Environment
Expanding the Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme
The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is delivered through a panel of contractors, appointed through a competitive tendering process. Since...
Energy
Environment
Energy in Agriculture conference gets set to 'arm farmers with knowledge'
Energy is part of the Irish agriculture story and while it’s never going to be the only income from a...
Sponsored
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
Energy and diversification event to focus on maximising farm grant payments
Farmers wanting advice on the opportunities presented by newly launched Government funding through the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH)...
Environment
An incredible, small island that can lead the way on renewable energy...
In Ireland, we need to look at what can work for us in terms of energy and understand better how...
Dairy
Want to generate a little extra profit for your dairy farm?
Last week, on Thursday, July 11 –Â during one of the Farm Relief Services’ (FRS) Smarter Milking events – Teagasc’s Micheal...
Dairy
'No silver bullet approach' to cutting energy usage
At this year’s ‘Dairy Sustainability Day’, Teagasc’s John Upton outlined some ways in which farmers can reduce their energy usage...
Agri-Business
Hogan urges action on sub-sea interconnector as Brexit looms
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, has called for “urgent action” on plans for a €1...
Opinion
Energy crops are a distraction for Irish farmers
Energy crops, such as miscanthus and fast-growing poplars, should have no role to play within Ireland’s land use management plans...
Sponsored
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...
Tillage
Cost benefits of beet and maize continue to be promoted
“People know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” This was how Brian Reidy, of Premier Farm Nutrition,...
Agri Politics
'Wartime measures' needed to ignite biofuel industry in Ireland
“Wartime measures” may ultimately be needed to curb the use of fossil oil on Europe’s roads and drive momentum towards...
Environment
Energy Now Expo 2017 to take place in Kilkenny tomorrow
The Energy Now Expo 2017 will take place on October 25 and 26, at The Hub, Cillin Hill, Co. Kilkenny....
Environment
€17 million fund for Renewable Heat Incentive scheme in Budget 2018
A total fund of €17 million will be allocated for the government’s long-anticipated Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, with €7...
Agri-Business
103 Anaerobic Digestion plants approved in Northern Ireland as AD sector booms
Northern Ireland’s Anaerobic Digestion (AD) sector is set to rocket within the next half decade. A government official who deals...
Agri-Business
The good, bad and ugly of solar energy on Irish farms
Some 2,500 people attended the Energy in Agriculture event in Gurteen College, Co. Tipperary earlier this week. Farmers from all...
Sponsored
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....
Other
'Forestry returns have the potential to enhance farm financial fitness'
Possible forestry returns have the potential to enhance financial fitness on the farm, according to Fianna Fail TD Timmy Dooley. Speaking...
Agri-Business
'An efficient farm is more likely to be a profitable farm'
An efficient farm is more likely to be a profitable farm, with lower carbon emissions per unit of output, Teagasc...
Dairy
Calls for tax reliefs for energy efficient equipment to be extended to farmers
Tax reliefs for investment in energy efficient equipment should be extended to sole-traders including farmers, according to the Chairperson of ICMSA’s...