Rural Life
A new festival celebrating creativity, wellness and Ireland’s hedges takes place at Mount Briscoe organic farm, Daingean, Offaly on Sept 6-7
Environment
The latest figures issued to Agriland from DAFM show that farmers planted over 2,300km of hedgerows under Tranche 1 and 2 of ACRES.
N.Ireland
Over the past number of years, CAFRE has hosted one-day practical courses at Greenmount Campus for anyone interested in hedge laying.
A Sligo man is to make a donation of €25,000 to local charities after appearing in court charged...
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is currently hosting a month-long event celebrating native species-rich hedgerows on farms.
A new study has highlighted that hedgerow biomass is in decline in Ireland in terms of area, due to removals and intensive management
Agri-Business
A new update has been issued to ACRES advisers in relation to the deadline for new hedgerow and tree planting actions.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) investigated 21 potential outbreaks of the serious plant disease...
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has removed the requirement for whitethorn planted under ACRES to be of Irish provenance and origin.
Farmers can make small changes to hedgerow management to benefit the environment, according to Phelim Connolly, CAFRE adviser
A Co. Kilkenny man has been convicted and fined €2,000 for the removal of 112m of hedgerow and the grubbing out of a further 180m
