Agri-Business
Total payments issued to date under the 2023 National Liming Programme exceed €7.4 million, the DAFM has said.
Dairy
The minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue announced on June 12 that under the National Liming...
Beef
A further extension to the liming deadline under the National Liming Programme has been announced by Minister McConalogue.
John Curran has called for an extension to the deadline under the National Liming Programme until the end of December.
Farmers now have one month left to spread lime purchased under the National Liming Programme, with the final date for spreading on June 28.
Minister McConalogue has said he does "not envisage" any further extension to the spreading date under the National Liming Programme.
Minister McConalogue has today announced an extension to the date by which lime must be spread under the National Liming Programme.
Grass
There are renewed calls for the deadline for spreading under the National Liming Programme to be pushed out.
Minister McConalogue has again ruled out more time for liming after the "generous extension" already granted.
A total of 12,500 farmers have now received payments totaling more than €6.6 million from the National Liming Programme 2023.
Farmers are being reminded that no fewer than four scheme deadlines are set to fall this week after being recently extended.
Minister McConalogue has announced a one-week extension to the closing date for receipt of claims under the National Liming Programme.
Key deadlines are approaching under both the National Liming Programme and the Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme.
Environment
The deadline at the end of this month for farmers to purchase and submit receipts for lime "makes no sense" according to a TD.
Minister McConalogue has said that he does not envisage any further extension to the deadline under the liming programme.
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association (ICMSA) has called for a further extension of the deadline for the National Liming Programme.
Important flexibility under the National Liming Programme 2023 has been announced by Minister Charlie McConalogue today (Friday, October 6).
The IFA has said that future government funding towards the cost of liming must mirror the level of interest from farmers.
The National Liming Programme budget has been doubled from €8 million to €16 million, according to the Minister for Agriculture.
The IFA has called on Minister Charlie McConalogue to ensure that all farmers who applied for the National Liming Programme are accepted.
Just under 41,000 applications were made to the National Liming Programme, the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed.
Some 41,000 farmers applied to the new National Liming Programme by the closing date of April 20, the department has announced.
Farmers are reminded that tomorrow, Thursday, April 20 is the closing date to apply to the National Liming Programme.
