Tillage
Dairy
Banding: Qualifying criteria for crude protein allowance
Beef
Table: How much extra money are high CBV calves making?
Agri-Business
Co-ops nationwide ‘actively engaged’ in fodder transport measure
Forestry
Urgent review of forestry strategy needed to meet targets – MEP
Podcast
Listen: AgriFocus – Weather and tillage with Teagasc’s Michael Hennessy
In this episode Francess McDonnell asks the head of crops knowledge transfer with Teagasc, Michael Hennessy, what is the immediate…
Agri-Business
€800,000 in funding for 6 agri-research projects – Heydon
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) with special responsibility for research and development,…
Machinery
Machinery: Tractor registrations see decrease of 13% on 2023
Tractor registrations showed a marked decrease in March with 13% fewer tractors being registered this year than in the corresponding…
Agri Politics
Macra: Focus must shift from dairy exit scheme to succession
Macra has welcomed a decision by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue not to pursue a dairy…
CAP / Schemes
Almost 1,600 BISS and ANC scheme payments outstanding
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is still processing 661 applications made under the 2023 Basic Income…
Opinion
Opinion: Staying safe must always remain farmers’ top priority
Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) chair, Bobby Miller, has emphasised that staying safe must always be a priority for farmers….
Agri-Business
Tirlán base milk price up 1c/L for March supplies
The base price for milk supplied to Tirlán for March will be 39.58c/L, including VAT, the processor said today (Thursday,…
Rural Life
TD raises issue on tax relief for wind energy
Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell has raised a tax relief issue for landowners who have leased their land for the…
Dairy
Farmers ‘led up the garden path’ on dairy exit scheme – ICMSA
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has claimed that farmers have been “led up the garden path” on a…
Dairy
Turnover fell at Arrabawn Co-op in 2023 but operating profit rose
Arrabawn Co-op has reported a 20% drop in turnover from €505 million in 2022 to €403 million in 2023, latest…
Rural Life
Over €9m drawn down for rural group water scheme in 2023
There was €9,575,863 drawn down for group water scheme-related projects under the multi-annual rural programme in 2023, according to a…
Rural Life
Excise duty must be paid if agri-diesel brought in from NI – Revenue
Revenue is advising farmers that if they bring a quantity of agri-diesel from the north to the south – that…
Rural Life
‘Take a Break with Ballybar’ at coffee morning for farmers
Country lifestyle brand, Ballybar, are hosting a coffee morning on Saturday, April 20 from 11:00a.m at the Coppenagh House farm…