Carbon sequestration

Oat 'feed' imported as 50,000t of Irish crop sit in store

Irish oats sit in store, while an oat waste product is being imported into the country to be fed to animals.

NEWS 23 August 2026

Oat 'feed' imported as 50,000t of Irish crop sit in store

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Catch crops sowing dates, applications and seed mixes

Catch crops sowing dates, applications and seed mixes

CROPS 2 August 2026

Farmer Writes: festival of farming and facing into another heatwave

Farmer Writes: festival of farming and facing into another heatwave

FARMER WRITES 11 July 2026

'Feeding frenzy' fears for carbon farming

'Feeding frenzy' fears for carbon farming

'Feeding frenzy' fears for carbon farming

NEWS 24 June 2026

Sligo AD developers win top prize at RDS awards

Sligo AD developers win top prize at RDS awards

Sligo AD developers win top prize at RDS awards

RENEWABLES 27 April 2026

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Noted hill farm hits the market

Noted hill farm hits the market

The Dealer spotted that a farm, well known to Irish hill sheep farmers, is up for sale. The 687ac farm was home to a hill-sheep demonstration farm run by Teagasc from 1991 to 2011.

DEALER 3 September 2025

AgNav needs tillage farmers - Teagasc

AgNav needs tillage farmers - Teagasc

Eoin Woulfe of Teagasc said that farmers need the verification that AGNav can provide of low-carbon Irish tillage farming, but AgNav needs farmer participation first.

NEWS 3 September 2025

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

The new pilot is being funded by the state and is a collaborative project with industry, but payments will be made to farmers by industry.

NEWS 3 September 2025

Realistic planting targets absent in Food Vision 2030

Realistic planting targets absent in Food Vision 2030

Decline in afforestation is not addressed in the recent Food Vision report, but the promise of a new strategy in line with the Mackinnon report is welcome and should feature in the mid-term review.

FORESTRY 3 September 2025

Letter in support of funding research into uplands

Letter in support of funding research into uplands

"We are world leaders in dairy, intensive beef and tillage but fly blind in managing 20% of our agricultural area!" - Ger Roarty, Co Donegal.

LETTERS 3 September 2025

Hill farm emissions could be overstated

Hill farm emissions could be overstated

The first two years of a research study examining peatland carbon emissions shows significance variance to the UK Peatland Inventory, with the hill farm sequestering rather than emitting carbon.

NORTHERN IRELAND 3 September 2025

Hill farming faltering in absence of research

Hill farming faltering in absence of research

Clearly Department policy is driving in completely the wrong direction, with less and less farmers and livestock in the uplands with more and more invasive species.

EDITORIAL 3 September 2025

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Limerick farmer wins Kinisla Milk Quality Award

The winner of the 2026 Kinisla Milk Quality and Sustainability Awards was announced at a ceremony in Limerick, on Tuesday.

Limerick farmer wins Kinisla Milk Quality Award

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