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Minister Heydon: NGTs will 'equip' Irish farmers to compete in changing world

The Minister gave the meeting an update on plant protection regulations and new genomic techniques at the Food Vision Tillage meeting.

NEWS 14 December 2025

Minister Heydon: NGTs will 'equip' Irish farmers to compete in changing world

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Tillage Podcast: new payment scheme and blight forecasting

Tillage Podcast: new payment scheme and blight forecasting

NEWS 11 December 2025

Minister Heydon wants to reduce reliance on animal feed imports

Minister Heydon wants to reduce reliance on animal feed imports

NEWS 10 December 2025

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

NEWS 10 December 2025

Whiskey technical file a 'large piece of work'

Whiskey technical file a 'large piece of work'

Whiskey technical file a 'large piece of work'

NEWS 10 December 2025

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CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

A move to CAN is likely when CBAM comes in and this will increase emissions from grassland, but not from tillage land.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Organic v conventional: which came out on top for 2024 farm incomes?

Organic v conventional: which came out on top for 2024 farm incomes?

Teagasc has established a baseline of economic performance on organic farms. What do the figures show?

NEWS 3 December 2025

ITLUS awards bursaries to four crop students

ITLUS awards bursaries to four crop students

The Irish Tillage and Land Use Society awarded four students studying crop science with bursaries at the society’s winter conference.

NEWS 3 December 2025

You can help develop a new testing kit for potato blight

You can help develop a new testing kit for potato blight

AgSense is a research project that aims to improve the forecasting and identification of potato blight and its different strains. Alex Neuroth from DCU reports.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

This week’s podcast has news on tillage incomes and a chat with a US farmer in Iowa, one of the biggest cropping states in the United States.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Deal struck on allowing gene-edited seeds in the EU

Deal struck on allowing gene-edited seeds in the EU

Farmers across the EU could access varieties developed with NGTs in the future under an agreement struck on Wednesday.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Flavourless peas, better nutrition and fewer allergens on the way

Flavourless peas, better nutrition and fewer allergens on the way

This could be a big breakthrough that could improve and expand the market for peas in Ireland and beyond.

NEWS 3 December 2025

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Udder Vital Bolus can be used for animals with somatic cell count problems and during the transition period.

Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

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