Tillage
John Nix Pocketbook discusses 2023 financial outlook
The John Nix Pocketbook provides British farmers with a clear business insight into the challenges they face and opportunities they...
farm support
N.Ireland
Edwin Poots lays out future for farm support in Northern Ireland
Agriculture minister Edwin Poots has set out clear perspectives on the future of farm support in Northern Ireland. Speaking at...
N.Ireland
Concern over 'growing disparity' in farm support measures in Ireland
Sinn Féin agriculture spokesperson, Declan McAleer, has said he is deeply concerned at what he calls the growing disparity in...
N.Ireland
Sinn Féin gives guarded welcome to NI amended farm policy reform
Sinn Féin MLA and chair of the Stormont agriculture committee, Declan McAleer has given a guarded welcome to the amended...
N.Ireland
Is a £70m farm-support package available in NI?
According to Sinn Féin’s Declan McAleer, there is scope to draw down a £70 million farm-support package from the Northern...
N.Ireland
Concern that agri-reform proposals could devastate small NI farms
Sinn Féin MLA, Declan McAleer, has said that small farm businesses in Northern Ireland (NI) must have their voices heard...
N.Ireland
Concerns over future agricultural policy in Northern Ireland
Stormont’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (AERA) committee chairman, Declan McAleer, has said that the future agricultural policy proposals published by...
N.Ireland
Headage sustainability package included in consultation on NI ag policy
This week, Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Edwin Poots launched a public consultation on the future shape of farm support...
Agri Politics
Fears of western farm exodus if proper supports aren't allocated
Concerns have been raised of an eventual but inevitable farming exodus along the western coasts and hill areas if supports...
N.Ireland
Industry reveals radical plans for NI's new suckler and sheep support
Radical proposals for future farm support for sheep and suckler farmers have been put forward by Northern Ireland’s farming industry....
N.Ireland
UFU warns future UK farm support must not push nations to 'try to outdo each other'
New plans for UK farm subsidies must not push nations to “try to outdo each other”, the Ulster Farmers’ Union...
Agri Politics
Land use and farm supports top of agenda in meeting between Hackett and ICSA
Land use and biodiversity were the key topics of discussion during a meeting between the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’...
Agri-Business
'Agriculture must produce more food' - former NFU president
Former National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and World Farming Organisation (WFO) president Peter Kendall believes that agriculture’s direct response to the...
CAP / Schemes
Minister: €879 million in farm supports allocated for 2021
Budget 2021 has provided for continued farm supports of €879 million in 2021, including more than €628 million for the...
Beef
Details of €50 million Beef Finishers Payment revealed
Details of the Beef Finishers Payment (BFP) have been revealed by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Dara Calleary....
Agri Politics
Farmers 'must be supported by government' to prevent work accidents
Farmers need to be supported by the government to help prevent workplace accidents, according to Social Democrats spokesperson on agriculture...
Agri Politics
EU measures 'do not go far enough' to support farmers
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed “must engage with his European counterparts to secure a better deal”...
Beef
Supports and direct income aid 'needed to address beef price collapse'
An “intensive lobbying campaign” is being driven by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to get authorities to address the collapse...
