More planning is required to deal with extreme weather at farm level as summer temperatures are projected to increase by 40pc by 2050,...
Sitka spruce is the most important crop in Ireland bar none from a climate change perspective, IBEC has claimed.
The state has shelled out €29.1m to compensate turf cutters banned from cutting turf on certain bogs.
Sitka spruce is the most important crop in Ireland bar none from a climate change perspective, Director of IBEC's Forest Industries Ireland Mark...
Europe’s high levels of food waste are an ethical scandal at a time when hundreds of millions of people around the world are going hungry, the head of the region’s food safety watchdog said...
Forests transformed into recreational spaces and new woodlands to encourage native species and diversity are part of a plan announced by Coillte.
Coillte is to establish a non-profit entity, Coillte Nature, with specific focus on the environment and non-commercial forests.
Almost every aspect of our daily lives will be affected by a new climate strategy which will be unveiled today.
Members of a Leitrim community have taken matters into their own hands, taking a stand against Coillte, who they feel have no...
For once, Ireland is not getting the worst of the weather - although things still look bad for the coming week.
The Save Leitrim Group has disputed a recent Department of Agriculture report that stated that 18.9pc of the county is in forestry, with the...
A new group of Green MEPs could push for a total review of the CAP 2020 reform proposals.
A radical raft of measures to halt a slide in quality standards in the country's waterways is being proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Met Eireann projections indicate that the eastern half of the country will have 1.7 to 2.0 times average rainfall this week.
Agricultural emissions are set to grow by four per cent over the next decade due to increasing cattle numbers, according to a new report published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Lessons have been learned from mistakes made in Northern Ireland’s ‘Cash for Ash’ programme in the designing of the new Support Scheme for...
Irish Water has confirmed a significant increase in pesticide exceedances detected in public water supplies so far this year.
Curlews could be erased from their heartlands across Ireland and the UK within a decade because of intensive farming, which is destroying their...
Forest cover is estimated to be at its highest in 350 years, with the majority of it planted by farmers, according to the Department of Agriculture’s annual Forest Statistics Report for 2019.
An Taisce has said the EU would be right to revoke Ireland’s nitrates derogation.
A warning has been issued after an 'exceedance' for the herbicide glyphosate was detected in the public drinking water supply in Co Mayo.
An exceedance for the herbicide glyphosate has been detected in the public drinking water supply in Newport, Co. Mayo.
Farmers face increased climate action pressure from the Government and EU in the wake of the European elections.
London based specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House Asset Management (GHAM) is planning new forestry and renewable projects after taking over management of 10,000 acres of...
If Brexit hadn’t happened the only thing the Irish agri-food sector would be talking about is climate change, Bord Bia CEO Tara McCarthy has said.
The European Court of Auditors will visit Ireland as part of an audit to assess whether the EU’s agricultural policy helps maintain and enhance biodiversity.
The forest industry in Ireland has evolved in recent years to a situation where contracting is the norm. There may now be many links in the chain between 'forest owner' and 'forest worker'.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has teamed up with Coillte to tackle wildfires using drones.
New legislation proposed by the EU means farmers could have to pay millions of euro to replace obsolete guns.
Fire crews battled 20-foot-high flames from a gorse fire as a Status Orange fire-risk warning for the rest of the week was announced.
The Forest Service has issued a Status Orange fire risk warning as dry conditions are forecast in the coming days.
The silage season is set to kick up a gear as Ireland is set to enjoy the finest weather of the year to date, with spells of glorious sunshine and...
Seller and buyer beware - that's is the advice of Teagasc's Steven Meyen to farmers who are in the market to sell their forestry, writes Claire Fox.
Beef farmer Pat Hennessey's decision to plant forestry on his farm in Laois was thought of as peculiar by his neighbours in 1991 - now almost...
Every farmer should have a bunch of nettles on their farm to increase the land’s biodiversity value, well-known dairy farmer and environment...
The EPA today said that options to reduce fertiliser use will need to be implemented at farm level, after it found that ammonia levels are on an...
THE corncrake is an iconic and once widespread bird which has all but disappeared from Irish shores after being driven to the brink of extinction by modern farming techniques.
Veteran Co Offaly farmer Joe Gaffney has an uncomplicated view of farming, summed up in his pithy observation: "Enjoy life, stay alive and...
Once again, it is time to complete your all important Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application.
IFA President Joe Healy has hit out at transport sector emissions which have increased by 133pc since 1990 compared to what he called resource...
Badger setts which cause subsidence to local roads cannot be removed due to restrictions placed on the Department of Agriculture, it was revealed at a recent municipal district meeting.
Met Éireann has thrown cold water over hopes that Ireland will bask in a three-month long heatwave following the UK’s promise of a 28C “Spanish plume”.
Andrew Doyle, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced that 4,248 forest owners have received their annual forest premium payments in their bank...
Hot, dry summers are fanning an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles that are destroying vast swathes of central Europe's spruce forests which...
The Green Party wants to become the allies of farmers and not enemies, its leader Eamon Ryan has said.
Calls have been made for a full written report a claim of a seven-hour delay in mobilising the Aer Corp helicopters to fight the West Donegal gorse...
A major gorse fire is threatening to engulf homes in the north west of the country.
The warm weather is set to continue today after a glorious start to the Easter weekend.
It's a long way from Somerset to Clare and from sales and advertising to organic poultry farming, but the journey has been a fulfilling experience for Mark Wilson-Pierce.
