Rural Life
10 sheep disappear in suspected 'two-legged fox' attack
A sheep farmer from Roundstone, Co. Galway, has reported that 10 of his sheep have gone missing in what he...
Commonage
Environment
€1.95 million pilot project launched for Wicklow hill farmers
The ‘Sustainable Uplands Agriculture-environment Scheme (SUAS)’ Pilot Project was officially launched by Wicklow Uplands Council this week. The €1.95 million...
CAP / Schemes
'Up to 6,000 farmers still awaiting final GLAS payment'
Efforts were made yesterday to break the “logjam” that has developed where a “substantial” number of Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme...
Sheep
City commonage farmers campaign for cattle grids
Farmers in Glenasmole, near Tallaght in Dublin, are campaigning for the installation of cattle grids to prevent their sheep from...
CAP / Schemes
Hundreds of commonage management plans yet to be completed
Hundreds of commonage management plans (CMPs) have yet to be completed under the Green, Low-Carbon, Environment Scheme (GLAS), according to...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers under 'tremendous pressure' to submit commonage framework plans
Farmers are being put under “tremendous pressure” to submit commonage framework plans by the deadline of October 31, according to...
Environment
Mayo farmer appointed Chair of Commonage Implementation Committee
Padraig Gibbons has been appointed by the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, as the new chair of the independent Commonage...
CAP / Schemes
Autumn GLAS payments could exclude commonage farmers -INHFA
Autumn GLAS payments will not be paid out to commonage farmers who have not completed a Commonage Management Plan (CMP),...
Environment
'15,000 commonage farmers left in limbo by Minister Humphreys'
Some 15,000 commonage farmers have been left in limbo by Minister Humphreys and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, INHFA National...
Environment
'Farmers unable to complete GLAS applications as almost 400 commonages without planners'
Almost 400 commonages around Ireland are without an approved GLAS planner to complete commonage management plans. The Irish Natura &...
Environment
'Factory demands taking traditional beef breeds off commonages'
Demands for a certain type of product has had a dramatic impact on the herd profiles of suckler operations in...
Environment
Eligible land area for commonage farmers in GLAS must not decrease - Department
Commonage farmers in GLAS must ensure that the Maximum Eligible Area (MEA) of the commonage as declared on the 2015...
Environment
Hill and commonage farmers say clarification still needed on eligibility
Clarification is still needed on land eligibility guidelines for hill and commonage farmers, according to the Irish Natura and Hill...
Environment
Calls for higher 2015 GLAS payment for commonage farmers
Calls have been made for the Department of Agriculture to allow for a higher GLAS payments to be made in...
Environment
Coveney says over 30% of commonage shareholders joined GLAS 1
Over 30% of commonage shareholders opted to join the first tranche of GLAS, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon...
Environment
Commonage farmers facing payment delays
Commonage farmers face payment delays when other farmers on the commonage have issues, the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association has...
Environment
'Realistic deadlines' for GLAS commonage plans to be monitored by Department
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney has said he will monitor the progress of advisors in the preparation of commonage...
Environment
Commonage planning guidelines - online application still weeks off
The Department of Agriculture has published its guidelines for commonage planning. However, it has still to publish the full list...
