biodiversity
New platform launched to help businesses tackle biodiversity crisis
Businesses are being encouraged to sign up to a new platform to guide them in taking action to tackle the...
Department of Agriculture
Video
Farmland interviews Minister of State for land use and biodiversity, Pippa Hackett
On this episode of Farmland, Agriland editor Stella Meehan sits down with Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture,...
Sponsored
Watch: Rugby legend on tackling resistant worms in cattle
At this time of year, many farmers are organising their animal health plan and tackling resistant worms to cover their...
Agri-Business
Appeals: Average time to close cases in 2021 'twice the department target'
The average length of time it took to resolve a complaint to the Agriculture Appeals Office in 2021 was 185...
Environment
Restoration goal achieved by Kilkenny farmer
Buildings at the birthplace of former Kilkenny All-Ireland winner Jimmy Kelly have been conserved under the Green, Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme...
CAP / Schemes
TAMS: Approval granted to all applicants in Tranche 22
Approval has commenced for all qualified applications received under Tranche 22 of the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS), it has...
Agri-Business
Agri firms urged to prepare for further Brexit changes from October
Food business operators have been urged to prepare for the UK’s introduction of import controls on certain food and agricultural...
Dairy
TB testing exemptions for calves to end this week
TB testing exemptions in relation to calves over 42 days of age which have been in place for more than...
Rural Life
Why is the minister taking DAFM case to High Court?
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has brought a High Court challenge involving a ruling against a...
Beef
Beef kill: Factory ploy to pull prices fails to bolster kill
Last week’s move by beef-processing facilities in Ireland to pull cattle prices has failed to draw out any significantly higher...
CAP / Schemes
Suckler cap: Controversial proposal 'clarified' at town hall
Those who have strong opinions on the proposed cap on expanding suckler cow numbers under the draft suckler efficiency scheme...
Agri-Business
Value of Irish agri-food exports up 60% since 2010
Some €14.2 billion worth of agri-food exports were sent out of Ireland last year, according to the Department of Agriculture,...
Agri Politics
Young farmers 'unimpressed' with format of CAP town halls
Young farmers’ organisation Macra na Feirme has had its say on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s (DAFM’s)...
Environment
Tough new slurry measures proposed under draft nitrates programme
A series of tough new measures for slurry storage are proposed in for Irish farmers in the next draft nitrates...
Agri-Business
25 years of calf registrations and 'blue cards' in Clonakilty
Some 60 million animal identification passports – known by many as ‘blue cards‘ – have been issued over the last...
Beef
How many cattle have been reported missing or stolen so far in 2021?
Hundreds of cattle have been reported either missing or stolen so far this year – with just a fraction of...
Beef Technical
Beef kill falls over 70,000 head of cattle behind last year
Figures on the national beef kill, released by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) this week, indicate...
CAP / Schemes
'Beneficial' TB rule change for restricted farmers revealed
Changes have been announced under new EU TB regulations “which will better enable farmers with restricted herds to move cattle...
Environment
FarmPEAT: €1.2m project aimed at land around raised bogs
A new European Innovation Partnerships (EIP) project dubbed “FarmPEAT” – aimed at improving the environmental quality of agricultural lands surrounding...