Schemes
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has defended the recent cuts to livestock scheme payment rates.
Agri-Business
The suspected case of bluetongue in Northern Ireland is "surprising and obviously hugely concerning".
Dairy
Minister Martin Heydon kept his cards close to his chest on the conditions for a proposed new nitrates derogation at the AGM of the ICMSA.
The Taoiseach has indicated that the nitrates derogation will allow farmers in derogation to farm at current stocking rates from January 1.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been told to "stand up to" environmental NGOs and serial objectors to agricultural developments.
There is rising concern about the lack of detail regarding terms and conditions that may be applied...
Agri Politics
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is set to appear at the AGM of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association (ICMSA) this week.
Rural Life
The ICMSA has said the generational renewal report contains nothing that will ensure a stable income for those considering a farming career.
Beef
The ICMSA has hit out at beef processors for what the organisation claimed was "obviously transparent" attempts to control trade.
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association (ICMSA) has slammed the current process to simplify the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Cuts to milk prices have been described as "horrendous" by a farm organisation.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said he is "monitoring" the current valuation ceilings under the bovine TB programme.
The ICMSA has repeated its call for grant aid to replace roofs on farm buildings under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS).
The ICMSA has told the EU Commissioner for Environment that Irish derogation farmers are "the most inspected and supervised in the state".
Anyone with an eye for a photo is being encouraged to enter this year's hedgerow photography...
There are "alarming differences" in milk prices being paid by co-ops for September supplies, the...
A farm organisation has urged for the budget allocation to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to...
The ICMSA has said it is "extremely notable" that the only people who will see their margins affected by cuts to milk costs are farmers.
The current ceilings on valuations of cattle lost to TB are "inadequate" and are "making restocking impossible", the ICMSA has said.
Environment
The report this week from the EPA into urban wastewater treatment has "made for very grim reading", the ICMSA has said.
Budget 2026 has been described as a "disppointing non-event" for farmers and the agriculture sector by the ICMSA.
Farmers have welcomed a "generally positive" update on various scheme payments from the Department...
ICMSA president Denis Drennan said the EU is in an "obviously contradictory public position" on environmental standards following Mercosur
