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Farmer Writes: the pigeons fleeced my oilseed rape
Gerald Potterton
Gerald Potterton farms tillage and some beef at Kildalkey, Co Meath.
11 March 2025 News
Galway company’s additive to cut slurry storage emissions
GasAbate, a manure management additive from Glasport Bio, recently secured a €10m investment.
12 February 2025 Dealer
Nothing says Valentine's Day like a big bag of horse manure
Have you ever considered buying horse manure for your better half for St Valentine's Day? I wonder why not?
New TAMS tranche and 60% slurry storage scheme open
The long-awaited details of the new slurry and manure storage scheme have been announced, with no prohibitive rules around such.
28 January 2025 News
Farmers reminded of nitrates and grazing record deadlines
The deadlines for submitting dairy cow bands and the declaration of slurry movements is also 31 December 2024.
23 December 2024 Schemes
Bergmann celebrates 70 years of spreaders
Manufacturing farm machinery for over 125 years, Bergmann is this year celebrating its 70th year developing and manufacturing spreaders.
11 December 2024 Farm machinery
Significant loss of nutrients to water during the closed period
Noel Meehan of the Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme highlights water quality issues to consider during the closed period
7 December 2024 Signpost Programme
Dairy Management: new soiled water rules kick in
An extended closed period for spreading soiled water comes into force this December, writes Aidan Brennan.
2 December 2024 Management
New 98,000t AD plant proposed at Lisheen Mine
The proposed anaerobic digestion (AD) plant is located close to an operational sludge AD plant, as well as a proposed large-scale AD, compost and growing media facility in the area.
13 November 2024 News
Danish farmers paid to build slurry tanks for AD
Danish energy supplier, Nature Energy, spoke during an Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) information webinar about the prospects of bioeconomy.
30 October 2024 News
The Grass Week: weekend weather will end grazing for some
If the coming weekend falls as bad as is promised, it will spell the end of grazing for some farmers.
19 October 2024 Grass & feeding
Farmer found guilty of assaulting minister in cow dung case
Judge Gabbett said that he “must convict” Joseph Baldwin of the assault and the public order offences. Gordon Deegan reports.
2 October 2024 News