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Ireland to lead €10m European research in wet farming
James Hanly
The four-year wet farming project, Palus Demos, looks at sustainable agriculture and forestry on wet peatlands by combining land use and crop production with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
20 February 2025 Climate and environment
University of Galway and BioAtlantis join EU project on drought solutions
EpiSeedLink, funded under the European Commission’s Horizon Europe, is a four-year project exploring new methods to improve how farmed crops can survive prolonged dry spells.
12 February 2025 News
ICMSA urges calf exporters to re-engage calf boat
ICMSA president Denis Drennan said it was a pity that the major calf exporters did not commit to utilising the custom-built livestock carrier the MV Alondra.
News Podcast: Michael Healy-Rae, ICBF stars and calf boat cancelled
On this week’s show, we speak to Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, talk about the ICBF Euro-stars indices and discuss the cancellation of a calf boat.
7 February 2025 News
Environmental regulatory battle far from over
Signs suggest that the new Government will take a more pragmatic approach to environmental rules.
24 January 2025 News
Germany puts foot-and-mouth disease vaccines on standby
The decision to activate the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank is not a decision for the actual use of the vaccine.
21 January 2025 News
Foot-and-mouth: Dutch minister bans veal calf movements
The move comes following the discovery of livestock links between the Netherlands and the German area where water buffalo tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease on Friday.
12 January 2025 News
Netherlands will close to Irish calves ‘after 2025’
The short-term outlook for calf exports in 2025 'remains fairly positive', Bord Bia has said.
1 January 2025 News
New boat could take 25% of calf exports
The vessel will sail once a week from Waterford directly to a Dutch port for up to 10 weeks in the spring.
18 December 2024 News
New calf boat in the offing
At the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), president Denis Drennan said members of the organisation viewed the ship in late November.
11 December 2024 News
Mercosur deal ratification all down to politics
Adam Woods takes a look at what happens next with the controversial Mercosur trade deal.
11 December 2024 Markets
Global shocks leading to food being weaponised
According to a Dutch professor, increasing occurrence of shocks to supply chains and the impact of changing weather patterns means that farmers will need to reevaluate how they view efficiency.
4 December 2024 News