Agri-Business
Average loan size under the low-cost loan scheme equals €32,000
The average loan size under the low-cost loan scheme has equalled €32,000 to date, according to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland...
Agri-Business
The average loan size under the low-cost loan scheme has equalled €32,000 to date, according to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland...
Agri Politics
Kerry Group is set to contribute US$750,000 (€688,500), as well as technical support, to a ‘pioneering’ new project in Honduras, Central...
Environment
Work on the roll-out of the new Hen Harrier Scheme will ‘begin immediately’, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Agri-Business
Meat Industry Ireland, the body representing beef and sheepmeat processors, has welcomed the announcement by Minister Michael Creed of additional...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, together with the Minister of State in the Department, Andrew...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer frustration has reached ‘boiling point’ over the delay in GLAS payments, according to the IFA’s Rural Development Chairman Joe...
Agri-Business
A range of political leaders, at both Irish and EU level, and key stakeholders in the Irish farming and food...
Opinion
Let’s face it, beef farming in Ireland has gone through a difficult spell and unfortunately, with the uncertainty of Brexit...
Beef
A number of ‘significant advances’ have been made in securing access for Irish beef to the Chinese market, the Minister...
Agri-Business
People have been identified as a key resource to the future success of the agri-food sector in the 2017 Report on...
CAP / Schemes
Some 552 payments under GLAS 1 or GLAS 2 have been made in the past two weeks, according to figures...
Rural Life
The tide is beginning to turn with regards to the age profile of Irish farmers, according to the Minister for...
Rural Life
Some 282 arrangements have been delivered under Macra na Feirme’s Land Mobility Service during the last three years, resulting in almost...
Beef
It has been confirmed that the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) is set to reopen for applications from beef...
CAP / Schemes
Over 1,300 farmers are still awaiting payments under the Agricultural Environment Options Scheme (AEOS), the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, recently released figures for the entire number of suckler herds...
Beef
A detailed breakdown of where Ireland’s beef and sheepmeat imports came from in 2016 has been revealed by the Minister...
Dairy
The IFA is calling on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed to obtain a ‘retention’ for the...