Agri Politics
Macra welcomed a decision by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue not to pursue a dairy cow reduction scheme.
Dairy
The ICMSA has claimed that farmers have been "led up the garden path" on a potential dairy reduction scheme.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that a reduction scheme for dairy cows is "off the table".
Environment
The Department of Agriculture's (DAFM's) failure to develop a dairy cow reduction or exit scheme in Q4 2023 is highlighted in a new report.
Minister McConalogue has said that there is no allocation in his department's budget for next year to implement a dairy exit scheme.
No Exchequer funding provision is currently in place for a dairy reduction scheme according to the Minister for Agriculture.
TD asks minister to provide details of "what entitlements are in place for farmers who wish to opt into the exit dairy scheme".
Agri-Business
A Fianna Fáil MEP has sounded a note of caution about a proposed scheme to reduce dairy cows numbers by paying farmers to exit the industry
