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Nitrates related inspections on farms to increase to 4,500 next year
Local authorities are set to carry out nitrates related inspections on at least 3,300 farms this year. But this will...
Environment
Local authorities are set to carry out nitrates related inspections on at least 3,300 farms this year. But this will...
Dairy News
The 2024 nitrates derogation application system and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) portal for dairy farmers to indicate their nitrates dairy banding...
Agri Politics
Tánaiste and Minister for Rural Affairs, Micheál Martin has said that he will support farmers and that “our food production...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) conducted a total of 500 nitrates inspections on behalf of local...
Dairy
Overall, water quality in Ireland “is relatively good compared” to other EU countries, according to the director of Teagasc. Prof....
Environment
Teagasc has updated its Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) online system to reflect proposed changes under the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP)....
Environment
An Taisce has welcomed the High Court’s “rigour” in relation to its ongoing legal challenge against the state’s fifth Nitrates...
Environment
A decision by a High Court judge that a complex legal case, launched by An Taisce, must go ahead on...
Environment
Farmers who export slurry, to comply with nitrates limits, are set to have a four day timeframe in which to...
Environment
The ‘threat’ that Ireland may not retain its Nitrates Derogation past 2027 and that the limit could fall to 170kg...
Agri Politics
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has welcomed proposed changes to nitrates excretion rates but has hit out at...
Dairy Technical
A number of potential mitigation measures for farmers affected by changes to nitrates regulations are to be sent to the...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture has tonight (Thursday, February 29) confirmed new developments on the nitrates front including proposed adjustments to...
Agri-Business
A public consultation on EU rules on nitrates to protect water quality by the European Commission remains open for submissions...
Dairy
Housing cattle indoors is “much more nitrogen efficient” but “bad” for a lot of other reasons, the head of advocacy...
Environment
The “systemic failure” by the state to implement a tailored catchment-based approach, based on the best available science, is setting...
Agri Politics
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Dairy Committee has accused the government of a lack of support for...
Tillage
Driving the use of biostimulants within production agriculture, has been the identification of bespoke bacteria (endophytes) with the ability to...