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BPS payments reduced because of non-compliant rule – can farmers appeal?

April 21, 2019

Agri Politics

Farmers around the country who have had their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlements reduced…

Monday meeting to discuss ‘severe pressure’ on farmers

April 18, 2019

Rural Life

A meeting scheduled for Easter Monday, April 22, will discuss the “severe pressure” farmers are under, as well as the challenges in rural…

Minister Creed launches environmental publication

April 17, 2019

Agri Politics

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has today, Wednesday, April 17, launched an environmental exhibition and publication. According to…

Healy: Government has ‘abandoned’ families on Fair Deal

April 16, 2019

CAP / Schemes

Members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) arrived at the Department of Health this morning, Tuesday, April 16, to protest the Government’s handling…

‘Failing to deliver’: Farmers ‘losing confidence’ in Quality Assurance

April 15, 2019

Beef

Farmers are losing confidence in Bord Bia’s Quality Assurance schemes for “failing to deliver” on price, producers from the floor said at an…

Opening date for renewable heat scheme applications expected soon

April 15, 2019

CAP / Schemes

The European Commission has approved EU state aid for the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) in Ireland. Although the first phase of…

TCCA and NPWS tackle SAC raised bog issues

April 15, 2019

Agri Politics

Discussions between the Turf Cutters and Contractors Association (TCCA) and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) continue this week as both sides seek…

50,000 BPS applications made online as clinics continue

April 15, 2019

CAP / Schemes

Just shy of 50,000 applications for the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) have been submitted, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine…

McGuinness gives CAP update at farmer meeting in Galway

April 12, 2019

CAP / Schemes

Fine Gael MEP and First Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mairead McGuinness, spoke at a Bank of Ireland-organised meeting in Oranmore, Co. Galway…

66% increase in ceiling per farmer under revised de minimis aid rules

April 12, 2019

Agri Politics

The rules on de minimis aid in the agriculture sector have been revised and aid of €20,000 can now be paid to a…

‘GLAS must be reopened to farmers whose AEOS contracts are finished’

April 12, 2019

CAP / Schemes

The Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) must be reopened for farmers who had their Agri-Environment Option Scheme (AEOS) contracts end in 2018, according…

‘Full-time farmers on the breadline can’t afford to take any more cuts’

April 10, 2019

Agri Politics

Questions have been raised over whether or not there is sufficient funds to meet the needs of farmers in the current Common Agricultural…

IFA: ‘Farmers should reject candidates not willing to fight for them’

April 10, 2019

Agri Politics

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has argued that farmers should vote for candidates who will be willing to ‘fight on their backs’ for…

FF calls for simpler process for farm assist applications

April 9, 2019

Rural Life

Fianna Fáil is calling for the process of applying for the Farm Assist Scheme to be simplified, arguing that farmers shouldn’t be “slowed…

‘Efforts to lift ceilings on ABER will help young farmers’ – ICMSA

April 9, 2019

Agri Politics

Efforts to lift the ceilings on Agricultural Block Exemption Regulations (ABER) which the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) believes is “hindering young…