Agri Politics
'Slashing the CAP budget is not the way forward'
Slashing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is not the way forward, according to Irish MEP and the first vice-president of...
Agri Politics
Slashing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is not the way forward, according to Irish MEP and the first vice-president of...
Agri Politics
Proposals of a suggested 30% cut to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget “would shut down agriculture and rural Ireland”,...
N.Ireland
It looks increasingly likely that December’s emergency budget drafted for Stormont will be put into action, as civil servants call...
CAP / Schemes
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s underspend in 2017 was passionately defended by the Minister for Agriculture Michael...
N.Ireland
It’s feared that a disappointing budget for rural dwellers and farmers could be a sign of things to come post-Brexit...
N.Ireland
Agriculture has become the biggest loser in the emergency budget for Northern Ireland proposed by Secretary of State James Brokenshire....
Agri-Business
Minister Michael Creed has welcomed the removal of the 67-year age limit on stamp duty consanguinity relief for inter-family farm transactions,...
Agri-Business
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice says removing the age rule on consanguinity relief will “only solve a fraction of the problems”...
Agri-Business
All family farm transactions are to be protected from the much-publicised budgetary trebling of stamp duty from 2% to 6%,...
Opinion
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Micheal Creed, should never have been made to look foolish regarding the...
Agri-Business
A full roll-back on the much-publicised budgetary changes to stamp duty has been ruled out today, AgriLand understands. However, it is...
Agri-Business
Earlier today at the Department of Finance, the ICMSA (Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association) met with the Minister for Finance,...
Dairy
MEPs in the European Union’s Budget Committee are calling for the inclusion of an extra €100m in funds to support...
Machinery
The Association of Farm Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has welcomed the Government’s decision to extend the scheme of accelerated capital...
Agri-Business
Low-cost loans, a €25m sheep scheme and an increased allocation under the GLAS scheme are on the way for farmers...
Agri-Business
The TAMS allocation must double to over €60m in the up-coming budget, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA). This money will...
Agri-Business
The Association of Farm Contractors in Ireland (FCI) is seeking an income tax incentive scheme for seasonal agricultural workers in...
Beef
The total under spend racked up under the aegis of the Beef Genomics’ Scheme is likely to total €80m over...