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New video series: a springtime look onto Footprint Farms
Emma Hart
It’s the busiest time of year for farmers and wildlife alike and we’ve been recording what both are up to on Footprint Farms, writes Emma Hart.
New video series: a springtime look onto Footprint Farms
Climate change: driving up animal diseases on your farm
8 May 2024 News
Climate change: driving up animal diseases on your farm
Wetter and warmer weather will bring with them a whole new set of disease pressures for Irish farms. Caitríona Morrissey reports.
New Zealand farmers fighting back and seeking support
8 May 2024 Viewpoints
New Zealand farmers fighting back and seeking support
New Zealand farmers are keen to join in an international effort to bring sound current science and basic common sense back into the debate, writes the Methane Science Accord
Delay to Nature Resoration Law approval
Opponents of the law claim it gives too much power to Brussels to dictate how member states use their land.
8 May 2024 News
Farmers need clarity on biodiversity aims and supports - ATU researcher
The messaging on biodiversity and food production policy aims must be made clear to farmers if they are to buy into environmental schemes, an ATU researcher has said.
6 May 2024 Climate and environment
Don’t forget 6m buffer on forage crops and potatoes
Nitrates regulations require large buffer zones to be left beside watercourses in fields with late-harvested crops.
5 May 2024 News
Greens ‘on collision course' with large agribusinesses
Green MEP Grace O'Sullivan is critical of CAP payments to large farmers and those who push production, but claims that neither position is anti farmer.
1 May 2024 Climate and environment
Searching for a model that works in Co Kerry
Tommy Reidy’s farming journey is a case study on how being open-minded, resourceful and relevant can unlock a farm’s hidden assets and offer a pathway back to the land for young, part-time farmers.
1 May 2024 Footprint Farmers
Livestock - its role in our economy and ecosystems
Professor Frank O’Mara, president of animal task force and director of Teagasc, outlines the role of livestock in our economy and ecosystem.
1 May 2024 Management
By degrees: how climate change is already affecting your farm
Professor Conor Murphy from Maynooth University recently spoke about the current and future impact of climate change on farming. Caitríona Morrissey reports.
1 May 2024 News
Digital data: how new technologies can help growers make better decisions
Conor Kehoe, Irish Farmers Journal tillage reporter and PhD student at UCD, provides an overview of his research on digitisation in crop production as part of a European project.
1 May 2024 News
UCC researchers call for investment in protecting soils
The researchers found that there has been a lack of research carried out on soils in boglands and forestry.
30 April 2024 Climate and environment