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€40m Chinese-backed meat factory back before An Bord Pleanála
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The number of animals to be slaughtered at the Banagher Chilling plant is to be 36,000 per annum. Gordon Deegan reports.
25 April 2025 Climate and environment
Significant investment needed to achieve climate targets – IFA
IFA environment chair John Murphy said that the fairest and most efficient way to support climate action is to incentivise and support farmers to adopt measures in the plan.
23 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: stock number decline should reignite policy rethink
Farmers need to know what stocking rate they can hold. Without it, on farm investment will stagnate.
Rewetting actions in ACRES will have little impact - IFA
The 2025 Climate Action Plan proposed for farmers to receive additional payments for rewetting peat soils before the end of the year to help reach emissions targets.
23 April 2025 Climate and environment
Limerick group at odds with biogas developer
The group claims that the details of the public information event on the proposed AD plant were vague, but the developer said it welcomed many local residents at the event.
21 April 2025 News
Farming News: new ACRES measure, mart trade update and milk volumes
Keep up to date on this week's farming news with the latest from our news team.
18 April 2025 News
ACRES scheme to feature new rewetting measure
Farmers could be offered funding to cut land use emissions under a series of commitments listed in the updated Climate Action Plan.
16 April 2025 Climate and environment
Rewetting option for ACRES farmers later this year
Work is also underway to find out how private funding could be used to get carbon farming off the ground.
16 April 2025 Climate and environment
Action plan on way for reducing age at slaughter
The Climate Action Plan targets an average slaughter age of 24 to 25 months for prime cattle by 2025.
15 April 2025 Climate and environment
Plans unveiled for Ireland’s biggest biogas plant in Carlow
Greengate Biogas has announced plans to build Ireland's biggest AD plant in Powerstown, Carlow, processing 700,000t of cattle and pig slurry, farmyard straw manure and poultry manure annually.
31 March 2025 News
A long-term plan is now required to protect our forests
Forestry organisations, the IFA, and timber producers are united in calling for the creation of a forestry development agency to deal with natural disasters and other issues facing the sector.
19 March 2025 Forestry
Opinion: rewetting rules a triple threat, but tariffs more immediate worry
While Thursday's meeting on regulations affecting peatland management saw real farmer concerns raised, Donald Trump's latest pronouncements on trade are even more worrying.
8 March 2025 Opinion