Agri-Business
DAFM: Nitrates and banding deadlines fast approaching
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is reminding farmers that several deadlines for nitrates will fall later...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is reminding farmers that several deadlines for nitrates will fall later...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued a letter to farmers informing them of “intended changes...
Dairy
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue is being called on to allow farmers, who have fallen foul...
Environment
Teagasc has updated its Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) online system to reflect proposed changes under the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP)....
Agri Politics
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet today, Wednesday, February, 14 to discuss ‘Compliance with the...
Dairy News
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that the nitrogen (N) excretion rate for dairy cull...
Sheep
At a recent sheep seminar at the Abbey Hotel in Co. Roscommon, farmers were told that the belt is tightening...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that the lack of engagement and information from the Department of Agriculture, Food...
Environment
A meeting is being organised for farmers on the consultation process for the new Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). On Monday...
Beef
The proposed changes to Ireland’s Nitrates Action Plan (NAP) which were revealed yesterday (Monday, August 9) have been criticised as...
CAP / Schemes
The issue of a “fertiliser register” – a list linking fertiliser purchases to farmers’ herd numbers – will be subject...
Environment
By Enda O’Hart, drystock advisor, Teagasc Castlerea The fourth review of the Nitrates Action Plan (NAP) recently came into law...
Environment
Some farmers may be forced to fence off watercourses running through their land to prevent access for cattle by the...
Pig/Poultry
The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Simon Coveney has been called upon to look at the Phosphorus levels allowable...