This decade is seen as pivotal for the development of anaerobic digestion (AD) in Ireland. In order to meet Ireland’s Climate Action Plan objectives, numerous government politicians have declared that anaerobic digestion will play a key part as Irish industry [...]

In March 2022, Ireland secured an extension of the Nitrates Derogation to cover the period 2022 to 2025 on the basis that it would have no negative impacts on water quality. Across the European Union, Ireland – along with the [...]

The third edition of the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) opened yesterday as farmers can look forward to new investment items including underpasses, farm roadways and heat detection aids part of the new package. Agri Insider spoke with Dermot Grogan [...]

Earlier this week sheep farmers mounted a protest against the low margin returns that have hit farms across the country over the last couple of months. The government is being asked to financially support the sheep industry in the wake [...]

Ireland’s organic sector has many ambitious targets to hit before the end of the decade. One ambitious target is to triple organic production by 2027 to 7.5%, while by 2030 10% of utilised agricultural area is to be farmed organically. [...]

In the past two weeks, there has been a lot of noise on social media, spilling into mainstream media discussion about misleading advertising that collates with ‘veganuary’ using questionable science and health claims. This is highly aggravating to the Irish [...]