Tillage
Minister 'considering' recommendations in tillage report
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue is still “considering” the recommendations contained in a report by the...
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IFA to meet with DAFM over tillage support
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is calling on agriculture minister, Charlie McConalogue, to introduce a bespoke tillage support measure, which will...
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'Minister must act now' for tillage farmers - IGGG chair
Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) chair, Bobby Miller, has said that the Food Vision Tillage Group report will most likely...
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Food Vision Tillage Group report due in coming days
The final report from the Food Vision Tillage Group is expected to be published during the first half of March....
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Miller returned as chair of Grain Growers' Group at AGM
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) recently hosted its 2024 annual general meeting (AGM) at Ballykilcavan Brewery, near Stradbally in...
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Food Vision Tillage Group to propose new income 'stabilisation scheme'
The Food Vision Tillage Group is to put forward a proposal for an “income stabilisation scheme” specifically for tillage farmers...
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Concern that tillage area set to decline in 2024
Ireland’s tillage area is set to decline in 2024, according to Bobby Miller, the chair of the Irish Grain Growers’...
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Final Food Vision Tillage Group report due in New Year
The final Food Vision Tillage Group report will be published early in the New Year, possibly January. This is according...
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Budget 2024 support for tillage not guaranteed - Heydon
It would be totally speculative to discuss the principle of additional support for tillage coming out of Budget 2024. This...
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Food Vision Tillage Group to seek new scheme
The Food Vision Tillage Group draft interim report calls on the government to scrap the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) and...
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Report: Government urged to include contractors in farm support
The draft report from the Food Vision Tillage Group confirms the role of agricultural contractors in underpinning the future of...
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Tillage group’s provisional report due this week
A provisional report compiled by the Food Vision Tillage Group will be available online this week according to its chair,...
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IFA to meet Boortmalt this week to discuss harvest
Representatives of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) grain committee will meet a Boortmalt delegation on Thursday morning (August 17) to...
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Minister urged to engage with grain growers over tillage decline
Sinn Féin spokesperson for agriculture, Claire Kerrane TD, has written to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue,...
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Tillage Focus: Increase in break crop area may boost grain yields
The increasing break crop area available to Irish tillage farmers this autumn should act to boost grain yields in 2024....
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McConalogue admits tillage sector lost out under new CAP
Minister or Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has acknowledged that Ireland’s tillage sector has lost out under the...
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Farmers want to see 'evidence' of tillage group's work
The Food Vision Tillage Group is currently engaged in producing a “provisional” report by the end of next month and...
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Faltering grain markets giving tillage farmers cause for concern
The precarious state of international grain markets remains a cause of major concern for Irish tillage farmers. “Prices are currently...