Beef
Minister announces €140 payment for PI calves under BVD scheme
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has announced new payments of up to €140 for the disposal of persistently infected...
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has announced new payments of up to €140 for the disposal of persistently infected...
Agri-Business
Both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Agriculture are set to attend the IFA AGM events next week. The Taoiseach...
Environment
Soil Science is a must for those considering employment as a planner under the new GLAS scheme. According to the...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture has closed 42 District Veterinary Office‘s since 2009, the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney, has confirmed...
Agri-Business
The issues of so called ‘old’ young farmers were addressed in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture today (Tuesday), by...
Dairy
Weaker prices in 2015 are likely to incentivise more dairy farmers to opt for fixed price contracts in 2015, according...
Dairy
Figures released by the CSO confirm the massive fall in dairy farmers production mooted recently by the Minister for Agriculture Simon...
Environment
Farmers’ patience is running thin in relation to the slow progress in the implementation of vital farm schemes, such as...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney has announced the appointment of Aidan O’Driscoll as the new...
Agri-Business
To date over 4,200 farmers have applied for the Farm Safety Scheme and the huge level of interest has sparked...
Pig/Poultry
Following a meeting of the National Pig Health Council (NPHC), IFA Pigs Committee Chairman Pat O’Flaherty said ‘Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea...
Opinion
Food safety concerns relating to dairy ingredients originating from New Zealand in the recent past could potentially boost Irish-made baby...
Agri-Business
Payments under the three Discussion Group Programmes will begin issuing to successful participants in the coming days, the Minister for...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney has announced the ‘maximum flexibility’ on educational requirements for Pillar...
Agri Politics
€1.14 million in additional funding is to be provided by the Department of Agriculture to the United Nations World Food Programme...
Dairy
The monthly intake of milk in November by creameries was 13% down on the same month last year according to...
Dairy
Following little success in reducing Ireland’s superlevy bill, the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said this week that an extension...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture has said there is currently no delay with the digitising of farm maps following questioning on...