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Angus programme encourages innovation
Sarah McIntosh
Biodegradable seaweed packaging, accessibility in farming and increasing consumer awareness at the Certified Irish Angus school’s competition.
12 March 2025 Climate and environment
Additional slurry storage can only be a win for the environment
Barriers to creating additional slurry storage need to be removed, not just for the sake of farmers and animal’s welfare, but for the sake of the environment.
12 March 2025 News
That's the spirit: Irish distillers on the cutting edge of innovation
Modern techniques and equipment combined with a respect for tradition are driving the Irish whiskey and spirits industry forward.
Department invests €320,000 in ewe simulators for ag students
New simulators provide opportunity to practice lambing skills safely.
12 March 2025 News
Review sets out four options for NIEA
An independent review is currently ongoing on future environmental governance in NI.
5 March 2025 Northern Ireland
CAP campaign launched to highlight actions for nature by Irish farmers
The 'There’s more to the story...' campaign will feature social media posts over the coming weeks with statistics that illustrate how the ongoing efforts by farmers are aiding the environment.
28 February 2025 News
New project to explore value of biodiversity actions on farms
The ‘Farming Resilience and Management through Natural Capital’ project received over €325,000 in the 2024 research call to run over two years starting this March.
26 February 2025 Climate and environment
Ireland's recent rail infrastructure review
The Central Statistics Office has estimated that in rural Ireland, outside towns with a population of 1,500 or more, only 5% of households do not own a car.
26 February 2025 Viewpoints
Ireland to lead €10m European research in wet farming
The four-year wet farming project, Palus Demos, looks at sustainable agriculture and forestry on wet peatlands by combining land use and crop production with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
24 February 2025 News
Commission sounds need to make EU livestock farms more competitive
Brussels has identified livestock as a particularly trade 'sensitive' farming sector.
24 February 2025 News
ACRES: ‘No other sector of society would accept this’ – INHFA
The association called on the Department, as 15,000 farmers are still awaiting payments from the 2023 and 2024 sections of the scheme.
21 February 2025 News
IFA and ICOS meet environment commissioner on derogation retention
A joint statement from the two organisations said they emphasised the economic and environmental significance of the derogation for Ireland’s agricultural sector.
20 February 2025 News