Water
Ciara Leahy on 16 Sep 2021
What does the future hold for food?
From diverse diets to functional foods and robots that will deliver your weekly shop to ghost kitchens, the next decade of food promises to be very interesting, writes Ciara Leahy.
Siobhán Walsh on 15 Sep 2021
Field in a box could reduce methane emissions
FodderBox can grow one tonne of fodder per day and is the winner of this year’s UCD Lyons Agritech Award, writes Siobhán Walsh.
Siobhán Walsh on 08 Sep 2021
How do you stack your silage bales?
Simple steps can help reduce nutrient loss from farmyards. A recent Teagasc webinar pointed out that extra storage is not always the answer.
Andy Doyle on 06 Sep 2021
Electricity cost hit sugar cane production in south Queensland
Sugar cane is perceived to have significant cost advantages over sugar beet, but free water and high yields are still important.
Amy Forde on 06 Sep 2021
Widescale production of biochar in Ireland needed - IrBEA
Biochar is a carbon-based product, which is created when rushes, scrub and other material are fed into a machine and converted to an advanced form of charcoal.
Adam Woods on 01 Sep 2021
Dirty water rules will cost farmers millions
Adam Woods and Aidan Brennan have the latest on the new nitrate rules.
Phelim O'Neill on 01 Sep 2021
Prioritise land for food, not planting trees – Oxfam
In a recent Oxfam briefing paper, countries and corporations are accused of greenwashing.
Andy Doyle on 23 Aug 2021
Sorghum - A very different cereal crop
Sorghum was but one of the many different crops the ITLUS tour group encountered during its visit to Queensland in 2020.
John Egerton on 18 Aug 2021
Back to basics when draining land
Recent dry weather has allowed John Egerton to undertake drainage work on his Fermanagh farm.
John Crowe on 16 Aug 2021
Dairy Management: getting the infrastructure right to keep cows out longer
John Crowe discusses what infrastructure is required to maximise days at grass this autumn
Ellen Durkin on 13 Aug 2021
Nitrates proposals to ‘significantly damage family farm incomes’ – IFA
The IFA is set to host an online meeting for farmers on nitrates regulations.
Aidan Brennan on 11 Aug 2021
Getting on top of TBC and thermoduric problems
Aidan Brennan goes through the steps involved in getting to the root of a TBC and thermoduric problem in milk.
Declan O'Brien on 11 Aug 2021
Farmers hit out at dates and potential cost of nitrates proposals
Farm bodies claim that reducing nitrate levels in watercourses and retaining commercial agriculture were not incompatible aspirations.
Andy Doyle on 09 Aug 2021
Lots of nuts grown around Griffith
Looking at some of the more exotic crops we saw on our travels, this week I take a brief look at the nut farms visited during the Irish Tillage and Land Use Society Australian tour in January 2020.
Niall Hurson on 04 Aug 2021
English farmers receive €20m extra to tackle water pollution
The additional funding will cover 100% of England’s farmland, up from 40% of its current coverage.
Noel Bardon on 03 Aug 2021
Sheds, soil and crops washed away - counting the cost of Belgium’s July floods
Unprecedented water damage has been caused to farms in Belgium and Germany after mid-July rains burst river banks.
Phelim O'Neill on 30 Jul 2021
One-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work in climate management
It makes sense to match global demand for livestock produce with areas of the world that are most suitable produce it.
Declan Marren on 28 Jul 2021
Thrive: demonstration farm suffers a casualty
One of the finishing bullocks, within six weeks of slaughter, died on the Thrive demonstration farm this week. Declan Marren reports.
Ellen Durkin on 26 Jul 2021
30ha of land destroyed in gorse fire in Monaghan
Fire crews attended two separate incidents of fires in Monaghan last week.
Andy Doyle on 26 Jul 2021
Inland fish farming at Murray Cod Farm in New South Wales
Fish farming would seem an unlikely activity for an agronomist working quite far inland in New South Wales.