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Limerick County Council reminds farmers of silage effluent rules
Niamh Murphy
Limerick City and County Council has reminded farmers of their obligations around effluents arising from silage making.
19 April 2024 Climate and environment
EPA slashes emissions estimate for grasslands
The move came after scientific studies published last year found emissions from peat grasslands to be significantly overestimated.
6 March 2024 News
Legal: ‘do my neighbours have a duty to clean out drains?’
A drain pipe running onto his neighbour’s land is causing one farmer much distress, writes Aisling Meehan.
Home Farm: Slurry and daffodils
Drainage - a year like this throws up evidence of where the problems are.
7 February 2024 Viewpoints
Farmer Writes: a brief history of land reclamation
Irish land reclamation was the war cry for the past 250 years, and I think we should mark its passing with a brief history.
3 January 2024 Farmer Writes
The role hedgerows, trees and scrub can play in the battle to combat flooding
Dr Alan Moore of Hedgerows Ireland looks at what measures farmers can deploy to combat flooding.
3 January 2024 Opinion
SloWaters project paying farmers to slow the flow of water off their land
SloWaters has been piloting flood prevention measures on Irish farms and the project's leader maintains that these measures should now be rolled out at a wider scale.
20 December 2023 Climate and environment
80,000ha for rewetting is 'over-estimated' says Teagasc scientist
The Teagasc scientist also maintained that the carbon emissions estimates for Ireland’s farmed peatlands could be halved if revisited.
29 November 2023 News