Agri-Business
H2Trac suffers a second bankruptcy
Bold initiatives to produce complex tractors from the ground up, straight from the drawing board are risky enterprises, and it...
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Agri-Business
The twentysomethings changing the future of agriculture
Electric-powered trailers, modular vertical farming units, mushroom-picking robots, probiotics for plants and more-efficient fertilisers. These are just some of the...
Agri-Business
Royal DSM starts construction of Scottish manufacturing plant
Royal DSM has began construction of a new manufacturing facility at its site in Dalry, Scotland. The plant will significantly...
N.Ireland
Animal breeding essential in meeting climate change targets – CEO
Animal breeding programmes will be at the core of agriculture’s efforts to meet its climate change targets over the next...
N.Ireland
ABP invests £1.5m in farm sustainability programme
ABP Food Group has today (Tuesday, November 22) announced an investment of £1.5 million in a sustainability programme open to...
N.Ireland
Animal breeding strategies key to tackling global warming
Specifically designed animal breeding strategies will be able to identify cattle and sheep that inherently produce less methane than others....
N.Ireland
How best to decarbonise NI’s entire energy supply?
Northern Ireland has successfully managed to decarbonise almost 50% of its total energy supply over the past ten years, research...
N.Ireland
NZ beef and lamb among most carbon efficient in the world
New research on agricultural emissions has shown that the carbon footprint of beef and lamb produced in New Zealand (NZ)...
Agri-Business
New Holland with new developments at SIMA
New Holland has taken the opportunity at SIMA to present a wide range of new machines and revamps which has...
N.Ireland
Reducing carbon footprint of dairy farms is achievable – AFBI
Reducing the carbon footprint of dairy farms is achievable. However, a range of tools will be needed to effect change....
N.Ireland
Farmers in New Zealand protest against agri emissions tax
Farmers in New Zealand have engaged in nationwide protests today (Thursday, October 20), against proposals by the government to introduce...
Agri-Business
Fonterra to invest $1 billion by 2030 to cut emissions
New Zealand dairy co-operative and processor Fonterra will invest NZ$1 billion (€582 million at the current exchange rate) by 2030...
N.Ireland
'Tackling endemic disease has a clear impact on farm efficiency' - AHWNI
The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and overall carbon footprint on-farm is something the industry is taking very seriously,...
N.Ireland
Livestock farmers in NI urged to see benefits of anaerobic digestion
Anaerobic digestion in Northern Ireland provides a solution to the ongoing trilemma faced by farmers when it comes to environment,...
N.Ireland
Is converting grassland to tillage unsustainable?
Converting farms from grassland to tillage would lead to regular crop failures, according to recent research. This research involved an...
N.Ireland
How will the dairy sector reduce its carbon footprint?
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) senior advisor, Alan Agnew, has highlighted steps that dairy farmers can take...
Agri-Business
Group revenue at Arla increases by 17%
Total Arla group revenue was €6.38 billion for first half of 2022 – up 17% compared to €5.44 billion in...
Environment
‘White paper’ on challenge of GHGs for Europe’s livestock sector
A ‘white paper’ examining the key issues involved in measuring and tackling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within livestock production has...
