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Extensive farms face fertiliser clampdown

A Department of Housing consultation paper on the Nitrates Action Programme has proposed restrictions on nitrogen usage on lowly stocked holdings.

7 November 2024 NEWS
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Early fertiliser sales stall as farmers stand back

There are fears that fertiliser shipments from the Middle East could be impacted, should clashes involving Israel and Iran escalate.

6 November 2024 NEWS
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Urea ban proposal sparks farmer push-back

The farm organisations have called for concerns regarding protected urea to be addressed, before sales of straight urea are prohibited.

30 October 2024 NEWS

Just 27% of Irish farms viable in 2023

There were record levels of both farm unviability and vulnerability in 2023.

29 October 2024 NEWS

IFA says urea ban not agreed by working group

The farm body claimed that the Department of Agriculture had included references to a ban on unprotected urea from September next year in draft minutes.

25 October 2024 NEWS
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Straight urea set to be banned

Only protected urea will be available to Irish farmers from autumn and winter next year.

23 October 2024 NEWS
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Traditional urea facing a total ban in 2025

Only protected urea will be available to Irish farmers from next autumn and winter, a stakeholder group has recommended.

23 October 2024 NEWS

Farm emissions down 2.6% since 2023

The EPA has cited reduced lime application to soils and lower milk output as reasons for the third consecutive quarterly drop of emissions in the farm sector.

21 October 2024 NEWS
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No clarity on planned cut to fertiliser limits

There remains little clarity on what nitrates changes farmers must abide by next year, despite the proposals having been put on the table months ago.

14 August 2024 NEWS