CAP / Schemes
Will farmers face penalties for failed wild bird cover crops?
After this summer’s drought, many wild bird cover crops sown under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environmental Scheme (GLAS) came under pressure....
CAP / Schemes
After this summer’s drought, many wild bird cover crops sown under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environmental Scheme (GLAS) came under pressure....
CAP / Schemes
The search for a new secretary general for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine continues, following the departure...
Opinion
By Minister of State Andrew Doyle Knowledge Transfer or discussion groups have a rich history in Irish agriculture. They are...
CAP / Schemes
Last month, AgriLand conducted a poll to determine farmers’ views on the Government’s Knowledge Transfer (KT) Programme, which was launched over...
CAP / Schemes
Minister Creed and representatives from four banks will appear at the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine to...
CAP / Schemes
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has confirmed that flexibility for fodder production under some GLAS...
Rural Life
It may be time to consider linking farm safety standards on farms to direct payments under the Common Agricultural Policy...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commission has announced proposals for further support to EU farmers struggling from the consequences of the severe drought...
CAP / Schemes
The Fodder Import Support Measure introduced earlier this year helped almost 4,000 farmers to purchase imported fodder. The measure was...
CAP / Schemes
The deadline is looming for applications to be submitted to tranche 11 of the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS II). The...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commission has signalled its agreement to some proposed adjustments to the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) for this...
CAP / Schemes
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has announced that the commission is to allow derogations for a...
CAP / Schemes
More than two years after the launch of the Government’s Knowledge Transfer (KT) Programme, farmers and farm lobby groups are...
Agri Politics
Pressure is mounting on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, to open a much-anticipated low-cost agri-loan scheme...
Agri Politics
The launch of a new Knowledge Transfer Group (KTG) for the forestry sector has been met with a scathing backlash...
Tillage
Tillage farmers have raised concerns over the quality of some straw being imported into the country from further afield. Having...
Grass
The current fodder crisis is a European-wide problem that needs to be addressed at European level as well as at...
CAP / Schemes
An extension to the deadlines for spreading fertiliser and slurry has been granted by the Department of Agriculture, Food and...