Agri-Business
New low-cost loan scheme for farmers scheduled for second half of 2018
A new low-cost loan scheme is scheduled to be up and running in the second half of 2018, the Minister...
Agri-Business
A new low-cost loan scheme is scheduled to be up and running in the second half of 2018, the Minister...
Agri Politics
At least 60,000 bales are required to meet the fodder shortage in the north-west alone, which has extended into counties...
Agri Politics
At the age of just 40, Pat McCormack is the youngest ever president to take the helm at the Irish...
Dairy
Processors have been called upon to hold milk prices for the last month of 2017, due to the “relative stability...
Dairy
Live export issues and the fodder crisis have been identified as two key areas that need to be addressed as...
Agri Politics
Pat McCormack succeeds John Comer as president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) for an initial three-year period,...
Agri-Business
The enactment of stamp duty reduction on farm consolidation sales has been welcomed by the chairperson of the Irish Creamery...
CAP / Schemes
Changes to deposit rules for Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) applicants have been welcomed by farm organisations. The confirmed changes made...
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, along with Teagasc, are going to have to “wake up” to the...
Opinion
This month sees outgoing Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) president, John Comer, move on to the next phase of...
Agri-Business
The president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA), John Comer, has welcomed agreement on phase one of the...
Rural Life
Proposals that family farms will be capped at the same three-year contribution as domestic families under the Fair Deal Scheme...
Environment
Irish farmer organisations have welcomed the announcement that a four-year extension has been granted for Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation. The Nitrates...
Agri Politics
The budget for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) needs to be justified to the EU taxpayers as “good bang for...
Dairy
The deadline for nominations for key roles within the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) is looming. Nominations for the...
Agri Politics
It is “absolutely critical” that the government’s negotiating team is “fully focused” at upcoming Brexit talks in Brussels, despite on-going...
Agri-Business
Brexit negotiations to date have been nothing short of chaotic, according to the president of the Irish Creamery and Milk...
Beef
Beef from the dairy herd is as good a quality as beef from the suckler herd, according to the president...