Environment
The European Commission has recommended increased compliance with laws, regarding pollution from agriculture, to improve water management.
The young couple behind Curraghmore farm are calling for urgent infrastructure upgrades to Kerry's Black valley in the wake of floods
Agri-Business
Farmers in the Autonomous Community of Valencia in eastern Spain are counting the €1 billion cost of damage caused by severe flooding.
Devastating flooding between October 2023 and March 2024 was caused by "human-induced climate change" according to scientists.
Rural Life
As the situation at Lough Funshinagh gets worse and floods continue, the IFA is seeking a meeting with the Minister O’Donnell
Tillage
IFA is to seek immediate compensation Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) for flood-impacted potato growers
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has emphasised the role of potassium in reversing the impact of waterlogging in soils.
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is to continue lobbying on behalf of flood-affected potato and vegetable growers.
The Ulster Farmers’ Union is confirming no let-up in the campaign to secure a special aid package for the North’s potato growers.
Opinion
Parts of western Denmark received 80mm of rain during the early days of last week. And the impact of the bad weather was very easy to see
A £2.7 million flood support fund has opened for applications from northwest farmers affected by...
Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has allocated £19 million for flood protection projects across the North.
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has been urged to widen the criteria of a package for farmers afflicted by the 2017 floods.
A long-awaited support package for farmers in the North West affected by floods in 2017 will open for applications in August 2021.
Minister Poots is understood to have announced a £3.5 million support package for farmers in the Sperrins affected by floods and landslides in 2017.
Agri Politics
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has determined that the £6.5 million Shimna River flood alleviation scheme should proceed.
Tyrone farmers whose businesses were devastated by flash flooding three years ago say they feel "let down" by empty promises for remuneration for the tens of thousands of pounds spent on repairs.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is currently conducting a study into the feasibility of a farm building relocation scheme.
Farm families will "struggle to get back on their feet" - after the flooding around the country - without emergency funding.
Several hundred acres of farmland around the country are covered in water at the moment after weeks of heavy rain.
The Government is being called on to provide "a financial aid package" for damage caused by the current flooding around the country.
US farmers are going through one of the most difficult planting season's in the state's history as large amounts of acres remain unplanted.
The European Court of Auditors has said that flood protection should now be improved, before climate change fully takes its toll.
