Forestry
Area of Sitka spruce being planted continues to decrease
The total area of Sitka spruce that was planted in 2023 was the lowest in a gradual year-on-year decline that...
Forestry
The total area of Sitka spruce that was planted in 2023 was the lowest in a gradual year-on-year decline that...
Forestry
Forestry sales have reached an “all time high”, with year on year increases between 15-25%, according to Tradeforus Forestry Ltd....
Forestry
The Social, Economic Environmental Forestry Association of Ireland (SEEFA) has claimed that less that 1,500ha of new forestry will be...
Forestry
The damage from Storm Isha has exposed “hundreds of ash trees” infected with ash dieback, a member of the Seanad...
CAP / Schemes
Trade in the agriculture sector, and forestry, are among the items up for discussion at the first meeting of the...
Forestry
The director of forestry at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) believes they have sufficient resources to...
Forestry
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will this evening (Wednesday, January 17) discuss the threat posed...
Dairy
A TD has called for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) to produce “practical outcomes” from its...
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a further 13 licences for afforestation in the second week...
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued three afforestation licences in the first week of 2024. According...
Forestry
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said that the forestry figures recently published by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
Rural Life
Builder and part-time farmer from Oldcastle, Co. Meath, Paddy Mangan has donated 9,000 saplings nationwide with the help of volunteers,...
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued 88 afforestation licences in 2023, compared to over 700 in...
Forestry
The process of applying for and receiving a forestry road licence involves planning, adherence to environmental regulations, and financial support...
Forestry
The departmental forestry licensing backlog has caused “major concern” for stock supply for those in the timber business, according to...
Environment
An 8ac site near Donoughmore in Co. Cork has been purchased by Hometree to be used as an educational woodland,...
Forestry
Grants up to €1,200/ha for thinning and tending are offered under the new Woodland Improvement Scheme which has been launched...
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) published its forestry licencing plan for 2024 today (Tuesday, December 19)....