LATEST ARTICLES
News
New 98,000t AD plant proposed at Lisheen Mine
Stephen Robb
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.
30 October 2024 News
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.
19 October 2024 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: weekend weather will end grazing for some
If the coming weekend falls as bad as is promised, it will spell the end of grazing for some farmers.
Farmer found guilty of assaulting minister in cow dung case
Judge Gabbett said that he “must convict” Joseph Baldwin of the assault and the public order offences. Gordon Deegan reports.
2 October 2024 News
Beef Welfare Scheme closing date, castration and closed period for slurry
Adam Woods takes a look at the upcoming closing date for the Beef Welfare Scheme and what farmers need to do to secure payment.
18 September 2024 Management
Less than two weeks to slurry deadline
The closed period for slurry application this autumn commences on Tuesday 1 October.
18 September 2024 News
The Grass Week: last chance saloon for fertiliser application
Chemical fertiliser application is closed from Sunday onwards, but there is still time to spread some organic fertilisers.
14 September 2024 Grass & feeding
Will AD help dairy farmers get over derogation issue?
Aidan Brennan examines the numbers for a typical dairy farm, to see whether exporting slurry and importing digestate can stack up at 170kg N/ha.
10 July 2024 News
Ballymena chicken manure AD plant eyes 200,000t expansion
The Tully Biogas Plant hit the headlines in 2017 when it became the first plant in the world to run entirely on chicken manure and now has plans to expand its capacity to 200,000t.
27 May 2024 News