Agri Politics
Organic farming to be today's Oireachtas committee focus
Organic farming will take centre stage at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food, and the Marine’s meeting today (Tuesday,...
Agri Politics
Organic farming will take centre stage at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food, and the Marine’s meeting today (Tuesday,...
CAP / Schemes
Minister of State Pippa Hackett has today (Monday, May 31) announced the opening of the first tranche in 2021 of...
Agri Politics
Teagasc has appointed a new organic farming specialist who will commences the role today (Monday, May 24). Joe Kelleher previously...
CAP / Schemes
The fact that the Organic Farming Scheme has been “substantially undersubscribed” in the latest call for applications “must serve as...
CAP / Schemes
317 applications were received in respect of the 2021 Organic Farming Scheme, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers who are considering going organic have just one more week to apply for the Organic Farming Scheme, with the...
Dairy
There are “several major obstacles to overcome with regard to supply, consumer demand and public policy” to enable the dairy...
Rural Life
When John and Fiona Curran bought their 26ac sheep and suckler farm in Fordstown, Co. Meath, in 2002, people thought...
Environment
Small farms can either convert to producing organically in the future “or they disappear from the market”, as is the...
Environment
The European Commission has today (Thursday, March 25) presented an action plan for the development of organic production. The action...
Beef
Hailing from the county of Westmeath – Patrick Oxley is running a substantial organic farm consisting of both a suckler-to-beef and...
Environment
The current area under organic production in Ireland is to be increased to 350,000ha by 2030, according to a new...
Environment
Over 1,000 people, including some 150 from oversees, tuned into an organic farming conference that was broadcast from Co. Leitrim...
Tillage
The BioFarm 2020 conference is moving online this year. The event which has proved massively popular over the past few...
Environment
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a future ‘action plan’ for organic farming, while also proposing to...
Environment
According to new data, the area of agricultural land used for organic farming in Ireland increased by 257% in 20...
Tillage
Farmdroid is one of the latest robots to hit the farming world and it’s an impressive machine. Powered by solar...
Tillage
With the EU Commission’s Farm to Fork strategy outlining an ambitious target of placing 25% of the EU’s land into...