Rural Life
Minster Martin Heydon has urged farmers to take necessary steps to protect animals during the current spell of hot weather.
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has awarded over €145,000 to a number of organisations for the promotion of forestry.
Tillage
The Department of Agriculture is looking to take on a bacteriologist to work at its Backweston Campus in Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
Beef
The department has published the AIM Bovine Statistics Report, which confirms how many suckler and dairy calves were born in each county.
Minister Heydon has said that he anticipates that a new national animal welfare strategy will be published in the second half of the year.
Schemes
The department has today advised farmers of two important opportunities regarding corrections to their 2026 BISS.
Co. Longford-based agri-advisory business, Midland Agri Consultancy is to deliver a farm machinery...
Environment
A new all-island conference on sustainability in agriculture has launched its inaugural event in Portlaoise, today (Tuesday, May 26).
The department has confirmed that there have been 61 applications submitted for the €55 million Reconstitution Scheme for Windblown Forests.
Minister Heydon has announced that decision letters are issuing on applications earlier this year for Landscape Actions under ACRES.
Dairy
Around 26% of milk supplying herds are yet to confirm their nitrogen excretion rate band for 2026, according to department figures.
Minister Martin Heydon has announced the allocation of €1.18 million in funding to 46 projects on farm safety, health and wellbeing.
Counties Cork, Galway, and Mayo saw the most applications made under BISS and other area-based schemes for 2026.
Minister Martin Heydon has confirmed that 122,151 farmers applied online for BISS and other area-based schemes before the deadline.
More than 300 less farmers applied for a nitrates derogation this year compared to the number that applied in 2025.
Agri-Business
Minister Martin Heydon has announced a two-week extension to the public consultation on the mid-term review of Food Vision 2030.
A number of private forest owners will play host to "family-focused events" this month that will be open to the public.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has launched the new Plant Health and Biosecurity Strategy for 2026-2030.
A new initiative to be funded to the tune of €4.35 million aimed at protecting the corncrake has been announced.
Funding of €37.5 million will be announced today for investment in research in agri-food, forestry and the bioeconomy.
The department has issued a reminder to farmers on the closing date for applications for the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS).
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is seeking applications to fill vacancies for the role of veterinary research officer.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a Condition Orange warning, indicating high fire risk for vegetation.
