit...
Arable
2015 is the International Year of Soils
Healthy soils are critical for global food production. But we are not paying enough attention to this important silent ally,...
Agri-Business
Member States to determine own rules on GMOs
The European Parliament has ruled that Member States should be allowed to determine their own stance on the cultivation of...
Environment
Climate change impacting on the carbon storage potential of soil
The response of soil microbial communities to changes in temperature increases the potential for more carbon dioxide to be released from...
Agri-Business
Photosynthesis breakthrough achieved by Rothamsted scientists
Plants, algae and some bacteria capture light energy from the sun and transform it into chemical energy by the process...
Environment
Almost all Europeans say protecting the environment is important to them
Three years on from the most recent similar Eurobarometer survey, it is clear that, despite the economic crisis, Europeans’ concern...
Environment
Galway test site for innovative textiles to boost EU seaweed farming
An EU-funded AT~SEA project, with Irish partner Oceanfuel Ltd, based in Galway, has developed advanced textiles that give high yields...
Beef
US beef production damages the environment according to new study
Beef production in the US is damaging to the environment, a new study has found. The study states that US...
Environment
Greening measures will do little to improve biodiversity
While the latest reforms of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have been declared significantly ‘greener by the members of...
Environment
New technology turns manure into clean water
Michigan University is using an anaerobic digester to turn manure into clean water and says it can also extract nutrients...
Environment
Minister says changes to commonage criteria will ease burden
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney has stated in the Dail this week that recent changes...
