Slurry storage

Explainer: what do the exemptions for farm buildings and slurry storage mean?

Farmers will now be able to increase slurry storage capacity and construct additional housing for livestock without the need to seek planning permission in certain situations.

BUILDINGS 23 December 2025

Explainer: what do the exemptions for farm buildings and slurry storage mean?

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A low-cost approach to slurry separation

A low-cost approach to slurry separation

FARM MACHINERY 17 December 2025

Derogation reprieve until 2028

Derogation reprieve until 2028

NEWS 10 December 2025

Sixth Nitrates Action Programme published

Sixth Nitrates Action Programme published

Sixth Nitrates Action Programme published

NEWS 8 December 2025

Derogation farmers with lands 30km from holding asked to declare activity

Derogation farmers with lands 30km from holding asked to declare activity

Derogation farmers with lands 30km from holding asked to declare activity

NEWS 28 November 2025

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Where does value lie in storage?

Where does value lie in storage?

Slurry capacities increasing for dairy farmers are set to put more work and costs in to systems, but can value be gotten in a high building cost era. Martin Merrick and Tommy Moyles report.

FARM BUILDINGS 8 November 2025

Focus intro: labour saving an increasing requirement amid scarcity of help

Focus intro: labour saving an increasing requirement amid scarcity of help

With skilled labour becoming increasingly hard to find, more and more farmers are using technology or better facilities to reduce their own labour input.

FARM BUILDINGS 8 November 2025

Dairy Day: water quality poses planning challenges in southeast

Dairy Day: water quality poses planning challenges in southeast

Water quality issues due to the soil type in the area are resulting in delays to planning in the southeast, farmers attending Dairy Day were told, reports Tommy Moyles.

DAIRY DAY 8 November 2025

More productive cows drive slurry storage changes

More productive cows drive slurry storage changes

A more productive cow, producing more milk solids and eating more to do it is the reason why slurry storage requirements per dairy cow are increasing the Listowel Food Fair heard recently.

NEWS 8 November 2025

Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

Martin Merrick visited the Grogan’s of Killimer to see their new four-bay suckler shed which is nearing completion.

BUILDINGS 8 November 2025

Editorial: national effort on derogation pays off

Editorial: national effort on derogation pays off

The effectiveness of the national effort of the last year was proven, and the reward delivered this week.

VIEWPOINTS 8 November 2025

Opinion: IFA rally puts pep in Minister's step

Opinion: IFA rally puts pep in Minister's step

Monday's IFA nitrates meeting brought Remember The Titans or Friday Night Lights to mind, as Martin Heydon and his team were sent into battle on behalf of the nitrates derogation.

OPINION 8 November 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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