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Climate change: driving up animal diseases on your farm
Caitríona Morrissey
Wetter and warmer weather will bring with them a whole new set of disease pressures for Irish farms. Caitríona Morrissey reports.
1 May 2024 News
By degrees: how climate change is already affecting your farm
Professor Conor Murphy from Maynooth University recently spoke about the current and future impact of climate change on farming. Caitríona Morrissey reports.
29 April 2024 News
Food security fears in wake of Ukraine invasion will remain – McConalogue
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue believes that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could ultimately lead to separate food production and environmental funds for farmers.
Minister for Agriculture hits out at social media ‘heroes’
It used to be the case that politics was delivery, but the advent of social media has devalued hard graft, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue told Caitríona Morrissey.
27 April 2024 News
Food security fears in wake of Ukraine invasion will remain - McConalogue
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue believes that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could ultimately lead to separate food production and environmental funds for farmers.
26 April 2024 News
Subsidy for methane-reducing feed additives on the cards
Some of the Government’s €14bn Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund could be directed towards cutting the cost of methane-busting feeds, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has said.
24 April 2024 News
Dáil votes against debating Coolmore land purchases
Independent TD Michael McNamara raised the issue of John Magnier’s expanding land bank in the Dáil.
17 April 2024 News
Coolmore poised to add another 535ac to Tipperary land bank
Two farms in the county are expected to be added to the Magnier family's portfolio. Amy Forde and Caitríona Morrissey report.
27 March 2024 News
New four-day rule on slurry exports
Minister for Agriculture McConalogue said the four-day timeframe would “allow inspection on the ground to verify slurry movements”.
29 February 2024 News
IFA farmer protest at airport over ‘hypocrisy in policy’
The ongoing IFA nationwide series of protests takes place in Cork on Monday.
26 February 2024 News
Watch: Macron pledges cashflow plan amid farmer protests
French farmers clashed with police at the agriculture affair Salon de l'Agriculture on Saturday.
25 February 2024 News
European Commission proposes to cut some farm inspections by 50%
The move will be discussed by agriculture ministers from across the EU at next week’s Council of Agriculture Ministers on 26 February.
23 February 2024 Schemes