Farm Advice
Relevant articles with information for farmers
- Protecting Our Soils (November 2023)
- Managing Rainwater on Farms (October 2023)
- Leading the Way in Technology Adoption (October 2023)
- Protected Urea (September 2023)
- Responsible Rodenticide Use (July 2023)
- Cover crop timing is just around the corner (July 2023)
- Farmer Actions to Improve Water Quality (June 2023)
- The Soil is Alive & Willing to Help (May 2023)
- Calculating Lime Advice (April 2023)
- Biodiversity (March 2023)
- Why use Protected Urea in 2023 (February 2023)
- Contract Heifer Rearing (February 2023)
- Be careful with slurry application this Spring (January 2023)
- Getting the most from your slurry (January 2023)
- Teagasc Climate Action Strategy (2022-2030) (December 2022)
- Nitrates 2022 - are you aware of these Changes? (October 2022)
- Nitrates Action Plan information for all farms (October 2022)
- Soil Health (October 2022)
- Soil Carbon Sequestration (October 2022)
- Improving Water Quality in Ireland (October 2022)
- Help nature thrive on your farm through ACRES (October 2022)
- National Soil Fertility Trends 2021 (September 2022)
- How Low Can You Go? with Your Fertiliser Bill (September 2022)
- Reducing emissions on your farm (August 2022)
- Change’s to Shallow Cultivation Post-Harvest (August 2022)
- Improving Nutrient Efficiency on Tillage Farms (June 2022)
- Forestry – Farm Planning (June 2022)
- Multi Species Swards (May 2022)
- Advice on Liming (May 2022)
- Silage Pits & Effluent Management (May 2022)
- Technical Advice for Grassland Farmers (April 2022)
- Clover (March 2022)
- Three Reasons to use Protected Urea in 2022 (February 2022)
- Action Plan to Reduce Chemical Nitrogen Use (January 2022)
- Getting the most from your slurry in 2022 (January 2022)
- Climate Action - Dairy
- Climate Action - Beef
- Fertiliser Requirements at Reseeding Time
- Protected Urea List
- Sugar and Nitrate Levels in your Silage
- Managing Through The Drought
- Advice on Liming Grassland
- Advice on Liming Tillage Crops
- Fertiliser/Spring Management
- Slurry and Manure Management
- Facts on Applying Lime
- REAP Scheme
- Managing Slurry to Minimise Nutrient Losses
Derogation/Water Quality
Water Quality Regulations View as PDF (1MB)
New Derogation Regulations from January 2021
Ireland’s nitrates derogation allows farmers to farm at higher stocking rates, above 170 kg livestock manure nitrogen/ha up to 250 nitrogen/ha, (up to 3LU’s cows/ha across the entire land declared on BPS). This is subject to additional conditions designed to protect the environment.
Click here for further information on the 8 additional changes that derogation farmers have to comply with this year/2021.