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The Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) is calling for the early opening of this year’s new low-cost agri loan scheme in…
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine has confirmed that it is developing a support scheme to import fodder from outside the…
There are many different schemes in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that contribute to direct payments. Each member state uses different schemes and…
The average direct payment across the European Union (EU) was €266/ha in 2015. Ireland’s average direct payment came in just above this figure. Latvia…
The trading of entitlements is in full swing at present and demand is high. Entitlements to the value of €400 or more are…
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) can be hard to understand at times. Over a series of articles AgriLand will explain some of the…
The political standoff over the extent of the country’s fodder shortage has continued in Dail Eireann this evening with Minister for Agriculture, Food…
Ambitious changes to CAP post-2020 have been proposed by Macra na Feirme to address structural, competitive and generational challenges in Irish farming –…
New procedures for Northern Irish farmers applying for a ‘review of decisions‘ under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will come into force from…
Irish farm organisations have made their positions clear on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), following the conclusion of the Department of…
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle, today attended the inaugural meeting of the new Organic…
A report from the European Commission has illustrated how young farmer numbers declined rapidly during the eight year period from 2005 to 2013.…
Almost 90% of the general public do not “fully understand” the meaning of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a new EU survey has…
More than €10 million has been paid to farmers to date under the Knowledge Transfer (KT) Scheme, while an additional €6.7 million has…
Loyal Irish farmers shouldn’t be penalised for the UK’s decision to leave the EU, according to the president of the Irish Farmers’ Association…
Calls have been made for farmers to receive payments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for not farming by the Irish Wildlife Trust…
Almost 60% of the general public think the main responsibility of farmers in Irish society is to “provide safe, healthy food of high…
The allocation of 250 new Rural Social Scheme (RSS) places has been revealed this morning by the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection,…