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Niall Hurson

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4 years

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. After many years a reader, it's an honor to join the @farmersjournal team today as a News Correspondent.

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This mother wasn't messing when she said she wanted a nice family portrait!

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4 years

Thrilled to have my first front page published in this week's @farmersjournal .

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1 year

Sean Quinn takes a break from signing books. @independent

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3 years

A great year spent working with @farmersjournal concluded today. It’s been a fantastic introduction to agri-journalism and I’m immensely grateful to have had the opportunity. On to pastures new in September where I’ll be joining Ear to the Ground as a researcher.

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4 years

The only time worth turning your back on a sunset is for an even better shadow.

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11 months

Department of Ag top inspector, Bill Callanan, tells Climate Committee that his Department "acknowledges the accumulated negative impacts on biodiversity and climate which our sector has contributed to through lack of or misinformed action..."

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

1 year

Grateful to have been selected for a 2024 @NuffieldIreland Scholarship, alongside hugely impressive company. Looking forward to getting started and sharing more about my research in the coming weeks.

Nuffield Ireland

@NuffieldIreland

1 year

Thrilled to announce our five 2024 @NuffieldIreland Scholars! They are...🥁🥁 Molly Garvey Niall Hurson John Keane Michael Martin Nick Cotter See more about them below, and come meet them at our 2023 Conference on Friday 10th Nov in the @MountWolseley Hotel, Tullow, Co. Carlow!

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Niall Hurson

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4 years

Cattle hide from South America, processed in the UK and then over to Ireland to be fed as a treat for dogs. Meanwhile, a lot of Irish butchers are paying to dispose of cattle hides. Crazy world.

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Niall Hurson

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4 years

Arrivederci @ucdagfood 🎓

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4 years

Can't decide if suckler farming is the pot of gold or blocking my path to it 🐂💰🌈....

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Niall Hurson

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4 years

Thrilled to have been awarded the @SimonCumbersMF 2020 Student Scheme. I will travel to Ethiopia to report on climate action measures and their associated positive impacts on agriculture, the environment, and society 🇪🇹.

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Niall Hurson

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4 years

An interview with @PierceKarina written for issue 7 of the @UCDObserver which didn't go to print due to Covid-19 campus closure. Published here instead:

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Niall Hurson

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1 year

Here's the EPA report which will be used by the European Commission to assess if Ireland must reduce it's nitrates derogation from 250 kg N/ha down to 220 kg. The outlook isn't positive for farmers in derogation with over 44,000 km2 up for additional measures. @Farming_Indo

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Niall Hurson

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1 year

Autumn colours in full flow in Rossmore Forest Park, Monaghan

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Niall Hurson

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2 years

Excited to join the Irish Independent and Farming Independent this week as a rural affairs journalist. In recent months, I had the rare opportunity to travel while freelancing for the paper and met many wonderful characters along the way🧵

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Niall Hurson

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4 years

My uncle Tony (Pte Joseph Anthony Maloney) was 19 years old during the siege of Jadotville 1961. Great to see their peacekeeping efforts recognised today. #Jadotville

Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais

@OireachtasNews

4 years

Earlier today, the Cathaoirleach read in to the record of the Seanad during the debate on Jadotville, the names of all Officer, NOC’s & men of ‘A’ company & attachment 35th Infantry Battalion UN Forces in the Congo in 1961 - view here #seeforyourself #Jadotville

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Niall Hurson

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5 years

A great summer spent working with the @farmersjournal concluded today. Picked up a few tricks of the trade from an exceptional team of journalists. Back to @ucdagfood to wrap up my Animal Science degree for now.

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Niall Hurson

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3 years

Sea of colour above Rossmore Forest this evening 🍂

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Niall Hurson

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11 months

Survived it anyway thank God 😅 @dublinmarathon

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Niall Hurson

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2 years

Great start to day two in Japan with a visit to Wealthy Farm, a dairy and Wagyu beef enterprise two hours north of Tokyo in the Tochigi region. The farm keeps 1000 dairy cows on one block and 300 Wagyu cows on another. @farming_indo @Bordbia

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Niall Hurson

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3 years

I'm on a 2,300 cow dairy farm in the UAE desert, an hours drive from Dubai 🇦🇪. Inside, under the cooled water vapour, cows are enjoying 16°C. Surrounding area is 35°C. @farming_indo

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Niall Hurson

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1 year

Prime Time left IFA out in the cold on animal welfare debate in favour of Holly Cairns RTÉ said: "...it was decided that the issues were heavily political in nature and it was best to keep them in the political domain." What an excuse... By @PHyland3

IFA expresses ‘disappointment’ with RTÉ's Prime Time over cancellation of guest at late notice

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has expressed its disappointment with RTÉ’s Prime Time for cancelling an appearance by one of its members on short not...

