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Beet herbicide ban could hit fodder stocks

Beet herbicide Debut has been banned for use in the EU and there is no widely available alternative for the product.

NEWS 18 March 2025

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Hemp diversification most suitable for tillage farms - Teagasc

Hemp diversification most suitable for tillage farms - Teagasc

NEWS 27 February 2025

Brussels pledges to ‘level the playing field’ on food imports

Brussels pledges to ‘level the playing field’ on food imports

NEWS 19 February 2025

Commission signals more convergence and payment capping in next CAP

Commission signals more convergence and payment capping in next CAP

Commission signals more convergence and payment capping in next CAP

NEWS 13 February 2025

Reducing pesticide use impacts yield and income

Reducing pesticide use impacts yield and income

Reducing pesticide use impacts yield and income

NEWS 5 February 2025

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Commission signals more convergence and payment capping in next CAP

Commission signals more convergence and payment capping in next CAP

Brussels has claimed that the next CAP will focus on simplification, with more convergence and payment capping to come too.

NEWS 1 January 2025

Reducing pesticide use impacts yield and income

Reducing pesticide use impacts yield and income

Studies from around the world show a decrease in crop yields with pesticide reductions, but income varies.

NEWS 1 January 2025

Plant protection products: the facts and the figures on registrations

Plant protection products: the facts and the figures on registrations

The Department of Agriculture outlined some facts and figures on the registration of plant protection products at the Teagasc National Tillage Conference.

NEWS 1 January 2025

EU pesticide cut reduces crop yields with no alternatives

EU pesticide cut reduces crop yields with no alternatives

Teagasc research has shown that an Irish expert group thinks yields will be dramatically impacted by the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy with no alternatives.

NEWS 1 January 2025

Tillage conference: drop in pesticide use could hit crop yields by 30%

Tillage conference: drop in pesticide use could hit crop yields by 30%

Research from Teagasc predicts declines in yield from pesticide use reductions, even when integrated pest management is being implemented.

NEWS 1 January 2025

IGGG encourages commissioner to act on double standards

IGGG encourages commissioner to act on double standards

The Irish Grain Growers Group has encouraged the EU’s Agriculture Commissioner to act on his statement on maximum residue levels last week.

NEWS 1 January 2025

MRL rules for banned products 'hypocritical' – commissioner

MRL rules for banned products 'hypocritical' – commissioner

The European commissioner told the IFA AGM that current standards on imports to the EU are hypocritical.

NEWS 1 January 2025

Pesticides and cover cropping on the cards at Tillage Conference

Pesticides and cover cropping on the cards at Tillage Conference

The annual Teagasc conference will take place on Wednesday, 29 January in the Lyrath Conference Centre, Kilkenny with thematic sessions and workshops organised for the day.

NEWS 1 January 2025

Getting paid by developers for biodiversity

Getting paid by developers for biodiversity

Conor Kehoe recently visited the farm of David Felce in the east of England with Lemken. Here, he describes the actions being undertaken on the farm regarding nature and the use of technology.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 1 January 2025

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New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

Syngenta Ireland recently launched CASPER®, a new broadleaved weed herbicide for newly sown and established grassland.

New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

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