Environment
ACRES: Encouraging wildlife habitats for wild birds
Among the ways farmers can be incentivised to engage in environmental schemes, through the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) they...
scrub
CAP / Schemes
McConalogue: No burning of scrub land in summer
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has again warned that “the burning of scrub during the...
Sponsored
Real profits start after 3rd lactation - are your cows making it?
Are you aware that the real profits begin after the third lactation? Research shows that it typically takes two lactations...
CAP / Schemes
Revised criteria for eligible hectare in new CAP welcomed
A revision in Ireland’s draft Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan will allow farmers to draw down full payment on...
Rural Life
Farmer donates €1,000 to court poor box over scrub clearance
Clonakilty District Court Judge James McNulty expressed surprise at what he termed the “lamentable ignorance” of a Clonakilty landowner in...
