Opinion
Opinion: Tillage farmers must speak with one voice
It’s important that tillage farmers speak with one voice in the run-up to the general election on Friday, November 29....
Tillage Farmers
Tillage
Budget 2025: Growers seek €200,000 TAMS ceiling per tillage farm
The Irish Grain Growers (IGG) group has published its submission for Budget 2025, calling for the government to increase the...
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How to avoid costly calf registration errors
Are you wondering how you can avoid costly calf registration errors and Bord Bia penalties? As the busy spring season...
Opinion
Opinion: Why the IGGG approach makes total sense
It would be very easy for a farm organisation, such as the Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG), to expect the...
CAP / Schemes
What conditions apply to the Baling Assistance Payment Scheme?
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has today (Wednesday, July 31) officially launched the new Baling Assistance...
Tillage News
Minister Heydon welcomes reinstatement of straw scheme
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Martin Heydon has welcomed a decision to...
Tillage
Tillage farmer could face €7,500 loss due to SIM suspension
One tillage farmer in Co. Kildare has said he could face an economic loss of about €7,500 should the Straw...
Agri Politics
ICSA demands tillage farmer payment for baling straw
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has demanded that tillage farmers must receive a payment for baling straw...
Agri Politics
Minister Heydon not in favour of straw scheme suspension
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Martin Heydon has said that he does...
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Farm Diversification Seminar to take place next week
An insightful seminar known as the ‘Farm Diversification Seminar’ is set to take place Tuesday, January 28 2025 from 9:30a.m...
Tillage
Straw Incorporation Measure suspension 'a solo run' - Gorman
The president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Francie Gorman has slammed a proposal by Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
Rural Life
Teagasc advice helplines saw '15 calls per day' - minister
Two phone helplines set up by Teagasc to provide advice to tillage and livestock farmers on how to manage their...
Tillage
Payments worth €14.3m to go into tillage farmers' bank accounts
Tillage farmers will shortly begin to see payments – worth a total €14.3 million to the sector – going into...
CAP / Schemes
€12.3m in Straw Incorporation Measure payments commence
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has today (Tuesday, December 19) announced that payments totalling €12.3 million...
Tillage
Additional €7.147 million funding package for tillage sector
Tillage farmers who were unable to harvest cereal crops due to wet weather in September and October are to get...
Rural Life
Macra: 'Activate' EU exceptional aid funding for tillage sector
Young tillage farmers are “in peril” and the latest bout of wet weather has caused further misery for farmers still...
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Give your dairy hygiene programme a spring clean
Having a dairy hygiene programme in place is crucial, as when spring arrives, Irish dairy farmers are in the thick...
Tillage
Grain growers call for exceptional payment for tillage farmers
The Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) has called for an exceptional payment for tillage farmers after what it called “one...
Rural Life
Electric Picnic organisers meet farmers over harvest concerns
The organisers of Electric Picnic have held several meetings with local tillage farmers in Co. Laois to address their concerns...
Tillage
Minister asked to consider emergency support for tillage farmers
An independent TD has written to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue asking him to consider an...
Opinion
Opinion: Weather is part and parcel of farming
The vagaries of the weather have combined, yet again, to frustrate the best efforts of every Irish farmer. One of...