N.Ireland
Safety campaign to focus on agri contractors in Northern Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a workplace inspection campaign focused on agricultural contractors across...
N.Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a workplace inspection campaign focused on agricultural contractors across...
Agri-Business
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) said supports are urgently needed for contractors in Budget 2024....
Agri-Business
Agricultural contractors are at their “wits’ end” as the deadline for slurry spreading is approaching, according to an Independent TD....
Agri-Business
Following the announcement of Budget 2023 yesterday (Tuesday, September 27), the farming community is considering how it will affect their...
Machinery
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the government to confirm when it will meet with farm and forestry contractors...
Agri-Business
Sinn Féin has said that agricultural contractors deserve action from the government on a review of their tax status in...
N.Ireland
The National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC) in the UK has released its latest survey of contracting prices. Not surprisingly,...
Agri Politics
The review into providing agricultural contractors with a similar status to farmers regarding the relief on green diesel carbon tax...
Agri-Business
A review of agricultural contracting carbon-tax levies is set to take place in the first half of 2022, according to...
Machinery
Contractors have called for realism and a “bit of understanding” from some farmers amid a particularly hectic 2021, with skilled...
Rural Life
A grounded Aer Lingus pilot has taken his head out of the clouds during the pandemic to pursue a sideline...
Agri-Business
Contractors have called on the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allow for an extension to the hedge-cutting season under...
Agri-Business
The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has published the FCI Contracting Charges Guide for 2021 –...
Agri Politics
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
Agri Politics
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) is urging the government to introduce regulations similar to those...
Machinery
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine must change its stance when it comes to agricultural contractors not being...
Agri-Business
The further increase in carbon tax in Budget 2021 will add significant extra costs to farm and forestry contractors, according...
Machinery
Kilkenny contractor John Hughes has been elected as the new national chair of the Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors...