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Climate and environment
Most common reasons ACRES NPI applications were rejected outlined
Noel Bardon
The director of the Breifne, Leinster and Munster-south Connacht ACRES co-operation zones stated that training is under way to help improve the approval rate for NPI applications.
20 September 2024 News
New ‘day in the life’ Agri Aware farm webinar series launched
This six-part series will run from autumn 2024 to spring 2025, with six webinars consisting of a prerecorded ‘day in the life’ of each farmer.
11 September 2024 News
Lack of farm accident reporting causing safety issues
Recent data presented at a SafeHabitus webinar showed that 4.1 of every 100,000 farm workers will have a fatal accident at work, which is more that twice the likelihood of the average worker.
More technology adding to stress in farmers
The research was conducted by ZRC SAZU in Slovenia and presented at an on-line European webinar on farm health and safety hosted by SafeHabitus.
4 September 2024 News
Three farm safety webinars to tune into over the coming days
Farmers will have the opportunity to put their questions to leading farm health and safety experts during three webinars due to be held over the coming days.
2 September 2024 News
No problems accessing pilgrim paths on farmland - Pilgrim Paths Ireland
Chair of Pilgrim Paths Ireland John G O’Dwyer said this is because of the historic nature of pilgrim paths.
17 August 2024 News
Drought risk in the east is highest in Europe
Professor Conor Murphy of Maynooth University outlined his climate change research at a Teagasc Signpost webinar.
26 June 2024 News
IFA to host online quad safety training information webinar
The webinar is aimed at encouraging farmers to complete the quad safety training course and will take place on Tuesday 25 July at 8pm.
14 June 2024 News
More organic farms needed in east - Department
Cork continues to be the county with the largest number of organic farms.
15 May 2024 News