# agriculture - Friday 3 June, 2022
# The Road To 2030
# The Road To 2030
The sector must give more detail on how it will reduce methane emissions in particular, an EPA report said this week.
# agriculture - Monday 30 May, 2022
# Food Shortages
# Food Shortages
Charlie McConalogue was speaking at the launch of the World Potato Congress today.
# agriculture - Tuesday 26 April, 2022
It means that eggs can be classified as ‘free range’ again as hens are let out and about.
# agriculture - Thursday 13 January, 2022
# Sectoral Ceilings
# Sectoral Ceilings
The Climate Action Plan proposed that the agriculture sector reduces its emissions by 22% to 30% by 2030.
# agriculture - Saturday 13 November, 2021
# Agriculture
# Agriculture
The farming subsidy is undergoing a major reform ahead of the 2023-2027 period.
# agriculture - Thursday 4 November, 2021
# Climate Action Plan
# Climate Action Plan
“There’s a much broader range of issues that we have to do in addition to agriculture,” the Taoiseach said at the launch of the Climate Action Plan.
# Climate Action Plan
# Climate Action Plan
The agriculture sector has been targeted with the lowest change – a 22% to 30% reduction in emissions.
# agriculture - Wednesday 20 October, 2021
# CAP
# CAP
The Agriculture Minister confirmed that farmers will have to participate in eco-schemes to avail themselves of 25% of funding available under part of the programme.
# agriculture - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Cash Cow
# Cash Cow
Noteworthy’s Niall Sargent and journalist Ella McSweeney tell Susan Daly how agri-subsidies are encouraging farmers to cut back on nature.
# agriculture - Thursday 7 October, 2021
# Cash Cow
The EU's multi-billion euro farm subsidy model is driving up emissions & hitting nature hard, writes Niall Sargent and Ella McSweeney in new Noteworthy investigation Irish farmers are being financially penalised for maintaining biodiversity hotspots €100 billion of farm subsidies for climate action have had little impact on emissions, EU audit finds
# agriculture - Wednesday 8 September, 2021
# Factory Farm
There are an estimated 18.5 million farmed chickens in Monaghan producing ammonia-laden manure. Report, seen by Noteworthy's Niall Sargent, warns of "direct and indirect negative impacts on the environment locally". Soil, water and air pollution an increasing concern.
# agriculture - Tuesday 3 August, 2021
# Column
# Column
Minister of State for Agriculture Pippa Hackett writes that the future for farming in Ireland should see increased incomes and decreased emissions.
# agriculture - Tuesday 27 July, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
The agriculture minister says he’s confident Irish farmers will embrace climate change policies that are needed to tackle the climate crisis.
# agriculture - Thursday 15 July, 2021
# Fit For 55
# Fit For 55
The ‘Fit for 55′ plan first aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030.
# agriculture - Thursday 1 July, 2021
# Credit Card Fraud
# Credit Card Fraud
Up to €7,000 worth of silage wrap and some farm machinery were fraudulently paid for over the phone with a cloned credit card.
# agriculture - Friday 11 June, 2021
# Protest
# Protest
Demonstrations were organised in 30 towns in Ireland this morning.
# agriculture - Saturday 17 April, 2021
# Moo
# Moo
Can you tell your oinks from your baas?
# agriculture - Friday 18 December, 2020
# Reaping The Harvest
# Reaping The Harvest
Noteworthy examines an industry push for visas for non-EU workers in horticulture that has raised concern with unions, migrant rights groups and some Government departments.
# Reaping The Harvest
# Reaping The Harvest
Noteworthy and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network examine the lure for workers from Bulgaria and Romania to come to Ireland and the impact back home – both good and bad.
# Reaping The Harvest
# Reaping The Harvest
Noteworthy explores long working hours, low pay and other concerning conditions for seasonal employees in the sector.
# agriculture - Wednesday 2 December, 2020
# Equality
# Equality
Over a third of workers believe that using flexible work options negatively impacts their chances of promotion, according to a new study.
# agriculture - Friday 14 August, 2020
# Agriculture
# Agriculture
Eight Irish products have already received the protected status as a Geographical Indications.
# agriculture - Friday 1 May, 2020
# Agriculture
# Agriculture
The agriculture minister confirmed that there are six clusters at meat processing plants.
# agriculture - Monday 3 February, 2020
# Ge2020
# Ge2020
We asked each party what measures they’d take to resolve the beef dispute and support Bord na Móna workers at risk of losing their jobs.
# agriculture - Friday 10 January, 2020
# Workplace Accidents
# Workplace Accidents
Overall, 46 people died in workplace accidents in 2019 and agriculture remains the most dangerous sector in which to work.
# agriculture - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# Tim Cullinan
# Tim Cullinan
Tim Cullinan was this evening elected president of the IFA.
# agriculture - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Beef
# Beef
It’s one of a number of measures agreed to last month in order to end a dispute between farmers and processors.
# agriculture - Saturday 5 October, 2019
# Farmers
# Farmers
The task force was agreed to by farmers and industry representatives following talks with the minister last month.
# agriculture - Thursday 19 September, 2019
# Agriculture Minister
# Agriculture Minister
The Agriculture Minister was speaking at the National Ploughing Championships in Carlow.
# agriculture - Wednesday 28 August, 2019
# Ireland's Climate Crisis
# Ireland's Climate Crisis
Beef farmers in Ireland are facing low prices and pressure to reduce emissions – Is the model broken?
# agriculture - Sunday 18 August, 2019
# Farming
# Farming
Intensive agriculture has damaged the planet. But we can change that.
# agriculture - Thursday 1 August, 2019
# Farming
# Farming
The Irish Farmers’ Association has said the Irish and European beef sectors are “in crisis”.
# agriculture - Sunday 7 July, 2019
# Glyphosate
# Glyphosate
Austrian members of parliament earlier this week approved a total ban on glyphosate.
# agriculture - Sunday 30 June, 2019
# Mercosur
# Mercosur
The deal with hit the Irish beef sector.
# agriculture - Thursday 27 June, 2019
# Lee Of Faith
# Lee Of Faith
RTÉ had already announced that Lee would be leaving his agriculture correspondent role this summer.
# agriculture - Saturday 8 September, 2018
# Agriculture
# Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture said that if the disease reached Ireland, it would do “very serious damage to the pig industry”.
# agriculture - Sunday 29 April, 2018
# Farming
# Farming
Farmers have welcomed moves to rebalance power in the supply chain.
# agriculture - Thursday 5 April, 2018
# Hay Ya
# Hay Ya
The first loads of feed arrived at Irish ports this morning.
# agriculture - Wednesday 4 April, 2018
# Crisis Point
# Crisis Point
The weather since Christmas has meant poor grass growth and a lack of fodder for animals.
# agriculture - Tuesday 3 April, 2018
# Cannot Fodder
# Cannot Fodder
The weather since Christmas has meant poor grass growth and a lack of fodder for animals.
Mostly cloudy and breezy with showers
Max: 19 °C
Min: 10 °C
Variable clouds with a couple of showers
Max: 16 °C
Min: 11 °C
