Rural Life
A Department of Agriculture approved Knowledge Transfer event on 'Farmer Wellbeing' will be held this week in Co. Cavan.
Agri-Business
More than €10 million has been paid to farmers to date under the Knowledge Transfer (KT) Scheme, according to the Minister for Agriculture.
Changes, that had been requested previously, are set to be made to the Knowledge Transfer Scheme, according to the IFA.
Farmers must not be victims of the difficulties faced by the department's IT systems, according to the IFA's Joe Brady.
The Minster for Agriculture, Michael Creed has confirmed that farmers who exclusively finish Friesian cattle will be allowed into the new Knowledge Transfer Programme.
The Department of Agriculture, Knowledge Transfer (KT) Groups programme is finally set to start this June.
Wexford Agricultural Consultant Laura Johnston was elected as the first female President of the Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA) last week.
The first meetings of the Department of Agriculture's new Knowledge Transfer Groups will not now take place till early next year.
The Department of Agriculture is set to look for expressions of interest from vets to take part in the new Knowledge Transfer Scheme.
The new Knowledge Transfer Groups will have some key differences from the old discussion group schemes.
Farmers may yet be allowed join the Departments of Agriculture's new Knowledge Transfer (KT) groups across two different sectors.
The facilitator is responsible for reimbursing the participant in respect of the Knowledge Transfer Programme, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Farmers are advised to contact Teagasc or the private consultant now if they are interested in joining the Departments of Agriculture's new discussion group scheme.
Beef
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association has said is unacceptable that participation in rural development schemes such as the genomics scheme be linked
Information meetings for Department approved facilitators for the new Knowledge Transfer Scheme will be held over the next 2 weeks.
The level of interest expressed by agricultural advisors in the new discussion group scheme has been described as high by the Department of Agriculture.
Find out how to register interest to be an advisor in the new Knowledge Transfer measure of the Rural Development Programme
The Department of Agriculture has launched its new Knowledge Transfer scheme (Discussion Groups) and is looking for facilitators to run the groups.
Some of the key details of the Department's new Knowledge Transfer scheme under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 has been announced.
