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Strategies to reduce methane emissions from Irish ruminant livestock systems

Ben Lahart reports on work carried out by the Teagasc team on methane emissions from ruminant animals.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Strategies to reduce methane emissions from Irish ruminant livestock systems

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Irish grain can help to reduce emissions from milk production

Irish grain can help to reduce emissions from milk production

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Farmers for climate action: progress from the Signpost Advisory Programme

Farmers for climate action: progress from the Signpost Advisory Programme

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

NI part of the way there on methane

NI part of the way there on methane

NI part of the way there on methane

NORTHERN IRELAND 15 October 2025

DAERA picking up the pieces of climate law

DAERA picking up the pieces of climate law

DAERA picking up the pieces of climate law

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 September 2025

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More cows push emissions up on Signpost farms

More cows push emissions up on Signpost farms

This comes from the 2025 Teagasc Signpost report which showed that although ammonia (NH3) emissions per dairy farm dropped from last year, the figure has still risen from 4.3t in 2021 to 4.5t in 2024.

NEWS 26 February 2025

Dairy will be fastest growing commodity in next decade

Dairy will be fastest growing commodity in next decade

In the second of a two-part series analysing the OECD-FAO agricultural outlook 2025-2034, we focus on the dairy forecast for the next decade.

NEWS 26 February 2025

A5 judgement shows folly of net zero target

A5 judgement shows folly of net zero target

Prior to the Climate Change Act coming into law, farmers were probably the only group who had fully grasped the implications of the targets

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 February 2025

Agriculture emissions cross 30% for the first time

Agriculture emissions cross 30% for the first time

David Wright looks at the latest data on greenhouse gas emissions in NI.

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 February 2025

Sustainable beef production Australian style

Sustainable beef production Australian style

Patrick Hutchinson tells the Irish Farmers Journal how sustainability fits in to the Australian beef production model.

FEATURE 26 February 2025

Farm funding on offer in dairy carbon project

Farm funding on offer in dairy carbon project

Dairy farmers are currently being sought to take part in a new project on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 February 2025

Teagasc rejects climate-denying claim

Teagasc rejects climate-denying claim

"Response to the letter from Dr Murphy-Bokern" - Dr Karl Richards, Head of the Teagasc Climate Centre, Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford

LETTERS 26 February 2025

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ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

ESB Networks has released its updated farm safety booklet, a practical guide designed to help farmers, contractors and rural communities stay safe while working around electricity.

ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

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