Agri-Business
'Farmer income levels needs to be central to future policy decisions'
Farmer income levels need to be central to future policy decisions, according to Fianna Fail’s Agriculture Spokesperson, Charlie McConalogue. Deputy...
Agri-Business
Farmer income levels need to be central to future policy decisions, according to Fianna Fail’s Agriculture Spokesperson, Charlie McConalogue. Deputy...
Rural Life
Concerns have been raised by Fianna Fail’s Agriculture Spokesperson, Charlie McConalogue, for farm incomes hit by adverse weather conditions. The...
Rural Life
Irish agriculture “faces a difficult future” unless more young people can be encouraged to take up farming, according to Fianna...
Tillage
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has continued to drag his feet over the introduction of...
CAP / Schemes
Far too often it seems like the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is being run by a computer,...
CAP / Schemes
Further calls have been made to introduce a “definite ceiling” for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments post-2020, by Sinn Fein’s...
CAP / Schemes
The introduction of a €60,000 ceiling for payments under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) has been called for by Fianna...
CAP / Schemes
Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy has described the Knowledge Transfer online system for farmers as “abysmal and chaotic“. “These online...
CAP / Schemes
Changes in the application criteria for the 2017 National Reserve and Young Farmers’ Scheme have been severely criticised by Fianna...
CAP / Schemes
It has been confirmed that over 3,000 farmers are yet to be paid their GLAS payments for 2016, following a...
Environment
Funding for the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme needs to be increased in Budget 2018, as farmers in marginal areas...
Environment
Fianna Fail has been criticised by the IFA for its proposal to introduce changes to the Heritage Bill, which will restrict...
Rural Life
Research on agricultural crime reveals the extent to which the Government has abandoned farmers and people living in rural Ireland,...
Tillage
The tillage TAMS II fund falls short of what is needed to replace the lost income tillage farmers suffered last...
Tillage
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has kicked hopes of a crisis tillage fund to touch,...
Environment
The issue of flooding and flood relief cannot be allowed to fall off the Government’s agenda, according to Fianna Fail’s...
Tillage
The Government’s decision to rule out crisis funding for tillage farmers is hugely disappointing, according to Fianna Fáil’s Charlie McConalogue. The...
Agri-Business
It is absurd that the Government has refused to initiate a review of Food Wise 2025 in the wake of...