Forestry
FII: Economic value of Sitka spruce 'increasingly apparent'
Forest Industries Ireland (FII) has said that timber, predominately from Sitka spruce, worth over €2 billion will be harvested over...
Forestry
Forest Industries Ireland (FII) has said that timber, predominately from Sitka spruce, worth over €2 billion will be harvested over...
Forestry
The total area of Sitka spruce that was planted in 2023 was the lowest in a gradual year-on-year decline that...
Environment
In Co. Letrim, ‘local campaigners’ and ‘climate activists’ allegedly engaged in the pulling up of tree saplings from Coillte peatland....
Forestry
The Irish Natural and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has published its own forestry policy today (January 26), which it stated...
Agri-Business
Economic uncertainty due to the war in Ukraine and a decline in consumer confidence is impacting on timber prices in...
Forestry
Small minority protestor groups need to “stop spreading misinformation about Sitka spruce forestry” which is a “farming crop just like...
Environment
Afforestation can work if it’s done right. These were the sentiments expressed by the ‘Save Leitrim’ spokesperson Justin Warnock in...
Agri Politics
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has been criticised by independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice regarding recent comments...
Rural Life
“Trees are replacing people” in Co. Leitrim, with forestry now covering 20% of the county’s landmass, according to protesters that...
Rural Life
A Co. Leitrim group, which represents many farmers, has lodged an appeal to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...