Environment
Study: Increased agriculture contributes to surface water decline in Brazil
A new study has shown a reduction in surface water in Brazil of 15% since the early 1990s. The research...
Environment
Beef
Australia leads the way with world’s first lower emission steak
Australian company FutureFeed has served up a world’s first this month, dishing up sustainable seaweed-fed lower emission steak with celebrity...
Environment
NI farmers urged to use EFS to improve water quality
Northern Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots has reminded farmers of the potential to use the...
Environment
CLA launches climate change video competition
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is calling on farmers, land managers and rural business owners to show the...
Environment
NI farm walk to explore potential of multi-species swards for beef and sheep
Through a farm walk in Northern Ireland, beef and sheep farmers will have the opportunity to see for themselves how...
Environment
FUW to discuss merits and drawbacks of carbon trading quotas
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is to discuss the merits and drawbacks of limiting the amount of carbon credits...
Environment
SSE Renewables gave over €1m to community groups in Ireland in the last year
SSE Renewables gave €1.1 million in funding to 412 community groups near its wind farms in the Republic of Ireland...
Agri-Business
Why your tea-break can help other farmers if you choose wisely
The mid-morning tea-break is one of life's little pleasures. We think nothing of sinking, swirling and squeezing that teabag before...
Environment
Minister Poots visits local farm businesses making a difference
Northern Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has visited two farm businesses near Crossgar, Co. Down, to see how their innovative approach...
Agri-Business
Climate Bill to cost NI farming £11 billion
Aiming for net-zero by 2045 could result in the loss of 13,000 farming jobs in Northern Ireland at a cost...
Agri-Business
Agriland journalist nominated for food writing awards
Agriland senior northern correspondent, Rachel Martin has been nominated for a number of prestigious writing awards. The Co. Down native...
Environment
Indian scientists develop system to generate hydrogen from agricultural residue
Sentient Labs, an Indian-based R&D innovation lab and MACS - Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), have developed what they claim to...
Environment
Hydrogen transport pilots rolled out across Tees Valley
Hydrogen transport pilots in the Tees Valley area will establish the UK as “a leader in the technology and propel...
Environment
Anaerobic digestion an ‘immediate GHG mitigation solution’ – WBA
The World Biogas Association (WBA) has said that anaerobic digestion (AD) has been 'dangerously overlooked' in mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Environment
Minister opens fifth EFS round during Co. Down farm visit
Northern Ireland Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots has opened applications for the fifth round of the Environmental Farming Scheme...
Environment
Pioneering North East project uses nature to reduce flood risk
More than 20 natural features have been constructed to bolster flood protection in the North East as part of a...
Environment
IPCC: Warming effect of methane likely to be significantly overstated
The global warming effect of methane could be overestimated by as much as three or four times, according to a...
Environment
NI to host Climate Summit ahead of COP26
Northern Ireland politicians have agreed to hold a Climate Summit ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The...
