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Margins in silage for AD make sense for drystock but not dairy - Teagasc
Noel Bardon
It could make more financial sense for the average suckler farmer to grow silage for steel rather than sucklers, Teagasc research suggests.
27 November 2024 Renewables
Too late to change Ireland’s anaerobic digestion direction?
Stephen Robb looks ahead at some of the challenges facing the next Government as Ireland’s fledgling anaerobic digestion industry struggles to get off the ground.
20 November 2024 Renewables
Critical farm renewables reset needed
With an election looming, in the first of two articles, Stephen Robb explores whether it is time for a critical reset in our approach to renewable electricity development on farms.
New 98,000t AD plant proposed at Lisheen Mine
The proposed anaerobic digestion (AD) plant is located close to an operational sludge AD plant, as well as a proposed large-scale AD, compost and growing media facility in the area.
13 November 2024 News
Meath AD plant looks for farmer investors
The AD plant, located in Carnaross, Meath, is seeking farmers and co-ops to invest in the project.
13 November 2024 News
Meath AD plant seeks farmer investors and claims 18% return
The AD plant, located in Carnaross, Co Meath, is looking for investors, including farmers and co-ops, to invest in the project.
11 November 2024 News
Dublin AD plant to build slurry stores for farmers
They said the minimum viable landholding that would allow them to build a slurry tank is around 500ac, and the farmer must use the digestate for 10 years or more.
6 November 2024 News
10,000ac digestate opportunity for Dublin and Meath farmers
Located just off the M50 in Huntstown, Bia Energy is seeking to partner with farmers for long-term digestate agreements and, in return, will build slurry tanks for them, writes Stephen Robb.
6 November 2024 Renewables
Nephin and Gas Networks Ireland to collaborate on biomethane
Nephin Renewable Gas, the company aiming to become Ireland's largest developer of anaerobic digestion plants, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Gas Networks Ireland.
6 November 2024 Renewables
Danish farmers paid to build slurry tanks for AD
Danish energy supplier, Nature Energy, spoke during an Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) information webinar about the prospects of bioeconomy.
30 October 2024 News
What does CycleØ’s €100m AD investment mean for farmers?
Stephen Robb talks to James Manley about what his company’s decision to invest €100 million and build four new anaerobic digestion plants in Ireland means for farmers.
30 October 2024 Renewables
Editorial: real rural issues in our content
Our content must reflect the real issues affecting families in rural Ireland.
30 October 2024 Viewpoints