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IFA chair calls on Department to investigate alternatives to splash plate ban
James Hanly
A motion brought forward by the IFA Tipperary county chair, Baden Powell, against the ban on splash plate slurry spreaders for hill farmers has received the full support of the other county chairs.
20 April 2025 News
Spot spraying can reduce inputs and improve efficiency
Spot spraying is here and can be used at field scale. It has the potential to save on inputs, but for now is probably limited to large-scale farms.
16 April 2025 Climate and environment
Rewetting option for ACRES farmers later this year
Work is also underway to find out how private funding could be used to get carbon farming off the ground.
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Farmers warned to control noxious weeds now
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IFA chair calls on Department to investigate alternatives to splash plate ban
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Demand continues to drive calf trade in Bandon
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Britain upgrades risk of foot-and-mouth incursion to medium
INHFA calls for investigation into EU funding of NGOs
This comes after a statement from the European Commission that acknowledged how funding for the EU LIFE programme may have funded “undue lobbying activities” by environmental NGOs.
16 April 2025 Climate and environment
Action plan on way for reducing age at slaughter
The Climate Action Plan targets an average slaughter age of 24 to 25 months for prime cattle by 2025.
15 April 2025 Climate and environment
Managing varieties not crops to target issues
It is important to know the strengths and weaknesses of the varieties that you are growing, writes Siobhán Walsh.
15 April 2025 Crop protection
GAEC 2 debacle highlights leadership issues in agriculture
Delaying GAEC 2 or suggesting it can be ignored will just result in more hardship for farmers, writes Ray O Foghlú.
9 April 2025 Climate and environment
Corncrake farmers receive €400,000 as numbers rise
Corncrakes are birds of low-intensity grasslands so many farmers have opted to reduce stocking density and levels of grass production while also allowing predator control to occur on their lands.
9 April 2025 Climate and environment
Concerns over re-use of ACRES scorecards
The INHFA has warned that ACRES scorecards cannot become a 'stick to beat farmers with' into the future.
9 April 2025 News
Uisce Éireann fined over €9,000 for sewage pollution in Cavan
The water utility was found to have committed a water pollution breach at a court case in Cavan District Court on 7 February.
9 April 2025 Climate and environment
Nutrient trading scheme recommended in new report
A Teagasc-led report has raised the idea of introducing a nutrient rights trading scheme, similar to emissions trading schemes, as a route that could improve water quality.
7 April 2025 Climate and environment
Minister insists GAEC 2 rules are not a land designation
Minister Heydon said that if a farmer believes that a land parcel has been incorrectly included in the standard, they can appeal that decision to the Department of Agriculture.
6 April 2025 Climate and environment