Tillage
The importance of buffer zones on tillage farms
Buffer zones play an important role in helping to prevent sediment, nutrient loss and pesticides entering watercourses. Current regulations require...
watercourses
Environment
Farmers advised to find out quality status of local rivers
Farmers have been advised by Teagasc to find out the water quality status of their local rivers to mitigate phosphorus,...
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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
Warnings to curb agri run-off into waters during silage season
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has appealed to farmers to help protect Ireland’s rivers and lakes from agricultural pollution during the...
Environment
IFI: Warning issued as landowner fined for disturbance of river habitat
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has appealed to landowners to make contact with the agency before carrying out works on or...
Environment
'Thousands of kilometres of new fencing' needed on heavily stocked farms
As of the new year, every farmer stocked at greater than 170kg organic nitrogen per hectare (NPH) is going to...
Environment
Biodiversity and intensive farming can live side-by-side
Promoting biodiversity on farm does not have to be difficult and it certainly does not mean that you cannot farm...
Environment
All you need to know about watercourses in GLAS
The Department of Agriculture has produced a frequently asked questions about GLAS and we’ve pulled together all the information available...