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Climate and environment
Nutrient trading scheme recommended in new report
Noel Bardon
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.
26 March 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: removal of quotas was a turning point
Looking back, it’s hard to believe that milk quotas have been gone for nearly 10 years, writes Padraig Callanan.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints
Gerry Boyle: ten years of catch-up after milk quotas
Quotas hampered our ability to optimise our efficiency, especially in respect of stocking rates and grass utilisation.
What will the next 10 years bring for the dairy sector?
Aidan Brennan looks ahead to the next 10 years without milk quotas, and thinks the sector has a bright future.
26 March 2025 News
Share your views: what will the next 10 years in dairy look like?
We want to hear from farmers to gauge their opinion on what the next 10 years in dairy will bring.
17 March 2025 News
More pork access for Paraguay in Mercosur deal
The recent Mercosur deal was not a full renegotiation, rather a tightening of environmental issues that were frustrating ratification in the EU.
18 December 2024 News
‘I can’t understand why anybody would vote against this deal’ – Brosnan
The Irish Farmers Journal editor sits down with founder and former managing director and chair of Kerry Group, Denis Brosnan, to get his thoughts on the proposed Kerry deal.
12 December 2024 News
What the Mercosur deal means for Irish farmers
The Mercosur deal announced last week is the same as the one announced in 2019 with an additional environmental and sustainability dimension.
11 December 2024 News
Mercosur: what the trade deal means
A quarter of a century has passed since the negotiations between the EU and Mercosur countries began, but the finishing line is in sight.
6 December 2024 News
End of expansion ups ante on adding value to milk - Ornua
Ornua's CEO insists that adding value to the existing milk pool is where future revenue growth lies for the dairy sector.
31 October 2024 News