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Staying on top of Nitrates production figures

The Department’s MyAgfood.ie facility is a good resource to help stay within Nitrates limits

SCHEMES 8 July 2026

Staying on top of Nitrates production figures

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Deadline to verify slurry imports nears

Deadline to verify slurry imports nears

SCHEMES 1 July 2026

2,046 TAMS payments made for LESS and GPS spreaders

2,046 TAMS payments made for LESS and GPS spreaders

NEWS 24 June 2026

Beef Management: correcting paddocks, weed control and farm safety

Beef Management: correcting paddocks, weed control and farm safety

Beef Management: correcting paddocks, weed control and farm safety

MANAGEMENT 10 June 2026

Schemes update: Department publishes new reference layers showing slopes

Schemes update: Department publishes new reference layers showing slopes

Schemes update: Department publishes new reference layers showing slopes

SCHEMES 8 May 2026

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Green watchdog wants tighter NAP rules in NI

Green watchdog wants tighter NAP rules in NI

The OEP state there are 'substantial risks' of nutrient loss to waterways outside the slurry spreading closed period, particularly in early February and October.

NORTHERN IRELAND 19 February 2026

Warning for spoiled silage after wet spring

Warning for spoiled silage after wet spring

The AgriSearch study involved analysing samples from 23 different silages, with two of these subsequently showing moderate levels of mycotoxins.

NORTHERN IRELAND 19 February 2026

Longford contractor praises simplistic ‘no-chains’ Marshall dung spreader

Longford contractor praises simplistic ‘no-chains’ Marshall dung spreader

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Longford farmer and agricultural contractor George Allen, to find out how his Marshall rear-discharge dung spreader is working, three years after he bought it.

FARM MACHINERY 19 February 2026

Muir rules out changing slurry closed period

Muir rules out changing slurry closed period

Calls for slurry spreading rules to be reviewed have reemerged this year following a dry spell of weather during last winter’s closed period.

NORTHERN IRELAND 19 February 2026

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 19 February 2026

TAMS III approval rates tumble for tranche 10

TAMS III approval rates tumble for tranche 10

The Solar Capital Investment Scheme and Dairy Equipment Scheme will see just 10% of applications set to be approved.

SCHEMES 19 February 2026

Inside the Farmers Journal: clampdown on bogus slurry movements

Inside the Farmers Journal: clampdown on bogus slurry movements

Bogus slurry movements, Teagasc cutbacks, TAMS and flour are among the topics on this week’s news podcast.

NEWS 19 February 2026

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