William Considine, from Nicharee Farm, Duncormick, Wexford, says our soil is a dynamic complex living environment that needs more than just a dash of chemical fertilisers to enhance its productivity. In the past couple of weeks we have been drawing in the round bales of hay through connected fields and then spreading our precious organic […]

There is a sad fact that we humans will have to face in the coming years: Robots are better than us at every job. Or, they will be in the relatively near future, according to Ray Kurzweil, Google’s director of engineering and a leading futurologist, who predicts that computers will be able to outwit the […]

In 2012 the Greenhouse Gas Implementation Partnership (GHGIP) in Northern Ireland began overseeing implementation of the “Efficient Farming Cuts Greenhouse Gases” Reduction Strategy and Action Plan. The focus strategy has been on minimising the emissions intensity (or carbon footprint) of local food by lowering the amount of carbon associated with producing primary agricultural products. The […]