Environment
'Subsidies keep drystock farmers out of forestry'
More loss-making drystock enterprises should be switching to forestry, according to Professor Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at...
Environment
More loss-making drystock enterprises should be switching to forestry, according to Professor Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at...
Environment
The ICSA has called for a standalone scheme to provide proper compensation for farmers with hen harrier designation. ICSA Rural Development...
Environment
The new Forestry Programme will involve a commitment of €482 million to the forestry sector. Under the programme the Afforestation...
Environment
Some 870 farmers are still awaiting AEOS payments from 2014, as An Garda Siochana is investigating irregularities around the non...
Environment
Teagasc will have on the spot advice for forestry owners at Timber2015, on May 9 and 10 in Stradbally Co....
Environment
Are you a forest owner unsure about thinning forestry? According to Michael Somers of Teagasc, half of private woodlands are...
Environment
Treecheck, a smartphone app to enlist the public’s help in safeguarding tree and forest health on the island of Ireland,...
Agri-Business
Forest owners will receive their annual tax-free forestry payments for 2015 by April 17, Tom Hayes, Minister of State at the...
Environment
Most forest owners know that a forest must be replanted after the final timber crop has been harvested however, Teagasc...
Environment
Co-operatives can make a major contribution to Ireland’s new multi-million Forestry Development Programme to 2020, an Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society (ICOS) seminar...
Environment
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Michael Fleming has welcomed EU approval for the Forestry Programme and the Government’s commitment to invest...
Environment
The forestry sector will see investment of €482m as the Department of Agriculture secures State Aid approval for the new...
Environment
In his address to the AGM of the Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Group held in Hollyford, Co. Tipperary, Tom...
Rural Life
A series of nationwide forestry information meetings presenting the new forestry programme will take place in January. Teagasc in association...
Environment
A new forestry programme has been announced by the Department of Agriculture to cover 2014-2020. Tom Hayes, Minister of State...
National Ploughing Championships
It has been estimated that 30,000 hurleys have been sold at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. And while slow-growing ash is...
Environment
A critical shortage of available land may inhibit the expansion of the Irish forestry sector, the General Manager of one...
Environment
The governments proposed Forestry Programme is set to include new increased grant and premiums rates for new afforestation projects. Tom...