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How protected urea performed for grass growth in 2024
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Brian McCarthy and Áine Murray, Teagasc Moorepark, report on protected urea use in 2024.
27 November 2024 Dairy Day
Confidence 'needs to be restore' in protected urea
There was standing room only for the Dairy Day talk 'Protected urea and clover, is it working?' Farmers called for more transparency on the expiry and manufacturing dates on protected urea in 2025.
20 November 2024 News
Legal amendments to underpin urea ban
Changes to the Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters Regulations will provide legal basis for any restrictions on the use of unprotected urea.
Extensive farms face fertiliser clampdown
A Department of Housing consultation paper on the Nitrates Action Programme has proposed restrictions on nitrogen usage on lowly stocked holdings.
7 November 2024 News
Early fertiliser sales stall as farmers stand back
There are fears that fertiliser shipments from the Middle East could be impacted, should clashes involving Israel and Iran escalate.
6 November 2024 News
Urea ban proposal sparks farmer push-back
The farm organisations have called for concerns regarding protected urea to be addressed, before sales of straight urea are prohibited.
30 October 2024 News
Just 27% of Irish farms viable in 2023
There were record levels of both farm unviability and vulnerability in 2023.
29 October 2024 News
IFA says urea ban not agreed by working group
The farm body claimed that the Department of Agriculture had included references to a ban on unprotected urea from September next year in draft minutes.
25 October 2024 News
Straight urea set to be banned
Only protected urea will be available to Irish farmers from autumn and winter next year.
23 October 2024 News
Traditional urea facing a total ban in 2025
Only protected urea will be available to Irish farmers from next autumn and winter, a stakeholder group has recommended.
23 October 2024 News
Farm emissions down 2.6% since 2023
The EPA has cited reduced lime application to soils and lower milk output as reasons for the third consecutive quarterly drop of emissions in the farm sector.
21 October 2024 News
No clarity on planned cut to fertiliser limits
There remains little clarity on what nitrates changes farmers must abide by next year, despite the proposals having been put on the table months ago.
14 August 2024 News