Tillage
Teagasc is confirming that Irish grain production increased by some 300,000t in 2025, relative to the year previous
Agri-Business
Long-term leasing is becoming the preferred option for farmers due to tax incentives, increased security and supportive policy measures.
Teagasc soil specialist David Law has dispelled the old myth that spreading lime on conacre ground cannot be justified on economic terms.
Opinion
The fact that landowners can lease out their entitlements is a symptom of everything that's wrong with the current CAP.
Spring arrives and, as regular as clockwork, land rental charges start to take-off like a rocket across Ireland
Leasing land is a bit like renting out a house, according to Ivan Whitten, a Teagasc tillage advisor in Co. Kildare.
N.Ireland
Land owners have been warned that longer term leases as opposed to conacre could actually allow their land to be better managed.
Auctioneers are busy with leasing agreements at the moment. Demand is out-stripping supply across the country.
There seems to have been universal welcome for this week’s adoption of the new CAP Omnibus Regulations by the European Parliament
Teagasc’s Tillage Advisor Ciaran Hickey has warned farmers to be more sensible about the prices they lease land for.
Conacre renting of land has been the biggest plague on the tillage sector, according to Teagasc’s Paddy Browne.
