# 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.
# agriculture - Sunday 1 April, 2018
# Simon Coveney
# Simon Coveney
In 2014, overall trade with Russia was worth €948 million.
# agriculture - Monday 19 March, 2018
# EXTRACT
# EXTRACT
John Connell, author of The Cow Book, ruminates on how the extraordinary tale of the Táin still runs through the veins of Ireland.
# agriculture - Sunday 11 March, 2018
# Growing Interest
# Growing Interest
Ed Hanbidge says there’s the potential to turn the crop into a major farming industry.
# agriculture - Thursday 15 February, 2018
# Lambing Season
# Lambing Season
Sheep farmer representatives plan to meet with government officials to discuss their problems with the inspections.
# agriculture - Wednesday 3 January, 2018
# Workplace Fatalities
# Workplace Fatalities
New figures from the Health and Safety Authority show that there were 47 fatal accidents last year, up one from 46 the year before.
# agriculture - Monday 27 November, 2017
# Glyphosate
# Glyphosate
Germany dropped its opposition to the pesticide, introduced in 1974 by US agro-giant Monsanto as Roundup.
# agriculture - Sunday 26 November, 2017
# Crisis
# Crisis
The bad weather throughout the summer has left farmers without sufficient amounts of fodder.
# agriculture - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
# Roundup
# Roundup
“The rule is prove to us that it’s safe – and that hasn’t been done.”
# agriculture - Wednesday 16 August, 2017
# Health And Safety
# Health And Safety
Half of the fatalities last year involved self-employed people.
# agriculture - Sunday 6 August, 2017
# Environment
# Environment
Studies in Australia and Canada look promising, but the Department of Agriculture still have some questions.
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