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Dairy farmers need to ask the right questions about their business model
Aidan Brennan
Farmers from Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales listened to industry experts at the Positive Dairy conference in Cork last week. Jack Kennedy reports.
22 January 2025 News
Mitchelstown AD plant will help farmers lower carbon footprint - Nephin
The company stated that the proposed development will provide new employment opportunities while positively impacting the sustainability and viability of associated farms.
21 January 2025 News
Sustainability-linked loans launched for tillage farmers
Primarily used by the dairy sector in 2024, Enviroflex loans are designed to incentivise farmers to continue implementing sustainability focused improvements on their land.
Tillage vision group to meet again
The Dealer has heard that the Food Vision Tillage Group is to meet again to discuss progress on the report.
16 January 2025 Dealer
Sustainability is a ‘massive opportunity’ for NI farms
Ian Marshall from Queen's University Belfast spoke at the Oxford Farming Conference last week.
15 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Mallow students win Teagasc special award at BT Young Scientist
The winning project was titled 'An Investigation into using Total Leaf-Area as a predictive tool for determining below-ground biomass at all stages in the growth of selected Root-Crop Plants'.
15 January 2025 News
Thurles student wins sustainable farming award at BT Young Scientist
Luke Blackwell won the award for his project ‘A novel approach to regenerative agriculture through the use of Comfrey as a sustainable soil enhancer’.
14 January 2025 Climate and environment
Lakeland announces loyalty payment with December milk price
A spokesperson for Lakeland Dairies said: “After a period of volatility in late 2024, the global dairy markets have started 2025 relatively stable, with supply and demand largely in balance.”
13 January 2025 News
Opinion: fair food pricing may test CAP commitment of consumers
Will asking consumers to pay more for food cost farming public support for the Common Agricultural Policy?
11 January 2025 Opinion
Editorial: Stop the clock and reflect
How quickly we forget some of the detail and indeed some of the outcomes from these so-called scandals.
8 January 2025 Viewpoints
€3.5m organic processing grant opened
The scheme provides funding to processors who wish to invest in developing facilities for the processing, preparation, grading, packing and storage of organic products.
8 January 2025 Schemes
Consumers will have to 'get used' to paying more for food - Tirlán CEO
If consumers are not prepared to pay more for food, the guarantee of security of supply will not be there as it was in the past, Tirlán CEO Seán Molloy has said.
8 January 2025 News