Soil fertility

Soil scheme highlights continued need for lime

NI's Soil Nutrient Health Scheme has so far, highlighted significant potential to improve soil fertility and farm productivity.

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 November 2026

Soil scheme highlights continued need for lime

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Teagasc promotes power of manures in tillage

Teagasc promotes power of manures in tillage

L2 15 September 2026

Big jump in forage maize area in NI

Big jump in forage maize area in NI

NORTHERN IRELAND 27 May 2026

Pope and wizard agree

Pope and wizard agree

Pope and wizard agree

DEALER 27 May 2026

Sheep Management: in-lamb yearling hoggets and marketing spring lambs

Sheep Management: in-lamb yearling hoggets and marketing spring lambs

Sheep Management: in-lamb yearling hoggets and marketing spring lambs

MANAGEMENT 22 April 2026

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Beef Management: reseeding, slurry application and supplementing

Beef Management: reseeding, slurry application and supplementing

Where the period from calving to turnout is short, cow body condition is good and silage quality is ok then there is generally little need to supplement.

MANAGEMENT 25 March 2026

Teagasc urges farmers to focus on soil pH to help avoid fertiliser overspends

Teagasc urges farmers to focus on soil pH to help avoid fertiliser overspends

Teagasc has advised farmers to look at correcting low soil pH as the farming sector looks set for another period of high fertiliser prices.

NEWS 9 March 2026

Navigating tricky fertiliser regulations

Navigating tricky fertiliser regulations

There are further changes on the cards in 2026 in determining fertiliser allowances, with these introduced under the sixth Nitrates Action Plan and mainly affecting dairy farmers.

FERTILIZERS 21 February 2026

Sticking with sheep on the Dingle peninsula

Sticking with sheep on the Dingle peninsula

Michael Fitzgerald operates a mixed upland sheep and store-to-beef enterprise at the foothills of the Conor Pass on the Dingle Peninsula.

MANAGEMENT 18 February 2026

How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

Tirlán supplier Séamus Brennan is in derogation and using the Farming for Water EIP to draw down funding to create new water quality measures on his land.

NEWS 29 December 2025

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Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

As Ireland celebrates Science Week from 8 to 15 November, coordinated by Research Ireland, the theme 'Water: from molecule to ocean' looks at how climate change alters the water systems we rely upon.

Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?