N.Ireland
Pillar 1 support application numbers to fall dramatically in Northern Ireland
The number of Single Payment applications received by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Northern Ireland may well fall...
N.Ireland
The number of Single Payment applications received by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Northern Ireland may well fall...
Environment
From January 1, 2015, farmers in Northern Ireland will not be allowed to plough or convert permanent grassland in areas...
Agri-Business
Young farmers and new entrants can look forward to significant allocations of entitlement top-ups from the national reserve in 2015...
Agri-Business
A new handbook on social farming launched by Ministers Simon Coveney and Ann Phelan, aims to improve health and support farm diversification....
Opinion
The Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, which I Chair, has published a report on how we can maximise the range of the...
Environment
The relationship between agricultural activity and water quality has improved between 2000 and 2010, according to Teagasc Head of Rural...
Environment
This year’s Teagasc National Agri-environment Conference takes place in the Tullamore Court Hotel, this Thursday (13) and will focus on...
Agri-Business
Dublin student Martinn Cousins, from Crumlin, has won Agri Aware’s Holy Cow! competition. The competition was part of the ‘Follow...
Opinion
Two months ago, EU Farm Commissioner Dacian Ciolos referred to the steps taken by him to provide support for those...
Agri-Business
The Government has abandoned its role as the custodian of a fair market, according to Fianna Fail’s agricultural spokesperson Eamon...
Tillage
Greening and crop profitability are the hot topics concerning arable growers at present according to Teagasc’s latest tillage update. It...
Agri-Business
Included in a suite of measures under the new CAP reform which comes into force next year Ireland decided to...
Opinion
Next Spring will see Irish farmers complete their first round of applications for the new Single Payment Scheme (SPS). Let’s...
Dairy
The current 20c/L Intervention Price should rise to 26c/L to counter the recent collapse in dairy markets, according to ICOS....
Sheep
Commonage farmers will not accept collective agreements as a measure to gain entry into the new GLAS scheme, according to...
Agri-Business
IFA President Eddie Downey said the impact of a possible ban on Irish food exports into Russia is another example...
Dairy
A point overlooked, certainly in this country, in the aftermath of last week’s EU Farm Council Meeting was a call...
Sheep
IFA Hill Committee Chairman Pat Dunne has set out the priorities for IFA in advance of the forthcoming discussions on...