Environment
DAFM: 60 new outbreaks of fireblight to-date in 2024
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed the number of new outbreaks of fireblight (Erwinia amylorova)...
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Environment
DAFM to decide on protected zone status regarding fireblight
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is to decide on the status of Ireland being a protected...
Rural Life
Farmer licenses land for community biodiversity project
Farmer, Evan Newell has licensed 7.5ac of land to a community biodiversity project by the ‘7th Meath Dunshaughlin Scout Group’....
Horticulture
17 cases of bacterial plant disease, fireblight, found in 2023
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) investigated 21 potential outbreaks of the serious plant disease Erwinia amylovora (fireblight)...
CAP / Schemes
Over one million whitethorn or hawthorn imported in 2023
In 2023 to-date, there have been over one million plants of whitethorn/hawthorn imported into Ireland from within the EU. The...