Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has announced that payments for the first year of the Knowledge Transfer Programme have commenced.
Forestry
Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae has announced the opening of the Forestry Knowledge Transfer Group (KTG) Scheme 2025.
The North East Forestry Group (NEFG) will host a number of events for knowledge transfer (KT) groups on group certification for woodlands.
The Forestry KTG has reopened today to continue its purpose of forest owners gaining additional knowledge in forest management.
Tillage
January is a busy month for tillage events as farmers prepare for the season ahead. Planning is essential and these events help.
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has announced an extension to the deadline for submission of Farm Improvement Plans.
Plant counts allow farmers to assess establishment and can help to estimate crop productivity. They can help with management decisions.
The deadline for applications to a pilot forestry Knowledge Transfer Group scheme in Limerick and Tipperary is set to close this week.
This Thursday, July 14, is the final day farmers have to register with the Department of Agriculture's Knowledge Transfer Groups.
The original June 30 deadline for registration of farmer participants in Knowledge Transfer Groups is to be extended until July 14, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has announced.
Knowledge Transfer Groups will be implemented for some 27,000 farmers across six sectors - meetings get underway tonight.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, today launched the €100m Knowledge Transfer Group Scheme.
The Department of Agriculture expects payments to Knowledge Transfer (KT) Groups to commence in June 2017.
