Agri-Business
325 herds restricted for tag, registration and movement breaches
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has restricted 325 herds to date this year due to serious...
Penalties
Agri-Business
160 herds restricted for tag, registration and movement breaches
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) restricted 160 herds last year for serious identification, registration and movement...
CAP / Schemes
DAFM restricts 97 herds for tagging and registration breaches
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued 97 compliance notices restricting herds to date, this year,...
Agri-Business
DAFM: Almost 1,000 farmers penalised for tag breaches in 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed to Agriland that almost 1,000 farmers were issued with...
Agri-Business
Call for late ACRES scorecard penalties to be scrapped
Proposed penalties for the late submission of scorecards under the new Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) should be scrapped, the...
Agri-Business
Review of local authority farmer penalties for water pollution
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage wants to review the effectiveness and efficiency of the penalties currently available...
Rural Life
Fines for key road offences to double under new regulations
Fines for key road safety offences including speeding, using a mobile phone and not wearing a seatbelt are set to...
CAP / Schemes
Why were penalties applied to farmer BPS payments in 2019?
A total of 6,497 farmers had penalties applied to their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments in 2019. This figure was...
CAP / Schemes
Table: How many penalties were applied on BPS payments in 2019...and where?
A total of 6,497 farmers had penalties applied to their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments in 2019, Minister for Agriculture,...
Beef
Factory penalties 'cost farmers €33 million last year' - Cullinan
Penalties imposed by ABP, Dawn Meats, Kepak and the other factories cost farmers over €33 million last year, according to...
Opinion
Let’s make farm safety a real priority for 2018
Fortunately, 2018 has arrived with no news of any fatal farm accident or safety-related on-farm incident being reported. And let’s...
Agri-Business
Over 1,500 farmers hit with land eligibility penalties to date
To date in 2016, 1,503 farmers have received land eligibility penalties under the basic payment scheme totalling just over €380,000,...
Agri Politics
Hogan to introduce yellow card system for CAP fines
European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan is set to introduce a yellow card system for some CAP fines such as...