Tillage
3,110 farms planted at least 30ha of tillage crops in 2020
Figures from the 2020 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications show that the number of farms with between 10ha and 30ha...
Three-crop rule
Tillage
Is the 3-crop rule to remain for the 2020/2021 season?
The three-crop rule is once again on tillage farmers’ minds as they decide on a planting plan for the season...
Tillage
Department to consider exemptions from 2 and 3-crop Greening rules
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is prepared to consider exempting tillage farmers from the two/three-crop requirement under Greening,...
Tillage
Is good news on the way on 3-crop rule?
As the wet weather continues, field work stretches further into the end of March and April. The three-crop rule is...
Tillage
Tillage clock ticks on as rain continues
This week’s weather has put an end to hopes of entering tillage fields for another few weeks. Tillage farmers have...
Tillage
3-crop rule derogation welcomed - 'but may need to be extended'
The decision by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the European Commission to grant a derogation on...
Tillage
3-crop rule lifted for 2020, with some conditions
The three-crop rule has been lifted for this season, albeit with some conditions attached for those seeking an exemption. According...
Tillage
3-crop rule decision needed soon
A decision on the three-crop rule is needed as soon as possible. Tillage farmers need to be able to plan...
Tillage
3-crop rule back in action for the 2018/2019 season
Tillage farmers are currently planning crop acreages and varieties for the coming season. Last season, a derogation from the three-crop...
Tillage
Tillage farmers 'won't have any problem with the 3-crop rule'
Tillage farmers have been assured that a derogation will be secured with regards to the three-crop rule in 2018. The...
N.Ireland
Brussels calls for more information ahead of NI 3-crop rule decision
The European Commission is understood to have asked Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture for more information ahead of any decision...
Tillage
3-crop rule derogation likely to be granted
It is likely that a derogation regarding the three-crop rule will be granted, a statement from the Department of Agriculture,...
Tillage
DAERA backs calls for 3-crop rule derogation
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has added its backing to calls for an exemption to...
Tillage
3-crop rule 'scrapped for this season'
A derogation from the ‘three-crop rule’ can be apparently implemented by tillage farmers this season. The EU Commission has granted...
N.Ireland
3-crop rule could tighten barley seed supplies
Arable farmers in Northern Ireland say they are running out of options to allow them to comply with the ‘three-crop...
Tillage
Tillage farmers face a workload; but safety must come first
The fodder crisis has taken the headlines, but tillage farmers are also facing a crisis. Very little spring sowing has...
Tillage
3-crop rule needs to go for this season
IFA Grain Committee chairman Mark Browne has called for a derogation on the ‘three-crop rule’ under greening obligations, in light of...