Agri Politics
Over 250 farmers have formed a "tractorcade" in Waterford City tonight as the next stage of the IFA 'enough is enough' campaign
Tillage
DAFM announced today (Tuesday, December 19), that payments under the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) have commenced
Cork farmers received the largest total county payment under the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) in 2022 according to DAFM.
The Tillage Incentive Scheme which aims to increase tillage production in order to reduce imports, closes for applications this week.
Charlie McConalogue, has acknowledged that Ireland’s tillage sector has lost out under the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) regime.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has announced the opening of the 2023 Tillage Incentive Scheme.
It is "not intended at this point" to adjust the Tillage Incentive Scheme, according to the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue.
Meeting the expansion targets of the Irish tillage sector will be extremely difficult, according to the Irish Grain Growers' Group.
Drummonds cereal seeds manager Brendan Reilly buys into the principle that the Irish tillage sector can, and must, be expanded.
Agri-Business
Tillage farmers set to receive nearly €9 million in total from Tillage Incentive Scheme payments over the coming days.
Tillage News
The Harvest Report 2022, published by Teagasc, estimates that the production of cereals was 2.42...
The Irish Grain Growers' Group (IGGG) has branded Budget 2023 as a missed opportunity to progress the tillage sector.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that there will be a second Tillage Incentive Scheme in 2023.
Farm inspections will be included within the remits of both the Tillage Incentive and Protein Aid Schemes.
The closing date for applications under two Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine schemes is coming up this week.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has urged farmers "not to take the foot off the...
Teagasc is strongly advising cereal growers to forward sell at least a proportion of their grain at this stage of the season
The ICSA tillage chair has called for a scheme that will incentivise tillage farmers to grow catch crops after this year's harvest.
The Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine has officially launched a scheme supporting the growth of more protein and cereal mix crops.
N.Ireland
A Co. Down cereal grower does not believe that a measure such as a Tillage Incentive Scheme should be used to expand Ireland’s tillage area.
Ireland’s forage maize acreage looks set to increase by 15% in 2022. Driving all of this is the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIC).
Tillage Technical
Farmers wishing to plant spring cereal crops this year have a week, or thereabouts, to get the job completed.
Teagasc tillage specialist Ciaran Collins has indicated that grassland used for the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) must be inherently fertile.
