CAP / Schemes
BPS scheme records underspend of over €225 million in the last 3 years
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) has recorded an underspend of over €225 million in the past three years, according to the...
CAP / Schemes
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) has recorded an underspend of over €225 million in the past three years, according to the...
CAP / Schemes
Some 1,204 farmers have yet to receive a payment under Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) for the 2016 scheme year, the Minister...
CAP / Schemes
Some 552 payments under GLAS 1 or GLAS 2 have been made in the past two weeks, according to figures...
CAP / Schemes
There are ‘no plans’ to extend the deadline for the completion of works and actions under the Knowledge Transfer Group Scheme,...
Beef
Live cattle exports in 2017 have increased by 35% on this time last year, according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
Beef
Mercosur trade talks represent a dangerous threat to European and Irish beef farmers, according to Fianna Fail Spokesperson on Agriculture Charlie...
Rural Life
Research on agricultural crime reveals the extent to which the Government has abandoned farmers and people living in rural Ireland,...
Tillage
The tillage TAMS II fund falls short of what is needed to replace the lost income tillage farmers suffered last...
Agri-Business
A National Food Ombudsman would help to ensure farmers receive a fair price for their produce, according to Fianna Fail...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers in four flood-hit counties accounted for 68% of payments under the Fodder Aid Scheme in 2016, latest figures show. Some...
CAP / Schemes
A total of 7,357 Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) 1 and 2 applicants are awaiting payment under the scheme, the...
Tillage
Teagasc has indicated to Agriland that the organisation was not asked to carry out a survey of harvest damage in...
CAP / Schemes
In 2017, revised estimates for the Department of Social Protection provide for expenditure of almost €83m on the Farm Assist...
Tillage
Pressure looks set to increase on the Government today to provide a crisis fund for tillage farmers who were severely...
Tillage
The votes of Independent TDs will help secure the passing of a Fianna Fail Private Members’ Bill, seeking the establishment...
CAP / Schemes
The Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) review must ensure that no farmer who currently qualifies for the scheme will lose out, Fianna...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has been called on to commit to a lowering of the Pillar 1 CAP ceiling...
Agri-Business
Fianna Fail’s agriculture Spokesman Charlie McConalogue is calling for the appointment of a food tsar, or ombudsman, in Ireland. “This...