Forestry
'Vast majority' of ash dieback owners 'very happy' with scheme - Hackett
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) with responsibility for forestry, Pippa Hackett has...
Oireachtas Committee
Agri-Business
Committee hears derogation cut will cost agri sector €60m annually
The reduction to a maximum stocking rate of 220kg of organic nitrogen (N) per hectare will cost the agriculture sector...
Beef News
ICBF admits 'sub-optimal' communication on beef index changes
The chief executive of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) Sean Coughlan has admitted that communication with farmers around changes...
Environment
Ag committee told 'no fodder saved' because of Shannon flooding
There was no fodder saved this year on the Shannon Callows because of “the longest summer flood ever”, a local...
Agri-Business
Minister to discuss nitrates derogation with Oireachtas committee
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue will discuss the nitrates derogation and water quality with members...
Beef
Food security stats 'make you stop and think how fortunate we are'
Statistics on global food security “make you stop and think how fortunate we are in this country”, according to a...
Beef
Oireachtas agri committee to meet with UN World Food Programme
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet with representative of the United Nations (UN) World...
Environment
Ryan does not expect 'huge reduction' in agriculture emissions
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, expects that “there won’t be a huge change” in the...
Forestry
Minister to meet Coillte this week on Gresham House deal
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue will meet with Coillte on Thursday (January 19) in relation to...
Agri-Business
Committee to examine new legislation for cooperative sector
The Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment will meet today (Wednesday, December 14) to discuss new draft legislation for...
Agri-Business
Zoned land tax: Committee backs call for farmer exemption
An Oireachtas committee has unanimously agreed that genuine farmers should be exempted from the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT), according...
Agri Politics
Farm orgs to discuss TB eradication at agri committee meeting
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will resume discussions on the eradication of bovine TB with stakeholders...
Environment
'Urgent need for clarity' for farmers on solar PV supports
The Micro-Renewable Energy Federation (MREF) has sent a submission to the government on urgently supporting the farming community in the...
Forestry
Cork TD calls for answers on long forestry licence delays
Labour TD Sean Sherlock has said that the years long delays involved in the granting of a forestry licence are...
Agri-Business
'Fixed milk-price contracts in their current form are not a good idea' committee hears
Fixed milk-price contracts (FMPCs), in their current form, will have to be reviewed and amended in future, a meeting of...
Horticulture
Ministers slammed for turning down committee invite
Three ministers have drawn the ire of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine by not accepting...
Rural Life
Farm groups to attend Joint Oireachtas Committee on TB
Representatives from four farm organisations will come before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine this evening...
Agri-Business
Contractors will get more scarce in the next 5 to 8 years - TD
An Oireachtas committee has heard a claim that agricultural contractors will get more scarce in the next five to eight...