Agri-Business
Over 30% of farmers have already submitted their Basic Payment application
Over 30% of farmers have already applied for their 2016 Basic Payment, according to latest figures from the Department of...
Agri-Business
Over 30% of farmers have already applied for their 2016 Basic Payment, according to latest figures from the Department of...
Agri-Business
Farmers paid €855,000 in 2014 to the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) when ordering cattle tags, but nowhere on the...
Agri-Business
A potential Brexit could lead to a fall in the European Union’s CAP budget, according to the Department of Agriculture’s...
Environment
The remaining payments and the balancing payments under GLAS 1 in respect of 2015 are due to be made in...
Agri-Business
The closing date for applications for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) is May 16, 2016 and certain categories of the...
Beef
The Mercosur trade talks, which are currently underway, could not have happened at a worse time for the EU agricultural...
Agri-Business
The first round of payments to Knowledge Transfer (KT) Groups are expected to commence in June 2017, Brendan Gleeson, Assistant...
Sheep
There was an ease in the number of sheep slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheepmeat export plants last week....
Beef
There was a slight ease in the number of prime cattle killed at Department of Agriculture approved beef export plants...
Agri-Business
For many Department of Agriculture farm schemes, the levels of off-farm income of applicants play a key role in the eligibility...
Beef
Almost 10,000 farmers are yet to receive payments under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme. According to the latest update...
CAP / Schemes
Discussions are continuing over the prospects of a 2016 National Reserve, according to the Acting Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. He...
Environment
Today, April 15, is the final date that farmers and their agents have to apply to the 2016 Nitrates Derogation....
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today noted the steady progress being made in reducing the incidence of...
Sheep
The number of spring lambs slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheepmeat export plants is on the rise. According to...
Beef
The beef kill increased slightly last week, ending the five-week consecutive decline in throughput, figures from the Department of Agriculture...
Agri-Business
On March 3, 2016, the Department of Agriculture opened its online facility for the Basic Payment Scheme and the closing...
Opinion
The Young Farmers Scheme was designed to give farmers starting off in their careers a leg up and encourage more...