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Fertilizer Association of Ireland tours to Shinagh and Northern Ireland
Aidan Brennan
Kieran Holden, Origin Enterprises, Jeremiah Murphy and Gavin McGowan, Target Fertilisers, report from the Fertilizer Association of Ireland tours to Shinagh dairy farm in Cork and Northern Ireland.
5 February 2025 Fertilizers
How AgNav is helping with sustainability
Jonathan Herron and Natasha Browne from Teagasc, Moorepark take a look at AgNav, the new sustainability tool for farmers.
21 January 2025 News
Sustainability-linked loans launched for tillage farmers
Primarily used by the dairy sector in 2024, Enviroflex loans are designed to incentivise farmers to continue implementing sustainability focused improvements on their land.
Sustainability is a ‘massive opportunity’ for NI farms
Ian Marshall from Queen's University Belfast spoke at the Oxford Farming Conference last week.
15 January 2025 Northern Ireland
In search of the Dinnseanchas at Maam Cross Mart
What does it look like to put community and creativity at the centre of nature restoration? Asks Ray Ó Foghlú.
Tenders sought for Kildare wetlands restoration
The team is tasked with creating a restoration plan for a calcareous fen and associated habitats at Pollardstown Fen SAC with the aim of implementing measures an monitoring.
Getting paid by developers for biodiversity
Conor Kehoe recently visited the farm of David Felce in the east of England with Lemken. Here, he describes the actions being undertaken on the farm regarding nature and the use of technology.
New European initiative launched to help scale regenerative agricultural methods
Top 50 Farmers has been launched as a way to encourage regenerative methods in European agriculture and to inspire the next generation of farmers, writes Janine Kennedy.
27 December 2024 News
Dairygold announces four malting barley finalists
Dairygold has announced four malting barley finalsists from three regions in Co Cork and one Tipperary farmer.
26 December 2024 News
Drive for sustainability has to go both ways
Farmers have to see the economic reward for doing more on sustainability, Tara McCarthy of Alltech told Lorcan Roche Kelly.
23 December 2024 Climate and environment
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
23 December 2024 Northern Ireland
FarmBioNet project to launch in January
The project which is also led by the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, is funded by the European Union under the €93.5 billion Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation.
20 December 2024 Climate and environment