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Niall Hurson

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10 months

A vast shortage in Whitethorn hedging plants for ACRES has forced the Department of Agriculture to allow the use of imported plants. It's speculated that Irish nurseries will only be able to supply 20pc of the overall demand

Shortage of Irish Whitethorn hedging for ACRES forces Department to allow imports

A vast shortage in the availability of Whitethorn hedging plants for ACRES has forced the Department of Agriculture to allow the use of imported plants.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

3 years

Not a bad view

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Niall Hurson

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11 months

Should be finished by this time tomorrow, please God 😅 @dublinmarathon

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Niall Hurson

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1 year

I'm over in Germany at the moment and randomly stumbled upon a 'cow toilet' Quite a horrifying contraption until you realise what it's for...

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Niall Hurson

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4 years

The sun is gently reintroducing itself to the drumlins. Spring is in the air 🌤️

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

1 year

Splash plate and all 🤡

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@germccarthy74

1 year

Latest 🏆 @BSHSIreland @OfficialCorkGAA Premier JFC 1/4 Final 🟢🟡 @MillstreetGaa 1-4 🔴⚪️ @UrhanGAA 0-4 🏟️ Kealkill ⏱️ 35 mins #️⃣ #corkgaa #CorkGAA As if supporters hadn’t enough to be dealing with ?

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Niall Hurson

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6 months

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Failure to accept climate change is causing our fodder crisis this spring

“I could sell 1,000 bales of silage after last night’s rain.” It was this comment from a contractor that stopped me in my tracks.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

2 years

Second leg of the @Bordbia and @agriculture_ie trade mission to southeast Asia is underway here in Singapore this afternoon. We're at one of the Duckland restaurants, supplied solely by @SilverHillDuck from Co Monaghan.

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Niall Hurson

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5 years

Head of Agriculture with AIB @buckleytadhg praises the uniqueness of farm discussion groups. "You wouldn't see the local Volkswagen, Skoda, and Mercedes dealerships sitting around a table analysing last week's figures. This is one of our great attributes in Agriculture."

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

5 years

Inside The Ballsbridge Hotel the IFAs Martin Stapleton calls on the AIB shareholders to "get back to bravely backing people ,who are willing to bravely back themselves." @farmersjournal @IFAmedia

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

1 year

Great to chat with @JustineStafford for this week's @Farming_Indo . There was no shortage of brilliant one-liners to choose from:

‘Farming is a vocation and there’s no holidays. You can’t tell the cows you’re off to Santa Ponsa,...

Comedian Justine Stafford has a deep appreciation for her upbringing on her family’s dairy farm in Nobber, Co Meath. She feels these years spent in the cou...

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Justine Stafford

@JustineStafford

1 year

My god what a quote to lead with…Ahahah. In today’s @Independent_ie !

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11 months

Today marks 62 years since the release of all 155 Irish @UN peacekeeping soldiers who fought off a 3,000-man Katangese force for five days in the Seige of Jadotville (Congo, Africa). My uncle Tony (Pte Joseph Anthony Maloney) was just 19 years old while fighting in the siege.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

4 years

Living in Monaghan

Dr. Ajayita

@DoctorAjayita

4 years

What's stopping you from doing this?

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7 months

Drastic reduction in dairy cows the main solution to nitrate water pollution - An Taisce @ElaineMcgoff said that the majority of existing measures in place will not be effective for adequately reducing nitrogen.

Drastic reduction in dairy cows the main solution to nitrate water pollution - An Taisce

‘Drastic’ reductions to stocking rates on dairy farms will be required in certain catchments in order to reduce the level of nitrate water pollution as req...

