Agri-Business
TAMS 3 options for bovine fencing and meal bins
Business and technology drystock advisor with Teagasc, Keith Fahy has outlined how farmers an access grants for bovine fencing and...
Fencing
Agri-Business
DAFM updates minimum specification for TAMS fencing
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) has updated the minimum specification for farm fencing used for livestock...
Forestry
Deer fencing funding of €18/m available to prevent forest damage
Farmers, private landowners and companies planting forestry can avail of an €18/m payment to fence off forestry to prevent damage...
Agri-Business
Electric fence manufacturer acquires Boundary Blade
Co. Clare-based electric fence manufacturer Forcefield Active Technology has recently completed the acquisition of Boundary Blade Ltd. Founded in 2020...
Agri-Business
Concerns that creosote ban could impact TAMS fencing grants
Concerns have been raised that an EU ban on creosote may impact on fencing grants available to farmers under new...
Agri-Business
Committee to discuss impact of creosote ban on fencing supplies
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will this evening (Wednesday, March 8) discuss the potential impact...
Rural Life
December deadline for final sale of creosote products
Retailers will have until December 31, 2022 to sell all of their containers of creosote products for agriculture. Creosote is a...
Rural Life
Fence posts to miss out on derogation for use of creosote
The use of creosote to treat wooden fencing posts in agriculture is not included in an extension being granted by...
Buildings
Purchase of creosote fence posts allowed up to April 2023
Creosote stakes will no longer be available to buy on the market after spring of 2023, the Department of Agriculture,...
Rural Life
'Rev For Trev' tractor run remembers young farmer
‘Rev For Trev’, a tractor run to raise funds for Pieta House and Teac Tom, will be held on May...
Dairy Technical
Considerations when constructing farm roadways
Farm roadways are key on Irish dairy farms, for maximising the amount of grazed grass in the cow’s diet and...
Beef
Virtual fencing is now an option on commercial livestock farms
Virtual fencing systems can provide the same level of stock management and grazed grass utilisation as conventional paddocks and electric...
Grass
Expert in its 'field': 'More sustainable' electric fencer hits market
Former winner of the National Ploughing Association’s (NPA’s) Innovation Arena Awards, Forcefield Active Technology Ltd, has recently launched its portable...
Rural Life
Fresh Graze invention to be showcased at BT Young Scientist Exhibition
He may only be 17 years old, but he is one Co. Westmeath student that will put his innovation skills...
Grass
Getting the basics right when it comes to grazing infrastructure
Profitable beef production in Ireland is based on the use of high quantities of quality grass to produce beef at...
Rural Life
Fencing's back in vogue - and all thanks to a bit of competition
Competition is getting young farmers back into the field and learning practical farm-based skills, YFCU members at this year’s Northern...
CAP / Schemes
'Provision of additional investment items under TAMS may be considered'
The provision of additional investment items under TAMS may be considered, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Environment
Some farmers may be forced to fence off watercourses by 2021
Some farmers may be forced to fence off watercourses running through their land to prevent access for cattle by the...