Tillage
Augustenborg on transport emissions and the need for tillage
Cara Augustenborg would like to talk more about emissions from transport rather than agriculture. The environmental scientist spoke at the...
Emissions
Environment
Minister launches 'code of practice' for reducing ammonia emissions
Minister Michael Creed has launched a code of practice aimed at cutting agricultural ammonia emissions. The minister announced the ‘Code...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Environment
IFA presidential candidate outlines 'environmental proposals'
One of the candidates in this month’s presidential election for the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has outlined a set of...
Environment
Agricultural emissions rise as Ireland misses GHG target again - EPA
Ireland exceeded its emissions budget for the third year running, with agricultural emissions rising over this period, according to the...
Beef
Frank O'Mara: Is reduction in the national herd needed?
By Prof. Frank O’Mara, director of research, Teagasc The debate on how agriculture deals with greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) has...
Environment
2050 targets: Agriculture needs to improve 'environmentally and commercially'
We need to improve agriculture both environmentally and commercially to meet proposed EU targets for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050,...
Environment
Boyle: Bulk of environmental adjustments will have to be made by dairy
Any environmental changes which will be required in the agricultural sector will cost money – and the bulk of the...
Rural Life
Climate committee won't recommend tax on agri-emissions
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action will not recommend a tax on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture when it...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Environment
'Agro-forestry' offers financial benefit if payments extended
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has argued in favour of ‘agro-forestry’, saying it offers financial benefits for farmers, but only...
Environment
Former TD: Wind could offset all of Ireland's agri-emissions
A former TD and European Parliament President has said that wind energy produced here could offset all of Ireland’s agriculture...
Environment
UFU: ‘Genuine partnerships needed to tackle ammonia’
Genuine working partnerships must be at the heart of any plans to tackle ammonia in Northern Ireland, according to the...
Machinery
Emissions: Stage V widens scope to cover all 'non-road vehicles'
Limits on exhaust emissions are getting ever tighter. The start of 2019 will see the introduction of the ‘European Stage...
Environment
Reducing food production could cut emissions - UK report
Reducing demand for beef, lamb and milk by changing diets could help cut back on methane and nitrous oxide emissions,...
Environment
Origin Green could be labelled 'fake news' - Green Party chief
Origin Green – Ireland’s food and drink sustainability programme – is in danger of being labelled “fake news” by our competitors,...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Environment
'Our policy of driving dairy expansion is deeply flawed'
Irish dairy farmers are being urged to prepare for unavoidable “extreme weather shocks” in the coming years, a leading climatologist...
Environment
'We cannot be continuously judged on our past record'
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has said that Ireland must “redouble its sustainability efforts” in...
Environment
Projected increase of 9% in agricultural emissions by 2030
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from Irish agriculture are projected to increase by 9% relative to levels recorded in 2005 by...
Environment
Growing livestock numbers to drive increase in agriculture's GHG emissions
Growing livestock numbers – particularly in the national dairy herd – are set to drive an increase in greenhouse gas...