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

2 years

Off to a sweet start with our first honey harvest complete! I bought a couple of beehives earlier this year and have been lucky to receive great guidance from local beekeeper, Kate Reilly. Wildflowers enjoy a new level of appreciation on the home farm now.

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Niall Hurson

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3 years

An Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD tells the Dáil that the latest objection by An Taisce to Glanbia's Belview plant "will create unnecessary tensions and division."

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Niall Hurson

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3 years

Bluebell carpet is a sight for sore eyes.

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Niall Hurson

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2 years

Great to get the opportunity to sit down with Minister @McConalogue in Tokyo this evening. Full interview in Tuesday's @farming_indo

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

4 years

-3°C looks better than it feels ❄️

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

5 months

Fertiliser sales fall by 18% for second year running in 2023 Fertiliser use on Irish farms has been slashed by almost a third since 2021

Fertiliser sales fall by 18% for second year running in 2023

Total fertiliser sales fell by 18pc for the second year running in 2023, new data from the Central Statistics Office has shown.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

11 months

Painful to watch

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One careful owner operator?

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Niall Hurson

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4 years

My time as Agriculture and Rural Affairs Editor with The University Observer has concluded. With the help of seven contributors and @UCDObserver team we featured in all six issues of the paper this year. A first for the section. Many thanks to the team and readers.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

1 year

Some shots of Seán Quinn tonight at the launch of his new book at his former hotel, the Slieve Russell, in Co Cavan.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

3 years

Headline from December 8, 1941. Over 80 years neatly tucked away in a south Dublin attic, until today.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

9 months

‘I have to cull 20 cows –it’ll cost me €81k a year’ – Three farmers on the impact of the Nitrates cut on their farms Farmers are being conditioned for a total loss of Ireland’s nitrates derogation, IFA dairy chairman Stephen Arthur has warned.

‘I have to cull 20 cows –it’ll cost me €81k a year’ –Three farmers on the impact of the Nitrates...

Farmers are now being conditioned for a total loss of Ireland’s nitrates derogation, potentially at the end of 2025, IFA dairy chairman Stephen Arthur has ...

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

8 months

Revealed: ‘Fraudulent movements’ widespread in slurry export system Government aware of farmers abusing system to meet stocking-rate limits

‘Fraudulent movements’ widespread in slurry export system

The average cattle farmer exporting slurry to comply with nitrates regulations is transporting an estimated 54 tanker-loads worth almost €4,000 annually, a...

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

3 years

The River Erne, where Cavan and Fermanagh meet.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

10 months

It takes a combination of over 120 skills to be a farmer, according to @teagasc research officer Dr Marion Beecher. Shortage in jack of all trades driving labour pressures on Irish farms.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

1 year

Spend most days reading and writing about climate action in Ireland and then you're reminded that America exists: Via @BusinessInsider

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

1 year

At the Slieve Russell Hotel in Co Cavan tonight for the launch of Sean Quinn's new book. @Independent_ie

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

3 years

191 having a nose in at the beef price rise in this week's Journal.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

4 years

10 months later...🐾

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

5 years

Packed crowd here @ucdvetmed for the 'being brilliant at the basics' talk by @tommythevet . @ucdagfood students and future vets told "within every challenge in agriculture, there is an opportunity. Collaboration between farmers and vets is a recipe for success."

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

2 years

Stephen Anderson saving the hay at sunset, in Smithborough, Co Monaghan.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

2 years

Babe are you okay? You've barely touched your 3D printed playdough cake

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Israel's Redefine Meat has struck a partnership with importer Giraudi Meats to drive European distribution of its 'New Meat' steak cuts produced on 3D printers

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

3 years

At least 40 stones lifted for every carrot you harvest in Monaghan. Worth it.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

1 year

Elon Musk weighs in on Farming Indo's cow cull story... @Farming_Indo @moran_ciaran

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

1 year

@stclairashley This really needs to stop. Killing some cows doesn’t matter for climate change.

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Niall Hurson

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10 months

Alice Doyle has been announced as the next Deputy President of the IFA

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Niall Hurson

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7 months

Good morning from beautiful Brazil ☀️ @NuffieldIreland

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

2 years

Super day in Ballyhaise for the @teagasc dairy open day. Trevor Dunwoody warning that cost per cow in the BMW region has risen by 40% or almost €600 in 2022. @farming_indo

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

2 years

IFA Munster Regional Chair @HaroldKingston1 asked Minister @McConalogue if “the Department has decided it is unnecessary to pay farmers to reduce animal numbers because it’s actually cheaper to do it using the Nitrates Directive?"

