Environment
Research: Commercial forestry could deliver 269% more climate mitigation
A new study involving researchers at University of Limerick (UL) has highlighted the role that the planting of new commercial...
Environment
Dairy
Environmental considerations for silage storage
As silage season approaches, now is the time to consider the environmental risk of silage effluent, to avoid a pollution...
Agri-Business
NI’s £2 million Environment Fund opens for applications
Applications have opened for a new £2 million Environment Challenge Fund, launched by Environment Minister Edwin Poots last month. The...
Environment
Northern Ireland energy sector to be fully decarbonised by 2050
Stormont’s Department for the Economy has begun the process of developing a new energy strategy, which will see the Northern...
Environment
Government launches new £80 million fund for green jobs and national parks
Plans to help kickstart the UK’s green recovery have been unveiled yesterday (Wednesday, November 18), including the expansion of protected...
Environment
£40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund opens for applications
Grants from £50,000 to £5 million are now available from the Green Recovery Challenge Fund to help the nation build...
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
How efficient must a farmer become at producing a kilogram of product?
When it comes to agriculture and climate action the focus – with regard to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – needs...
Dairy
Slurry powered milk trucks; is this the future?
Farmers in Sweden are contributing to a fossil fuel free future through turning their farms’ slurry into biogas – which is...
Forestry
Harvard research suggests afforestation could slow climate change clock
New research from Harvard University in the US demonstrates that the UK would be able to sustain itself and help...
Arable
McIntyre: 'What the big pesticides report should have said'
The European Parliament’s committee on pesticides has reached the wrong conclusions and disregarded key evidence, a new report concludes. Anthea...
Beef
'Grazed grass isn’t that environmentally friendly'
Grazed grass and other forage-based diets are more likely to lead to higher levels of greenhouse gas production, according to...
Schemes
Last chance to apply for £5,000 environmental grant
Farmers in the midlands have until January 31 to apply for an environmental grant of up to £5,000. Dr. Jodie Rettino,...
Environment
Reducing food production could cut emissions – UK report
Reducing demand for beef, lamb and milk by changing diets could help cut back on methane and nitrous oxide emissions,...
Agri Politics
Defra seeks 'environmentally-sound' farming in new strategy
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has set down a new environmental strategy, in which it outlines...
Opinion
It’s time to put the value of the Basic Payment into context
I am pretty sick and tired of environmental and conservation groups telling us all that we need farm support measures...
Environment
Can Brexit be a good thing for the environment?
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has teamed up with Greener UK, a coalition of 13 environmental organisations, to demonstrate how a...
N.Ireland
New environmental scheme could ‘cut number of inspections’
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has launched a new scheme which it says could improve the environment, while also reducing...
