Tillage
The inclusion of native grains in compound feed rations can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of livestock farming enterprises.
The period ahead will see Teagasc tillage advisors actively promote the widespread use of the AgNav knowledge transfer support tool
Opinion
Teagasc will be encouraging as many tillage farmers as possible to calculate the carbon footprint of their crops in 2026 and into the future.
Teagasc has produced an ‘oats factsheet’, which summaries the role this unique cereal can play within Irish beef finishing systems.
Rural Life
The BVA and Vet Sustain have created a new resource to help vets support their clients to reduce their pet’s “carbon pawprint”
Beef
The AHDB has launched a new genetic tool that measures the potential of an animal to reduce the carbon footprint of suckler beef through improved herd efficiencies.
This week has seen agriculture minister, Charlie McConalogue, announcing the launch of payments under the Straw Incorporation Measure.
N.Ireland
It is now apparent that trends in suckler beef financial performance and carbon efficiency closely mirror each other.
Environment
Consumers and businesses are being urged to use a brown bin, recycle their food waste and reduce their carbon footprint.
25% of people have changed their diet to "reduce their carbon footprint", with 18% cutting down on their intake of red meat, the ESRI said.
Agri-Business
An Australian company has announced the launch of a new product, "Ashgrove Eco-Milk", which is a climate-friendly milk...
Recent trial work carried out by Teagasc has confirmed that the carbon footprint of Irish oat crops is extremely low.
Recent weeks have been marked by the confirmation that the Carbon Footprint of Irish tillage is exceptionally low...
Northern Ireland's food and drink sector needs to "transition" to a more sustainable operating model according to a new report.
Farmers have been told that Northern Ireland’s first round of carbon budgets will not impact directly on food production levels.
ABP Food Group has announced that it is joining the Harper Adams School of Sustainable Food and Farming Delivery Partner Network.
A lack of time and resources are the main obstacles preventing Irish vets from increasing their efforts on sustainability, a new report said.
UFU president, David Brown, is claiming that the beef and lamb produced in Northern Ireland already has a very low carbon footprint.
It is widely anticipated that the Tillage Vision Group will produce a provisional report towards the end of July
If all milk globally was produced at an Irish standard, about 50 million dairy cows would be needed, book author Aidan Connolly has said.
The LMC has confirmed that the Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (FQAS) will be used as a carbon survey platform in Northern Ireland.
Tillage farmers are losing out the tune of €21m per year in the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan.
A new way of calculating environmental footprints of foodstuffs leaves the impacts of products like dairy beef half of what they were before.
