Northern Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is to reopen the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme for a final phase.
Rural Life
A new European Innovation Partnership (EIP) focussing on soil health on the Loop Head Peninsula in Co. Clare will be launched next month.
Tillage
This season is about “who gets it right”, according to Dr. Veronica Nyhan, Soil and Plant Nutrition Specialist at Teagasc.
Machinery
The largest agriculture tyre in the world has received the green light to be used on British and...
Environment
A new €1.45 million project on soil health and regenerative agriculture has been launched by Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon.
The second round of applications for the SOILCRATES grant is now open to farmers interested in improving their soil health and quality
Agri Politics
The EU's first law on soil monitoring and resilience enters into force on December 16. "A huge milestone," says EU.
Teagasc and VistaMilk Research Ireland Centre celebrated the successful conclusion of their citizen science initiative, GroundTruth.
N.Ireland
Farmers, vets, food processing and agri-food businesses are invited to respond to a consultation on Soil Association organic standards for NI.
Andrew and Joshua McClements have been early participants of Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) in...
New research has found that microbial communities in soil have the capacity to remember and adapt...
EU member states have adopted the soil monitoring directive, which will establish an EU-wide framework for assessing and monitoring soils.
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), based in Northern Ireland, has appointed soil...
Teagasc is hosting a series of events over the coming days as part of Soil Health Week 2025, which begins today (Monday, September 22).
A study carried out by Durham University has uncovered a new effect of climate change - the rise of antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria.
A new EU Soil Health Data Cube layered map will revolutionise how farmers, land managers and policy...
Biochar is gaining some momentum as a soil additive in the organic world, with talk of its use being extended to conventional farming
Nearly one fifth of the world's agricultural land is contaminated by toxic metals, posing a serious...
Teagasc and the VistaMilk Research Ireland Centre are seeking participants for a "citizen science project" on soil health.
Maintaining and improving soil condition is the aim of the latest collaborative project of the EU funded Soilcrates initiative.
The college of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has launched a large-scale deep soil carbon coring project across it's estate.
Europe's food sector is dependent on "healthy soils and water", the EU Commissioner for the Environment has warned.
Agri-Business
Over 60% of Irish soils were found to be deficient in phosphorus (P), according to the findings of a new report.
