Agri-Business
Bord Bia has confirmed that pilot audits on beef, sheep, and dairy farms to test proposed updates to the farm standards have been completed.
Environment
DAFM has been ordered to release Information on "inspections in relation to the cross-compliance requirements" on a farm in Co. Wexford.
Local authorities must carry out more farm inspections and follow-up enforcement, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Rural Life
Sligo County Council has notified landowners and farmers within certain river catchment areas of upcoming agricultural inspections.
Forestry
Outlined in the expenditure report for Budget 2026 is the programme for farm, forestry sector...
The HSA carried out 1,480 workplace inspections across the agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors last year.
Two farms that refused DAFM inspections last year received "a 100% penalty on their Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) payments.
Local authorities are set to carry out a projected 4,513 farm inspections in 2025 according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Deputy Michael Cahill, has called for Minister Martin Heydon to ensure farm inspections are scheduled with at least two weeks' notice.
Paying farmers for meeting requirements under the controversial GAEC 2 may form part of a further upcoming simplification of the CAP.
Bord Bia said it will be "several months" before final agreement is reached on the new producer standard for beef, sheep and dairy farmers.
The Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon has said he understands that "inspections can come at the wrong time" for farmers.
ICMSA has called for farm inspections to be suspended for at least a week as the country recovers from Storm Éowyn
Tipperary County Council has confirmed that it is planning to carry out some 350 farm inspections this year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) sent over 5,800 notifications to farmers due to issues being found by the Area Monitoring System (AMS).
The chief executive of Bord Bia Jim O'Toole has said that work is ongoing to try to "streamline" the process for farm audits.
Farm inspection rates are "far below" the level required to drive compliance and improve water quality, according to a new report by the EPA.
Westmeath County Council "did not complete any planned farm inspections in 2023" according to a new report published by the EPA.
A meeting held by the IFA in Kerry this week heard a plea for authorities to show more compassion and understanding during farm inspections.
A Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North-West has warned that county council farm inspections are "far more intense".
A recently published report has shown that Sligo County Council did not undertake any planned farm...
A new protocol on farm inspections has been agreed between the Kilkenny executive of the IFA and Kilkenny County Council.
Minister of State Malcolm Noonan has today launched the ‘Water Action Plan 2024: Ireland’s third River Basin Management Plan’.
