CAP / Schemes
€1,700/hectare available to land owners who had forests damaged due to storms
Land owners whose plantations were damaged by storm force winds that occurred between December 5, 2013 and February 12, 2014 will...
CAP / Schemes
Land owners whose plantations were damaged by storm force winds that occurred between December 5, 2013 and February 12, 2014 will...
Environment
Farmers are being warned not to undervalue their timber crop, with potential earnings at clearfell of up to €25,000/ha for Sitka...
Environment
Ash dieback is present to a greater or lesser extent in all 26 counties in Ireland, the Department of Agriculture has...
Environment
An Taisce condemned the Irish Government’s role in critically undermining the EU’s efforts to tackle climate change. Loopholes to emissions...
Agri-Business
Coillte, Ireland’s largest forestry and land solutions company, has announced a 64% increase in profits for 2015 on the year previous...
Environment
Since opening for applications for financial approval under the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme in mid-September 2015, applications have been...
Rural Life
The Let’s Talk and Walk forest walks kick-off tomorrow, May 1, which are aimed at encouraging people to take time...
Other
New figures on new areas established under forestry have been described as worrying by IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Michael Fleming. He...
Environment
The annual tax-free forestry premium payments for 2016 will be issued from today, the Minister of State with responsibility for Forestry,...
Agri-Business
The Office of the Ombudsman received a complaint from a farmer after the Department of Agriculture sought to recover a grant...
Environment
Planting the upper lands of Ireland is not enough to combat Ireland’s carbon emissions when farmers on the lower lands...
Environment
Investment in forestry over the next five years will have a big impact on the environment, as it will result...
Agri-Business
Forest Enterprises Limited (FEL) has announced that the company will re-brand as Veon Limited, forming the first full-service private forestry...
Agri-Business
The IFA is calling on Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Tom Hayes, to refund thousands of farmers...
Environment
A recent report from the Council for Forestry Research and Development (COFORD) has given the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers...
Environment
Teagasc’s forestry advisory clinics start today (Monday) and run for the next two weeks at plenty of locations around the...
Environment
A new report released today has identified 1.08m hectares of land currently used for agriculture that it says would be ‘better suited’...
Environment
Over the last five years, 12 people have suffered a fatal accident arising from the use of chainsaws or tree felling...