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Danish farmers paid to build slurry tanks for AD
James Hanly
Danish energy supplier, Nature Energy, spoke during an Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) information webinar about the prospects of bioeconomy.
30 October 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: focus on cattle
We now have about one third of our cattle in the sheds, with the rest still outside finishing off aftergrass and some paddocks with good covers.
30 October 2024 Grass & feeding
Climate change and how it affects grass growth
Thomas Condon reports from the Climate Adaptation conference in Moorepark where issues around climate change and grass growth was discussed.
Turning waste into opportunity: how anaerobic digestion benefits Irish farmers
Agriculture has always been at the heart of rural Ireland, providing food, livelihoods and community cohesion.
Farmer Writes: a good trade for weanlings
After weighing up the pros and cons of keeping our pedigree bull over the winter and selling him in spring, it was decided to bring him to a general mart sale.
23 October 2024 Farmer Writes
Traditional urea facing a total ban in 2025
Only protected urea will be available to Irish farmers from next autumn and winter, a stakeholder group has recommended.
23 October 2024 News
What sets high profit winter milk farmers apart?
Teagasc liquid milk specialist James Dunne highlights some of the differences in performance that explain the difference in profit on winter milk farms.
19 October 2024 Liquid Milk
Three compliance letters issued to fertiliser blenders
Over 170 samples have been taken from fertiliser manufacturers for testing so far this year.
16 October 2024 News
The 15 October deadline looming for fertiliser closing stocks
It is a legal requirement for farms to declare closing stocks, including a ‘nil’ declaration, with submissions required to be submitted online.
9 October 2024 Schemes
VAT rebate to increase in 2025
The rate of the VAT rebate for unregistered farmers will be 5.1% in 2025.
1 October 2024 News
Beef Management: liming, slurry dates and SCEP training courses
Adam Woods takes a look at liming land, slurry closing dates and teh upcoming SCEP courses which farmers have to complete to get payment.
25 September 2024 Management
No compensation for farm worker due to loss of overtime
The case relating to a farm worker with 40 years’ service at a research facility, whose overtime was partly stopped was heard at the WRC.
25 September 2024 News