Agri Politics
MEP Ciaran Mullooly said the latest information on Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation puts “Ireland on an unfair...form of environmental parole”.
Environment
Commission understood to have asked Ireland to reduce fertiliser allowances and increase "buffer zones" to secure a new nitrates derogation.
With news of a three-year extension of the Nitrates Derogation, the Green Party has said that the government must use the timeframe wisely.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has said that the retention of a...
An Taisce has urged European Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall to move Ireland away from its dependancy on the nitrates derogation.
Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly has said that the European Commission needs to apply "common sense" on Ireland’s nitrates derogation.
Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen has issued a stark warning about the current approach to retain Ireland's nitrates derogation.
The IFA president Francie Gorman has told Agriland he is "really concerned" about the future of Ireland's nitrates derogation.
Dairy
DAFM has been told to release the herd number and location of derogation farms connected to some private limited companied in |Co. Cork.
The ICMSA has met with officials from the European Commission to discuss the renewal of Ireland's nitrates derogation.
The government has been urged to take "the blinkers off" and prepare for a future without the nitrates derogation by the Social Democrats.
Dairy News
The findings of a report on the potential economic impact of the loss of the nitrates derogation on Ireland's dairy sector are "frightening".
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“Huge efforts” taken by farmers to improve water quality have “been absolutely critical”, according to Minister Martin Heydon.
The Taoiseach has said that a new direction from the European Commission on the nitrates derogation "arises" from An Taisce legal challenge.
Fresh questions have been raised over the future of the nitrates derogation past 2025 despite acknowledged improvements in water quality.
The ICMSA believes the future of many family dairy farms is at risk due to new prosposals to secure Ireland's nitrates derogation.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has promised to "leave no stone unturned" when it comes to securing Ireland's nitrates derogation.
An Irish MEP called on the European Commission to clarify the specific conditions required for Ireland to maintain its nitrates derogation.
As Ireland focuses on putting case forward to retain the derogation post-2025 there is an "unprecedented" effort to improve water quality.
Agri-Business
Minister warns he is a "little bit concerned that there is complacency coming in" around securing the next nitrates derogation.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine told the Seanad that the nitrates derogation is "absolutely pivotal to everything we do".
At the launch of the River Blackwater Catchment Programme in Co. Cork, director of Dairy Industry...
Niall Mathews spoke on 'Farming for the Future: A sustainable future' episode where the nitrates derogation was the topic of concern....
