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Retirement scheme and emissions cap among radical measures proposed for dairy sector

The Minister for Agriculture is to receive a report setting out options to reduce emissions from Irish dairy farms, but some of the proposals could prove controversial

Radical reforms needed to slash dairy emissions, report warns

A cap and trade system on methane levels and retirement scheme are among the measures proposed

EU-backed hemp farming project launched in Co Clare

The one-year experiment seeks to investigate how growing hemp on local farm land could improve soil quality and benefit biodiversity

Lorcan Allen: Exhorting farmers to plant more crops won’t make much difference to food shortfall

As shortages loom, the government target of an extra 25,000 hectares looks likely to be meet but it doesn’t account for a drop in yields due to the fertiliser shortage

Two top Origin executives get share options of potentially €830,000

The company is one of a number of food and agribusiness companies affected by the war in Ukraine, and has suspended all imports of fertilisers from Russia

Susan O’Keeffe: For the wrong reasons, Ireland could become a self-sufficient, food-secure country

Charlie McConalogue may be wrong in the moment to encourage the growth of feed crops rather than food but he is right in the longer term

Absence of EPA from food security committee criticised

‘Pretty serious’ not to have agency contribute to discussion on mandatory crop growing, climate researcher says

Supreme Court dismisses An Taisce challenge against €150m Glanbia cheese plant

The dairy processor can proceed with the development of a new continental style cheese plant in Kilkenny following the ruling

Minister to look at changing law to stop ‘trophy-hunting’ of old Irish goats

Agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue has met with conservationists who argue the endangered native breed needs more protection

Bord Bia chief hails agri-food sector’s record €13.5bn exports

Tara McCarthy says industry’s resilience in the face of cost inflation, Brexit and Covid is ‘simply remarkable’

Wild Irish goats set to be protected from trophy hunters

A number of companies offer clients the ability to hunt the goats, with one promoting the fact that the animal has “ancient” origins

Severe cut in fertiliser supply could see food prices spike this winter

Farmers are on the hook after gas hike forces cut in global production by a third, tripling costs and threatening feed supplies for livestock

Doherty threatens to proceed with controversial peat harvesting bill

Private horticultural bill to allow practice to resume is co-signed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil senators, but has angered the Green Party

Supermarkets warned of new rules to prevent unfair trading practice

Agriculture minister said new regulation of relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain would come into force next April, overseen by new office of food ombudsman

Harris backs idea of research into lab-grown meat

The Minister for Research and Innovation said Ireland should follow Europe’s lead in pursuing low-carbon protein production

John Gibbons: Ireland must plan ahead now to secure full food independence

There is little evidence of strategic thinking on how we would feed ourselves if we were largely cut off from international markets

Charlie McConalogue: ‘Appetite for change is out there among farmers’

Now into his second year in the role, the Minister for Agriculture says the expansion of Ireland’s dairy herd has to stop if the farming sector is to meet its climate targets

Excluding hemp farmers from pandemic loan scheme is ‘incoherent’ and ‘destructive’

Industry representatives ‘not surprised’ by government’s ‘lack of holistic thinking’

Embracing sustainability ‘could help Irish food’s bottom line’

Paul Finnerty, a former senior executive at beef baron Larry Goodman’s ABP Group, says reducing carbon emisions could provide the sector wih a ‘huge opportunity’

McConalogue: Farmers will need to reduce emissions by a ‘greater degree’

The Minister for Agriculture has said he will be ‘investigating the potential for increased ambition for the agriculture sector’