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More time granted to apply for soil sampling scheme
Noel Bardon
The soil sampling and analysis programme's deadline has been extended to 15 November.
6 November 2024 News
A healthy diet isn't about scrapping meat and milk – Teagasc
A Teagasc nutrition and sustainability researcher has said that a balanced 'meat, two veg' diet is not that which has the highest emissions, especially when accounting for nutrients.
2 November 2024 Schemes
Four days to record slurry movements from 1 January 2025
The Department of Agriculture released a notification for derogation farmers explaining that the deadline for recording 2024 exports of organic nutrients is now 31 December 2024.
Timing of fertiliser applications critical to avoid run-off
Avoiding the application of nutrients at a time when crops aren't growing is one of the key ways farmers can reduce the impact of excess nutrients ending up in waterways, a meeting in west Cork heard.
28 October 2024 News
Over 1,500 farmers to face nitrates penalties
The letters issued to farmers who had been compliant with stocking rate limits over recent years.
23 October 2024 News
Creating water catchment ponds in Tipperary
Creating small sediment ponds is a cost-effective way to improve water quality on Barry Powell’s farm, Kelsey Daly reports.
2 October 2024 Footprint Farmers
Autumn lime spreading to tee up grassland for spring
Lime can take four to six months to correct soil pH, so an autumn application can set up grassland for growth next spring.
24 September 2024 Management
Ticking the boxes on slurry storage requirements this winter
What farmers need to know amid updates and changes occurring to soiled water and slurry storage for 2024.
11 September 2024 Buildings
More water quality rules needed - Muir
The current NAP includes rules around closed periods for spreading slurry and fertiliser, as well as minimum slurry storage requirements.
17 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Measures to improve water quality must be implemented at scale - EPA
There must be “significant improvements” in nitrogen use efficiencies to reduce the nitrogen surplus, the Oireachtas committee on agriculture heard on Wednesday evening.
10 July 2024 News
IFJ Junior: what’s the beef with your burger?
Apart from beef and milk, cows and cattle provide the ingredients for a multitude of by-products like shampoo, writes Adam Woods.
26 June 2024 Markets
Without farmers, research gathers dust
The challenges around surplus phosphorus, ammonia and methane are particularly important in a Northern Ireland scenario.
19 June 2024 Viewpoints