Cow reduction plans off the table, dairy exit scheme a possibility

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that plans for suckler cull schemes will not be progressed further at this time, while leaving t...

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

2 years

In Ballylooby, Co Tipperary this morning on the farm of John and Brendan Walsh. The family were the 2021 Clover and Sustainability winners in the Grassland Farmer of the Year Competition. They grew 13.5 T DM/ha last year from 165 Kg N/Ha. @farming_indo @teagasc

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

5 years

Delighted to have ran a sub 4 hour marathon on my first time taking on the 26.2 miles. @dublinmarathon has definitely been life's toughest physical test so far!

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

5 years

In issue 4 of the @UCDObserver : -Farmer protests continue to drift in and out of dormancy. -Dean of Agricultural Science @acoevans tells us what makes @ucdagfood different from the rest. -Bull calves prove to be an unplanned by-product of dairy expansion.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

3 years

Ready for the baler twine☀️

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

8 months

Australia, is that you? That's a tough sign to ignore on a freezing January morning in Dublin...

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

5 years

Quotable quote of the day came from @CEODevenish Richard Kennedy whilst describing the unconstrained opportunities for soon to be Ag graduates: "Your only limitation is your own imagination." A sentiment which was on full display at this year's markedly successful careers fair.

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

8 months

Area farmed organically has tripled since 2020 now totalling 225,000ha Organic standards now in place across 5% of all farmland, comfortably on track to meet Ireland’s 2030 Climate Action Plan target of 10%

Area farmed organically has tripled since 2020 now totalling 225,000ha

The area of farmland under organic standards has tripled since 2020 and now totals 225,000ha (5pc), comfortably on track to meet Ireland’s 2030 Climate Act...

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

1 year

Like midsummer in Monaghan tonight with the last of the silage being grabbed

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

3 years

One of the many young sheepdogs trialling today in Roscommon #ettg

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Niall Hurson

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7 months

In the 30 years Ireland has had a nitrates derogation, we haven't prepared for the day we wouldn't have it, Prof John Sweeney tells Committee on Ag "Policy may be ruthless if you're not prepared for it... Commission is not going to be generous to us in terms of a new derogation"

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@HursonNiall

2 years

Dairy ingredients sector manager @Bordbia Margaret Butler explains to a group of 80 Japanese dairy buyers that Irish products are more yellow in colour as a result of higher beta carotene and vitamin-A concentration derived from our grass based system. @farming_indo

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

5 years

Here on the farm of @billokeeffe for the Irish Grassland Student Conference. Agricultural Science students from across Ireland have gathered in numbers to learn from the O'Keeffe farming partnership despite the prospect of rain. #igafbdstudent @fbd_ie @IrishGrassland

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@HursonNiall

10 months

Gorman calls out state agencies afraid to defend farmers in ‘fear of climate denier label’ Flying out of the traps as newly elected President of the IFA, Gorman said he will defend farming against “unfair criticism” particularly on environmental issues

Gorman calls out state agencies afraid to defend farmers in ‘fear of climate denier label’

Semi states are afraid to come out fighting and defend farmers, in fear they will be ‘pigeon holed as climate change deniers’, Laois drystock farmer Franci...

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

8 months

‘We are being walked over’ — tillage farmers angry over dairy expansion “If you want to plough up tillage land, sort your own slurry out and sort your own straw out."

‘We are being walked over’ — tillage farmers angry over dairy expansion

Frustration and anger at the loss of tillage land to the dairy sector was a common theme voiced by many tillage farmers and their representatives at last w...

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

7 months

Destination: Campo Grande, Brazil 🇧🇷🛫 ~11,500km to go ~22 hour journey ~15 hours in the air @NuffieldIreland

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Niall Hurson

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1 year

There's a lot of confusion out there right now on the nitrates derogation, here's a couple of key points to help you understand how we got here; -Ireland fundamentally operated without a nitrates derogation between Dec 2021 and March 2022 while renewal negotiations underwent.

