Dairy
Increased milk yield per cow has led to improved carbon footprint – DAERA report
Carbon intensity indicators for Northern Ireland have been published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). Northern...
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Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Building a road to hydrogen power
JCB is no lightweight in the off-road machinery sector, so when the company nails its colours firmly to the hydrogen...
Environment
Greenhouse Gas methodology changes means more bang for NI’s climate action efforts
Changes to how Greenhouse Gas emissions will be measured mean Northern Ireland will achieve a larger contribution to the UK's...
Beef
Climate change – the pressure is growing on beef sector
Livestock farmers attending the recent sustainable beef webinar, hosted jointly by the College of Agricultue, Enterprise and Rural Affairs (CAFRE)...
Environment
Poots hopes Lord Deben can sway Executive on NI carbon targets
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots is hoping a briefing from one of the UK's most senior advisors on climate matters will...
Environment
MLAs to debate DAERA Climate Bill next week
Stormont politicians are expected to debate Northern Ireland's second proposed Climate Change Bill for the first time next week. "The...
Rural Life
Animal welfare activists blockade UK dairy factory
A group of animal welfare activists has blockaded an Arla Foods dairy distribution centre in the UK in an overnight...
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
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
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
Climate alarm: global temperature goals getting ‘beyond reach’ – IPCC report
“It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land" - that is according to a new...
Agri-Business
New collaboration to establish low carbon milk
Agolin SA, a Swiss based company which develops and markets feed additives, has joined forces with global chocolate producer Barry...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods launches UK Innovation Farm
Arla Foods on-farm R&D facility was formally launched last week, showcasing a range of trials that are testing the tech...
Environment
Performance recording linked with lower emission flocks
Performance recording is an opportunity Northern Ireland's sheep sector can no longer afford to ignore, according to industry advisors. A...
Agri-Business
The death of the diesel engine is greatly exaggerated
The diesel engine has proved itself a very successful variant of the internal combustion engine (ICE), an invention that has...
Environment
UFU tells Ag Committee Climate Change Bill 1 would be ‘more detrimental than any trade deal’
Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has slammed targets set in the private member's Climate Change Bill as "complete...
Environment
What does Climate Change Bill (No. 2) have in store for NI?
The first details have emerged of Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture's Climate Change Bill. Referred to in Stormont documents as...
Agri-Business
AFBI scientists warn Climate Change Bill will require livestock reduction
Scientists have warned it will be "extremely challenging" for Northern Ireland to reduce its methane emissions from agriculture in order...
