# Irish farming
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Last year
2023
THE MORNING LEAD
‘Dining on deforestation’: Irish meat and dairy may be linked to Amazon forest clearance
Soybeans, used in livestock feed in Ireland, were shipped by companies with links to destruction of endangered habitats in South America.
Noteworthy reports that Irish supermarkets have not ruled out using controversially-sourced soy
Over 20 million hectares of Brazil’s forest cover as a whole have been lost to soy production in the last 30 years
Expert: Ireland’s food systems are ‘driving environmental destruction’ in some of the world’s most endangered habitats
18 Dec 2023
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THE MORNING LEAD
Deaths of at least 80 cows in last decade linked to spreading of poultry manure
8 Jul 2022
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factory farm
'Canary in the coal mine': Protected nature areas under pressure from poultry farming
7 Jul 2022
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THE MORNING LEAD
'Potential fraud' in poultry farm planning applications investigated in the North
6 Jul 2022
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factory farm
Suspected false documents and illegal dumping: the murky world of poultry manure
6 Jul 2022
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Voices
Saoirse McHugh: The time is right for an agricultural revolution in Ireland
Saoirse McHugh
18 Aug 2019
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