Carbon credits
Amy Forde on 12 Jan 2022
Warning that selling carbon could limit ability to farm
Farmers warned that selling soil carbon could help farmers in the short term, but fetter them in the medium and long term.
Siobhán Walsh on 17 Dec 2021
Carbon price almost hits €90/t
Carbon prices are looking attractive on the markets, but farmers may not be paid as much. The EU is currently working on standardising the verification system.
Siobhán Walsh on 15 Dec 2021
EU sets plans in motion to pay farmers for carbon
The EU is setting plans in place make it possible for farmers to trade carbon and to help them to increase carbon storage levels on their farms.
Pat O'Toole on 08 Dec 2021
‘If you don’t engage, change will happen without you’ – Styles
Dr David Styles, lecturer in environmental engineering addressed the ICMSA AGM last Friday. Here are some highlights from his presentation.
Contributor on 17 Nov 2021
COP26: there is much to agree with in Greta’s views
Former Teagasc director Gerry Boyle gathers his thoughts after a busy two weeks at COP26 in Scotland.
Siobhán Walsh on 12 Nov 2021
Little progress on carbon payments
Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan stated he wanted to see farmers being paid to store carbon last June, but little progress has been made.
Peter McCann on 10 Nov 2021
News in brief from the NI farming industry
Weekly round-up of news in-brief from across the NI agri-food industry.
Contributor on 10 Nov 2021
COP26: finding a way to trade carbon credits
Gerry Boyle looks at the complications of carbon credits and how some nations have gamed the system in the past.
Contributor on 04 Nov 2021
Comment: making sense of farmers' day at COP26
Farming needs to focus on food production, but it needs to do that in a sustainable way, Gerry Boyle reports from COP26.
Declan O'Brien on 27 Oct 2021
New organisation aims to fight for carbon credits
CRAG intends to establish a platform which will enable farmers and plantation owners to trade carbon credits at home and abroad.
Bill O'Keeffe on 20 Oct 2021
Farmer Writes: taking stock for winter and issues with carbon
It's time that the Government acknowledged the crucial role that farmers play in climate action, writes Bill O'Keeffe.
Siobhán Walsh on 20 Oct 2021
Habitat markets coming to a bank near you
A wildlife expert has said that in years to come farmers could be paid to provide habitats on their farms and receive financial support to do so.
Siobhán Walsh on 20 Oct 2021
Exporting carbon sequestration with milk and meat
We should be exporting carbon as well as dairy and beef products, according to the World Wildlife Fund’s senior vice-president Jason Clay.
Donal Magner on 13 Oct 2021
Minister clarifies forest carbon ownership
The State is not trading or seeking to trade the carbon sequestered in farmers’ forests, Minister McConalogue says.
Donal Magner on 13 Oct 2021
The role of forestry in sequestering carbon
A voluntary carbon market in Ireland would look at encouraging reductions in emissions while developing a potential alternative income for landowners and foresters. Minister McConalogue writes
Gerald Potterton on 13 Oct 2021
Farmer Writes: carbon credits issue could be a death knell for tree planting
As a co-owner of hardwood forestry, Gerald Potterton says very firmly, they’re his trees on his land and the sequestered carbon is certainly his.
Declan O'Brien on 06 Oct 2021
New group to fight farmers' carbon rights
The group has warned that it will legally challenge the imposition of sectoral carbon ceilings for farming.
Stephen Robb on 30 Sep 2021
Tillage podcast #9: Dairygold prices, CAP, carbon credits and milling wheat
Stephen Robb and Andy Doyle run through all the latest tillage news in this week’s Irish Farmers Journal tillage podcast, including Dairygold’s grain prices, CAP and carbon credits and milling wheat.
Letters to the Editor on 29 Sep 2021
Letter questioning Minister’s remarks - State ownership of forest carbon credits
‘Forest carbon belongs to the farmer’ – Nicholas Sweetman, chair, Irish Forest Owners.
The Dealer on 29 Sep 2021
Carbon ownership a crucial battle for farming
I'm tempted to say carbon is the new oil, except of course oil is a hydrocarbon,as are diamonds and coal. Carbon has always been valuable, and matters now more than ever.