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Healthy soil is the foundation of profitable and sustainable farming. Post-harvest is a crucial...
Dairy
Farmers are farming in the most sustainable manner by being more efficient with nutrients and using...
Environment
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has called for flexibility to be provided to farmers with...
With about four weeks left to spread chemical fertiliser nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), timing is...
Tillage
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is forecasting a rise in crop...
Beef
The use of ground limestone as a fertiliser declined in 2024 according to data from the Department...
As cows transition from pasture to indoor housing, winter milk production presents unique...
Agri-Business
Research looks at effects of organic and mineral fertiliser on soil health. Tucked away in the...
Fertiliser manufacturer Yara has reported that its revenue and other income stood at over $7.5...
Generally speaking, if you are thinking of a third cut of silage, you are not going to need as much...
In 2023, 9.3 million tonnes of mineral fertilisers - nitrogen and phosphorus - were used in...
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has written to the Minister for Agriculture,...
Soil fertility may be holding a lot of farms back in terms of grass growth, as it is often the...
Irish farmers are facing unprecedented levels of bureaucracy, with 60% naming rules and regulations...
As grass growth rates pick up with the mix of rain and heat in the soil over the last couple of...
The president of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA), Francie Gorman has slammed EU plans to...
A new EU tax related to greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions coming from imported fertiliser, due to come...
Rural Life
Vet bills, fertiliser costs and the price of plant pesticides all increased in the 12-month period...
New tariffs imposed by the EU on fertilisers coming from Russia and its geopolitical ally Belarus...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that 694,050t of fertiliser was...
Global crop nutrition company, Yara, has completed its long-term investment in liquid fertiliser...
The European Parliament has given the green light for the EU to introduce tariffs on fertiliser...
We are heading towards the end of May and, thankfully, we are looking at fertilising second-cut...
A vote by a committee of MEPs in the European Parliament backing customs duties on fertiliser...
Grass growth has taken off in the last week to 10 days, which has left many farms with an abundance...
Agri Politics
The European Parliament Agriculture and Rural Development Committee (AGRI) has voted to support...
