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| Reducing
your carbon hoofprint |
Agriculture
(Jul 14, 2008)
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Milk goes green - cows that receive recombinant
Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all
the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially
reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell
University study.
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| New
Soil Database website launched |
Agriculture
(Jun 9, 2008)
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A new National Soil Database website (NSDB) has been
launched as part of a joint project between Teagasc
and the EPA.
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| Forestry
Conference on Site Classification |
Agriculture
(Jun 9, 2008)
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Mr. Tony Killeen, T.D, Minister of State at the Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with responsibility
for forestry opened a conference on 'The Role of
Site Classification in Forest Productivity and Management'.
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| Knowledge
key to brighter future |
Agriculture
(Jun 3, 2008)
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An exciting new era in farming and food production
is anticipated - leading to a doubling in the value
of the sector to €40 billion by 2030.
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| Action
plan to increase organic production in Ireland |
Agriculture
(May 1, 2008)
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Speaking at the launch of the Organic Farming Action
Plan 2008-2012, Mr Trevor Sargent TD, Minister for
Food and Horticulture at the Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food said that he was committed to achieving
the very necessary development of the organic sector
in Ireland.
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| IFA
welcome Minister Coughlan's approach to climate change |
Agriculture
(Apr 21, 2008)
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IFA Climate Change Project Team Chairman, Sean O'Leary
has welcomed Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan’s
recent comments made at the Joint Oireachtas Committee
on Climate Change and Energy Security, regarding agriculture’s
contribution to emissions reductions.
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| 15
May deadline for applications for organic farming scheme |
Agriculture
(Apr 14, 2008)
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The Minister for Food and Horticulture at the Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Trevor Sargent
T.D., has urged farmers wanting to join the new Organic
Farming Scheme in 2008, to have their applications
with the Department by 15 May.
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| Greenhouse
gases and agriculture |
Agriculture
(Mar 31, 2008)
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| New Zealand
researchers have not yet identified mechanisms to substantially
cut agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according
to Dr Harry Clark, head of AgResearch's environmental
research programme in New Zealand. |
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