Tillage
The first payments in 'the crop loss support measure' have been issued. The measure was to assist growers affected the wet harvest in 2016.
Tillage farmers have hours left to complete their applications for the 2017 Weather Related Crop Loss Support Measure.
Tillage farmers who lost crops during the harvest in 2016 have been given one month to apply to a €1.5 million crop loss fund.
The decision to suspend the IFA's protest outside the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture has been welcomed by Minister Creed.
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The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has suspended its protest at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine this afternoon, July 11.
A combine harvester has joined the IFA's protest outside the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture in Dublin city this morning.
Members of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) are set to up the ante this morning with the arrival of a combine harvester.
Members of the IFA's West Cork Grain Committee are seeking a meeting with Minister Creed ahead of a local agricultural show this weekend.
A number of TDs have reportedly raised the issue of payments under the proposed tillage crisis fund in the Dail today.
Minister Creed has continued to drag his feet over the introduction of a tillage crisis fund, according to Fianna Fail's Charlie McConalogue.
A trailer load of 4X4 round bales of straw has arrived at the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Dublin.
The number of protesters at the IFA's sit-in at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine headquarters is set to grow today.
Rumoured €5,000 maximum payment limit for the proposed tillage crisis fund has been described as 'an insult to farmers' by the IFA's Joe Healy
An occupation of the Department of Agriculture is underway as members of the IFA Grain Committee demand clarity on the tillage crisis fund.
The establishment of a tillage crisis fund could be a case where the 'horse has already bolted', according to the IGG.
The creation of a tillage crisis fund for farmers who lost crops in 2016 is on the horizon, according to the IFA's Liam Dunne.
The tillage sector needs some support or it may well disappear, according to IFA Grain Committee Chairman Liam Dunne.
