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Showdown could be looming on Nitrates Expert Group's 20 recommendations
Farm organisations are gearing up for what could be a showdown tomorrow (Friday, December 15) when the Agriculture Water Quality...
Environment
Farm organisations are gearing up for what could be a showdown tomorrow (Friday, December 15) when the Agriculture Water Quality...
Dairy Technical
The question facing many farmers ahead of the maximum stocking rate (SR) under the derogation dropping to 220kg of nitrogen...
Dairy
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that the European Commissioner for the Environment “wants to be helpful” to Irish...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has warned that an Interim review of theĀ NitratesĀ Action Programme (NAP)...
Environment
The government-appointed Nitrates Expert Group has discussed “applying a limit” to the distance that land can be considered within nutrient...
Environment
The Taoiseach told the DĆ”il today (Wednesday, September 27) that Ireland “going to 175kg organic nitrogen (N)/ha would be catastrophic...
Agri Politics
The Taoiseach has been accused of giving farmers “false hope” over the nitrates derogation by the Social Democrats leader Holly...
Environment
The European Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, should have been invited to Ireland at a much earlier stage, according...
Dairy News
A Co. Wicklow dairy farmer has personally told the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue that a...
Dairy News
A professor of public health has questioned why the maximum stocking rate under derogation is set to be reduced. Dr....
Dairy News
The annual Irish Grassland Association (IGA) National Dairy Conference, sponsored by Yara, is taking place today (Wednesday, January 18), where...
Machinery
The arguments for spending large amounts on new a hedge cutter or any other item of machinery are usually strong...
Environment
The European Commission has announced that it is proposing a temporary short-term derogation from rules on crop rotation, and the...
Agri-Business
The derogation allowing for the shooting of wild birds has been extended until the end of July, a government minister...
Beef News
Derogation farmers in Ireland are being reminded that they cannot plough grassland after next Tuesday (May 31). The ploughing probation...
Dairy
Continuous declines in water quality and increases in greenhouse has (GHG) and ammonia emissions will make it more difficult to...
Dairy
This year for the first time, farmers on derogation farms, who are availing of the Nitrates Derogation, have committed to...
Environment
The vice president of the Agricultural Consultantsā Association (ACA), Tom Canning, has given a list of recommendations to ease stocking-rate...