Rural Life
Minister Heydon has confirmed that 123,705 farmers applied online for the BISS and other area-based schemes before the May 15 deadline.
Tillage
According to Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, winter barley crops will require their first fertiliser application in six weeks’ time.
Opinion
Spring beans will always make sense within any tillage rotation. And this should genuinely be the case in 2025....
Tillage News
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has today announced that payments have begun issuing to farmers under the Protein Aid Scheme.
Teagasc has confirmed that the 2024 spring bean harvest is proving to be a significant challenge for many growers.
There is now evidence that dairy farmers have used both tillage and Protein schemes to boost their overall feed self-sufficiency levels.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has said that the use of satellite farm inspections for scheme compliance will be expanded in 2024.
Environment
Farmers who are participating in the Protein Aid Scheme are set to receive payments totaling €8.5 million according to minister.
The opportunities associated with the growing of plant protein crops in Ireland continue to develop at an exponential rate.
While Protein Aid Scheme payments will not be issued until December 2023, confirmation has been provided by DAFM over aspects of the scheme.
This week’s confirmation of a forward contract price for spring beans from Dairygold will come as very welcome news for tillage farmers.
The Protein Aid Scheme, which has an increased budget, will make beans and other protein crops more attractive to tillage farmers
N.Ireland
A vibrant and sustainable arable sector must be retained at the very heart of agriculture in Northern Ireland.
The Irish Grain Growers' Group (IGGG) has branded Budget 2023 as a missed opportunity to progress the tillage sector.
Farm inspections will be included within the remits of both the Tillage Incentive and Protein Aid Schemes.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has today (Thursday, July 21)...
Farmers are being urged to ensure that their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications have been sent by next week's closing date.
Tillage Technical
Farmers wishing to plant spring cereal crops this year have a week, or thereabouts, to get the job completed.
In the third crop report for 2022, Teagasc has confirmined the details and criteria for the new €10 million Tillage Incentive Scheme.
Agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue is making it clear that the new Common Agricultural Policy will deliver for Irish tillage farmers,
Payments under the Protein Aid Scheme have begun, with €3 million set to be paid to tillage farmers, Minister Charlie McConalogue has said.
The Protein Crop Scheme has renewed interest amongst Northern Ireland’s tillage farmers in the growing of peas, beans and lupins.
The ICMSA has described the level of monitoring for the Protein Aid Scheme as “grossly intrusive and disquieting”.
