Beef
Cattle numbers tighten as weekly kill falls below 28,000 head
Beef cattle supplies continue to remain tight, with just 27,677 slaughtered last week, the Department of Agriculture’s beef kill data...
Beef
Beef cattle supplies continue to remain tight, with just 27,677 slaughtered last week, the Department of Agriculture’s beef kill data...
CAP / Schemes
Just under 80,000 farmers have submitted their applications thus far for the Basic Payment Scheme, according to latest figures from...
Beef
A newly released report on Bovine TB in Ireland has been published by the Department of Agriculture. Incidences of TB...
Opinion
As the new Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, sits back in his chair at the top of the Department of...
Agri-Business
Last week, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced Cork TD Micheal Creed as his new Minister for Agriculture. A Macroom native...
Beef
Beef cattle supplies are continuing to tighten with just 28,751 head slaughtered last week, recent figures from the Department of...
CAP / Schemes
The ongoing delays in Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) approvals is causing considerable difficulty for many farmers, according to the...
CAP / Schemes
The application period for a new scheme which provides 75% grant aid to refurbish old farm buildings is set to close...
Sheep
There was a jump in the number of spring lambs slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheepmeat export plants last...
CAP / Schemes
Ireland has received approval to provide grant aid for sheep fencing and tillage sector investments under the new TAMS II schemes....
CAP / Schemes
Farmers are being reminded that the closing date for the acceptance of applications for this years’ Basic Payment Scheme (BPS),...
Dairy
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said that farm organisations are supportive of the Department of Agricultures policy to...
CAP / Schemes
Newly elected IFA Deputy President Richard Kennedy has severely criticised the lack of progress issuing approvals to farmers to commence work...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that farmers will soon be able to opt out of paying ICBF levies when...
CAP / Schemes
The education requirement for the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme has changed since last year, according to Macra. To comply with...
CAP / Schemes
Every year the Department of Agriculture carry out thousands of inspections on farms across the country. The selection of inspection...
Beef
There was some ease in the number of cattle slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved beef export plants last week....
Other
The Department of Agriculture has opened the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme to applications with details as to how the scheme...