Forestry
SEEFA: DAFM issues 42 afforestation licences in 2023
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued 42 afforestation licences to date this year. This is...
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued 42 afforestation licences to date this year. This is...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has said that he does not envisage any further extension to...
Environment
A TD has claimed that the status of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is “now little...
Agri Politics
The Rural Independents have said that farmers have been “left in crisis” following the budget announcement today (Tuesday, October 10)....
Tillage
Co. Cork farmers received the largest total county payment under the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) in 2022, according to figures...
Forestry
The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that the government is “seriously and sympathetically” examining a compensation for farmers and landowners...
Rural Life
The decision to extend the First Home Scheme, the government-backed shared equity scheme, to self-builders is welcome, but key housing...
Agri-Business
Ireland should be looking for pathways to move away from the nitrates derogation and towards farming with less inputs, Green...
Agri-Business
Agricultural contractors are at their “wits’ end” as the deadline for slurry spreading is approaching, according to an Independent TD....
Rural Life
Deputy president of the Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), Denis Drennan has said that the government’s current proposal...
Dairy News
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has said that it is “bitterly disappointed” at the European Commission’s decision on Ireland’s...
Rural Life
An independent TD has welcomed engagement from Bord na Móna on the issue of historic peat extraction from two bogs,...
Rural Life
A TD has said that farmers and landowners in the midlands region have expressed “serious concerns” over rewetting proposals from...
Tillage
Independent TD Carol Nolan has written to the ministers for agriculture and transport to support a request from hauliers for...
Agri-Business
The ongoing delay around the introduction of the River Shannon Management Agency Bill is “inexcusable”, according to an opposition TD....
Environment
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan is seeking “urgent clarity” from Bord na Móna over plans for historic peat extraction...
Machinery News
Whether agricultural mechanics will be added to the government’s critical skills list continues to be a pressing matter following further...
Agri-Business
A TD is seeking urgent clarity from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue and Bord Bia...