Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published its assessment of five key air pollutants which impact air quality, health and the environment for 2024.
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is committing to a new ruminant emissions’ research facility
The presidential team at the Ulster Farmers’ Union firmly believes that a new Nutrients Action Programme can be delivered in 2026.
Dairy
A new technology, the CowToilet, promises dairy farmers a practical way to reduce ammonia emissions by separating waste.
Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) have developed a groundbreaking new sensor that they...
IFA has called on the government to revisit the mandate to use low emissions slurry spreading (LESS) on farms stocked between 100-130kgs N/ha
In 2023 Ireland was compliant with EU Emissions Reduction targets across all five major pollutants:...
As the breeding season edges closer, it is no harm to understand the impact of milk urea levels on the fertility of your herd and...
CAFRE has said that lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) as a slurry store cover can reduce reduce ammonia emissions
DAERA has announced it is extending the SEA consultation to include the update on the proposed ammonia strategy.
Andrew Muir has specifically referenced the issue of allowing farmers to invest in replacement farm buildings.
DAERA has launched a consultation on the Strategic Environmental Assessment Report for the ammonia strategy and the operational protocol.
The rise in nitrogen (N) fertilisers over the past century has significantly contributed to enhancing agricultural production
DAERA failed to comply with environmental law in relation to its previous ammonia emissions advice, the OEP confirmed today.
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is reporting positive results for ammonia emissions within its dairy herd.
Protected urea is urea nitrogen (N) fertiliser made safe from ammonia loss through the addition of a urease inhibitor.
Agri-Business
Global fertiliser company Yara International has officially opened its renewable hydrogen plant located in Norway.
Ireland’s ammonia emissions decreased by 1% in 2022, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Yara has reported that first-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation in 2024 were $435 million (-11%).
Tillage
Syngenta has re-affirmed its commitment to biostimulants courtesy of a technical briefing on the subject, held earlier this week...
Unsuccessful planning applications for on-farm developments could reduce farm income between by 7%-38%, according to a new report from KPMG.
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is claiming that all farm development programmes could come to a halt in Northern Ireland. This is a direct..
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has said the move away from published Ammonia Standing Advice makes those involved look "totally incompetent".