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@HursonNiall

1 year

Many farmers are left wondering why there's no suckler exit scheme: Minister @McConalogue said: "Farm organisations were adamant that there should be no scheme for them, so I said: Grand, there will be none." IFA and ICSA were badly outmanoeuvred here...

Suckler farmers asking why there is no exit scheme for them, says McConalogue

Suckler farmers have been calling Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue seeking a cow-reduction scheme similar to the one being proposed for the dai...

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Niall Hurson

@HursonNiall

5 years

A day of deadlocks. #ExitPoll #DUBvMON

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5 months

Denmark will not look to retain its Nitrates Derogation this summer, leaving Ireland as an outlier in seeking to retain its Derogation Denmark has not managed to reduce the discharge of nutrients to coastal waters in the last 10-15 years.

Ireland to be Nitrates Derogation outlier as Denmark to drop its Derogation

Denmark will not look to retain its Nitrates Derogation this summer, leaving Ireland as an outlier in seeking to retain its Derogation.

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@HursonNiall

1 year

Breaking: Minister @McConalogue has confirmed that Environment Commissioner @VSinkevicius will visit Ireland and view the work being undertaken by farmers to improve water quality. It is intended the visit will lay the groundwork for renewal of the derogation in 2026.

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Niall Hurson

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5 years

Issue 6 of the @UCDObserver : -AgSoc auditor @Sportyaoife enumerates the successes of Ag Week. - @Owen_Cashman reviews @UCD_Ag_Soc careers fair, the culmination of months preparation. -Dáil Éireann is dealt a challenging hand.

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1 year

Here's what's in the Budget for farmers

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3 years

Yesterday, I visited a suckler and sheep farm on Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland's northernmost point. Slowly reopening to tourists, the island makes for a great day trip with cliffs packed full of seabirds and miles of hiking trails.

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9 months

The sun just getting around to thawing out north Monaghan now

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5 years

Gave the old toy tractor a new livery for this year's tractor race. Not hard to guess who had to get the first spin. @UCD_Ag_Soc

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Fresh morning on the farm of Paul Bowden just outside of Urlingford, Co Kilkenny. Biggest concern for the Bowdens is getting their cows back in calf as breeding season begins in less than two weeks. Hard to get cow condition right with the current level of ration in the diet.

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200-cow dairy farms set to lose €60,000 annually to Nitrates Derogation cut, IFA warns In the IFA’s example, each cow is producing €2,222. Multiply this by 200 cows and currently the example herd's milk sales amount to almost €450,000 per year...

200-cow dairy farms set to lose €60,000 annually to Nitrates Derogation cut, IFA warns

The IFA has warned that a 200-cow dairy farmer, is set to lose €60,000 annually in milk sales as a result of a looming cut to Ireland's nitrates derogation...

www.independent.ie

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10 months

UCD's @PallasTb (Tommy Boland) points to research undertaken by @teagasc researcher Ben Lahart at today's @agriculture_ie conference. The research highlights that calculated livestock methane emissions could be overestimated by as much as 38% during spring

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2 years

UCD Commerce International with Chinese Studies student Gavin Foley is promoting Irish beef with @Bordbia today in Singapore. Currently studying at Singapore Management University, Gavin said he jumped at the opportunity to help out, coming from a beef farming family in Cork.

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3 years

Could spend all day looking out on the Kerry Cliffs.

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5 months

A stone wall can be as good a spot as any to rest your one day old head. Mom isn't too impressed though...

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Copper wasn't overly pleased to hear I'll be taking even more pictures of him now 🐶📸

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Sun setting on Lough Antrawer, Sliabh Beagh, Co Monaghan.

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Study finds Irish fields contaminated with banned pesticides years after use ends Some of the chemicals are expected to linger in the soil for over 20 years.

Study finds fields contaminated with banned pesticides years after use ends

Banned pesticides are contaminating Irish fields where crops are grown and livestock grazed.

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A key Teagasc report on the economic consequences of nitrates banding was withheld for almost a month. From early February, Teagasc told the Department that it was “anxious” to publish the report, as dairy farmers began declaring their band on February 22

Department pressures Teagasc to withhold key banding report

A key Teagasc report on the economic consequences of nitrates banding was withheld for almost a month, as a result of pressure from the Department of Agric...

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