Agri-Business
Project to investigate Scottish 'carbon farming' opportunities
A new project will investigate ways Scottish farmers could draw down more carbon into their soils. The initiative will be...
Carbon
Environment
Farm sustainability assessment called for at 'Energy and Rural Business Show'
Calls for a single, harmonised farm sustainability assessment were made at Energy and Rural Business Show earlier this month, in...
Environment
Government launches £50 million tree-planting scheme
The Government has officially launched a £50 million scheme aimed towards increasing tree-planting rates in an effort to boost carbon...
Environment
'Planting just uplands is not enough to combat carbon emissions'
Planting the upper lands of Ireland is not enough to combat Ireland’s carbon emissions when farmers on the lower lands...
Dairy
Carbon to replace milk as the new quota in farming
Carbon will become the new quota in Irish farming, according to Trinity College economist Professor Alan Matthews. Matthews was addressing...