Environment
Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen...
Dairy
With the European Commission confirming today (Thursday, November 27) that it is proposing that...
EU Commissioner Jessika Roswall has confirmed to Agriland that the commission has proposed to the Nitrates Committee to extend the Irish nitrates derogation
Agri-Business
Teagasc has today (Tuesday, October 28) launched a new fertiliser dashboard based on data from the National Farm Survey (NFS).
Tillage
Rothamsted Research scientists are confirming that the long-term application of fertilisers can help to boost soil carbon stocks
Tomorrow (September 14) will be the last day farmers can apply fertiliser in the form of nirogen (N) and phosphorus (P) to their ground...
Interim bovine N and P statements for the period of January 1 to July 31 have been published on the online Agfood system.
The closed period for spreading chemical fertiliser will kick in on September 15, but farmers should aim to have most of their fertiliser...
Soil analysis is normally carried out within a three to five-year cycle on tillage farms throughout the UK and Ireland.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published updated evidence to support the targeting...
Beef
The use of ground limestone as a fertiliser declined in 2024 according to data from the Department...
The good weather last week has meant that many farmers have secured another cut of silage and now potassium (K) application for that...
A huge topic of discussion at Moorepark '25 open day was laying down strategies to grow 15t dry matter (DM)/ha and grass-clover swards...
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said that 694,050t of fertilisers was sold in the first two quarters of the fertiliser year.
Implementing livestock density limits results in reduced EU livestock numbers, particularly...
The EU Commission approved an amendment of a Dutch scheme compensating livestock farmers for closing livestock farms in Natura 2000 areas.
The farm stocking rate in kg/N/Ha is an important figure for farmers to know as many farm regulations are enacted based on this figure.
The DAFM has been called on to provide more clarity to farmers on the amount of chemical fertiliser they are allowed to spread.
In 2023 Ireland was compliant with EU Emissions Reduction targets across all five major pollutants:...
The potential to use circular nitrogen from residual streams and green alternatives is the subject of a new project by Wageningen University
Many farmers have had the opportunity to get out slurry on silage ground with good conditions this spring, and now its time to follow up with fertiliser application...
The nitrogen (N) content of fertilisers sold in 2024 was 11% higher than in 2023 at 310,411t, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said.
20,035t of fertiliser was sold in the first quarter (Q1) of the fertiliser year for 2025, according to the Department of Agriculture (DAFM).
