Environment
The decision by EU member states to support a European Commission proposal on the use of recovered...
Agri-Business
Up to 99,000t of farm waste is set to be processed at a brand new biomethane facility in Co. Mayo...
Planning approval for a biomethane anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Co. Kildare is being sought...
Dairy
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has published the maximum nitrates...
There has been a "significant" fall in the number of Irish farms with uncovered slurry storage...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has successfully lobbied the Northern Ireland Environment Agency...
As the end of the year is fast approaching, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
InformBio, led by Munster Technological University (MTU) in collaboration with Teagasc, University...
As the slurry season comes to an end, Northern Ireland (NI) Water is reminding farmers to protect...
Tillage
Before tillage farmers start applying organic manures to stubble ground or crops, two questions...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has reminded farmers that the date by...
Losses from the nitrogen cycle "cannot be eliminated" so the livestock sector needs to minimise...
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has been accused of hiding...
Pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca has announced it is switching to biogas produced from cow...
The EU is set to ask member states to encourage the use of "good, evidence-based, manure management...
Beef News
Teagasc has recently outlined the soil nutrient and financial values of a range of different...
The aggregate volume of slurry applied through Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) increased from...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued a reminder to farmers to...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that cattle only nitrogen...
The results of a study, looking at the potential for biomethane production in Northern Ireland,...
Machinery News
Vogelsang have long recognised the importance of retaining and evenly reapplying nutrients that...
Video
In this installment of CROPS WATCH, John Mulhare discusses how early management of beet is key to...
The closed period for the spreading of farmyard manure starts on November 1 and will last until...
