Environment
Importance of hedges underlined as Hedgerow Week 2020 gets underway
The importance of hedgerows to the Irish countryside – and the benefits they bring – are being highlighted over the...
Environment
The importance of hedgerows to the Irish countryside – and the benefits they bring – are being highlighted over the...
CAP / Schemes
Hedgerows and how to manage them is a topic of conversation becoming more popular. In a recent episode of Teagasc’s...
Agri Politics
While hedgerows are currently not accounted for in relation to the calculation of Ireland’s compliance with emissions targets to 2020,...
Agri Politics
It is “critical” that Ireland’s 6% of hedgerows are included in calculations when it comes to the country’s carbon sequestration...
Environment
Farmers and rural-dwellers should always think safety first before starting any work during Hedgerow Week 2019 – and all other...
Environment
Teagasc Hedgerow Week 2019 was officially launched by Minister of State Andrew Doyle at the Teagasc Kildalton Agriculture College today,...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine “recognises” the importance of hedgerows and woodland habitats and their roles in...
Environment
Hedgerows and their importance to the Irish landscape as well as to biodiversity in this country became top of the...
CAP / Schemes
Under the Wildlife Act of 1976 hedgerow maintenance cannot be carried out during the closed period from March 1 to...
Rural Life
Tipperary dairy farmer, John Fogarty, discusses the management of hedgerows to help pollinators on farms in a new video from Tipperary...
N.Ireland
A wildlife campaign is urging farmers to think of their prickly friends, as a new report shows hedgehog levels have plummeted...
CAP / Schemes
Sinn Fein’s Agriculture Spokesman Martin Kenny has called on the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to extend the GLAS hedgerow...
Environment
A cattle farmer from Co. Meath has been fined a total of €3,500 for the destruction of hedgerows during the bird nesting...
Environment
The hedgecutting season opens this week and runs from September 1 until March 1, allowing farmers to manage hedges around...
Environment
Farmers’ actions play a key role in maintaining and managing existing natural habitats while there are opportunities to create new...
Agri-Business
The removal of one of the most popular measures under GLAS has been criticised by the ICSA. According to the...
Environment
There is less than a week to go to the hedge cutting season, which runs from September 1 up until March 1....
Environment
It’s only one month until the hedge cutting season begins on August 31 and the Minister for Arts, Heritage and...