Buffer zones

Reducing nutrient loss to rivers via overland flow

Claire Mooney, Suir catchment co-ordinator with the Better Farming for Water programme, outlines how farmers can break the pathway between nutrients and watercourses on farms.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 3 June 2026

Reducing nutrient loss to rivers via overland flow

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Search for plant protection products online

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Forage crops – the costs, benefits and questions to ask

Forage crops – the costs, benefits and questions to ask

FODDER 21 March 2026

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

FODDER 18 March 2026

Sheep Management: abortion causing agents, sheep census and storing FYM

Sheep Management: abortion causing agents, sheep census and storing FYM

Sheep Management: abortion causing agents, sheep census and storing FYM

MANAGEMENT 21 January 2026

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FSS1 and FSS2: What NI farmers must do to stay compliant in 2026

FSS1 and FSS2: What NI farmers must do to stay compliant in 2026

Natasha Ferguson looks at the main requirements in the first two new farm sustainability standards

NORTHERN IRELAND 8 September 2025

Keeping your crop records up to date

Keeping your crop records up to date

There are a number of records to keep on top of when applying plant protection products to crops.

NEWS 8 September 2025

Editorial: fresh conditions attached to derogation

Editorial: fresh conditions attached to derogation

Each of the new conditions will require close scrutiny, and the Habitats Directive assessment would still appear to be the most onerous of these.

VIEWPOINTS 8 September 2025

New conditions for derogation farmers

New conditions for derogation farmers

Farmers in the Slaney, Barrow, Nore and Blackwater River catchments are most affected by the changes, writes Aidan Brennan

NEWS 8 September 2025

Derogation conditions: new buffer zones and cut to fertiliser rates

Derogation conditions: new buffer zones and cut to fertiliser rates

Farmers in the Slaney, Barrow, Nore and Blackwater catchments are most affected by the conditions attached to the derogation extension.

NEWS 8 September 2025

How farming was unfairly blamed for pollution for years in Waterford

How farming was unfairly blamed for pollution for years in Waterford

Despite an awareness among many agencies that there was a problem with wastewater pollution in Bunmahon, the Bathing Water Profile failed to highlight this threat, leaving farming to take the blame.

NEWS 8 September 2025

Caution urged with pesticide use to protect water quality progress

Caution urged with pesticide use to protect water quality progress

Farmers have been reminded of best practice when using pesticides to safeguard the progress achieved in recent years.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 8 September 2025

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