Environment
Among the ways farmers can be incentivised to engage in environmental schemes, through ACRES, they can receive payments for creating areas of habitat for birds.
Agri-Business
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has warned that "the burning of scrub during the summer months is not allowed."
A CAP Strategic Plan revision will allow farmers to draw down full payment on land parcels that contain up to 50% of "beneficial features".
Rural Life
Clonakilty District Court Judge James McNulty expressed surprise at what he termed the “lamentable ignorance” of a landowner over scrub clearance during the bird nesting season.
