Agri Politics
Cavan candidate steps into race for IFA presidency
A Co. Cavan based candidate has this morning, Tuesday, August 20, announced that he is stepping into the race to...
Joe Brady
CAP / Schemes
IFA clarifies ANC and wild bird cover concerns
Areas planted with wild bird cover under the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) will be eligible for Areas of Natural Constraint...
CAP / Schemes
KT payments expected to commence in late October
The IFA has reportedly received confirmation from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine that Knowledge Transfer (KT) payments...
CAP / Schemes
'Farmers must not be victims of the department's IT systems'
Farmers must not be victims of the difficulties faced by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s IT systems, according...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer frustration at 'boiling point' over delay in GLAS payments
Farmer frustration has reached ‘boiling point’ over the delay in GLAS payments, according to the IFA’s Rural Development Chairman Joe...
CAP / Schemes
'Funding from shortfall in applications to Knowledge Transfer groups should support farm incomes'
The IFA has estimated that some €33m (of the allocated €100m) will be saved under the Knowledge Transfer Group Scheme,...
CAP / Schemes
60% of total applications for TAMS yet to be processed
There are more than 4,000 farmers (60% of applicants) waiting for their Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) applications to be processed,...