Environment
Key guide to new Nitrates derogation published
Ireland’s application for a renewal of its derogation under the Nitrates Directive has completed all stages of the approval process...
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Fodder warning still in place
The improvement in weather and ground conditions has been welcomed by Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, but he also warned...
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Ireland's forestry to be evaluated
Ireland’s forestry programme for 2014-2020 is to be evaluated. The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
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Key regulations when transferring slurry between farms
With the weather up to recently making slurry spreading near impossible, many farmers who had slurry tanks at full capacity...
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AHI stress vital few BVD PIs remain on farm
“Good progress has been made by the end of the first year of the compulsory phase of the BVD eradication...
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Level of the Shannon expected to stabilise or fall, as flood risk study continues
The level of the Shannon is expected to stabilise or fall marginally over the next five days. That is according...
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Low uptake of rainwater harvesting scheme
Just 94 farmers applied to the Department of Agriculture‘s Rainwater Harvesting Scheme by the closing date of 31 December 2013....
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Latest thinking on IBR vaccination programmes
According to Zoetis veterinarian Mary Newman, between 70 and 80 per cent of Irish cattle herds are infected with IBR. “This...
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Managing hedgerows to benefit wildlife as deadline looms
More than 450,000ha or 6.4 per cent of the country is covered by hedgerows, individual trees and small woodland patches...
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Genetic clues to TB-resistant cattle
Scientists have identified genetic traits in cattle that might allow farmers to breed livestock with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis...
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Report critical of EirGrid plans
The case for EirGrid’s Grid 25, based on a need to upgrade the transmission system to accommodate additional wind generation and...
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New grass varieties will constitute a ‘green’ flooding defence
With large swathes of the country still under water, it is appropriate to highlight the research work that is currently...
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Imported fodder payments of €2.4m issued, more on the way
UPDATE: More than 18,000 farmers benefited under the Imported Fodder Transport Scheme, under which, to date, payments worth some €2.4m...
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'1,000 farm families keen for Midland wind farms'
An outline of Element Power‘s Greenwire project to develop 40 wind farms on 20,000 hectares of lands in the Midlands...
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Haulage of fodder to be exempt in new height limits
UPDATE: The drafting of exemptions is under way for the haulage of agricultural fodder in Ireland’s height limits regulations brought...
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Calls for EU flood relief funding as many dairy farmers still without electricity
The ICMSA is calling on the Government to apply for additional flood relief funding from the EU following last week’s...
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'Extraordinary storm as next 48 hours critical'
There was significant damage and disruption in the transport and energy sectors across Ireland caused by yesterday’s storm. This is...
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MEPs call for stronger measures to boost food safety in the EU
MEPs voted on new legislation this week in the areas to tackle animal diseases, such as African swine fever, more...
