Environment
Minister Tom Hayes indicated that payments should reach bank accounts week beginning Monday April 11, 2016.
Agri-Business
The IFA is calling on Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Tom Hayes, to refund thousands of farmers who have had forestry payments "incorrectly" recouped by the Department.
Some €4.3m has been made available for the 2016 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector.
Twenty Irish food companies are with Bord Bia in Germany this week at the world’s largest trade food fair in Cologne.
Farmers with forestry can now apply for grants of up to €5,000/ha for restoration work under a new Department of Agriculture Scheme
Farmers and landowners can now apply for financial assistance under the forestry planting programme, according to Tom Hayes, T.D.
The new Grant Aid Scheme for the development of the organic off-farm processing sector has been opened.
Over 800 applications to the Organic Farming Scheme have been received by the Department of Agriculture, which is a record number it says applying to the schem
Some 685ha of raised bogs on 17 Coillte owned sites across seven counties are to be restored as part of a major nature conservation project which was launched by Minister of State Tom Hayes recently.
This weekend Timber 2015, the Irish Forestry, Woodland and Bio Energy show, takes place and you can see the IFA's Forest Assessor service in demonstration.
Tillage
The EU Commission has approved 50% EU co-funding for ‘Potato Potential’, a €4.3m programme to promote potatoes on the Irish and UK markets.
Treecheck was recently launched by Minister of State Tom Hayes and the Minister for Agriculture in the North Michelle O’Neill
Forestry sector to see investment of €482m as the Department of Agriculture secures State Aid approval for the new Forestry Programme
In his address to the AGM of the Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Group held in Hollyford, Co. Tipperary, Tom Hayes, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture
Dairy
The Share Farming Agreement is a way of bringing young people into agriculture and dairy farming, according to Tom Hayes, Minister of State at the Department
Rural Life
Land mobility is the new quota and this topic will be discussed at a Macra event in Cahir next week.
A new forestry programme has been announced by the Department of Agriculture to cover 2014-2020.
France is Ireland's second largest export market and this was recognised by Tom Hayes, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture.
The 2015 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector has been launched by Tom Hayes, Minister of State
Irish vets have called to end practise of prescribing antimicrobial drugs, including intra-mammary mastitis treatments, without conducting a veterinary examination first.
The governments proposed Forestry Programme is set to include new increased grant and premiums rates for new afforestation projects.
Agri Politics
The Minister for State at the Department of Agriculture Tom Hayes has called on a show of loyalty from those that represent Ireland in Europe as Phil Hogan looks in with a chance of getting the European Commissioner position for agriculture.
The long serving collaborative farming expert Ben Roche was commended for his tireless work over the years by Minister for State at the Department of Agriculture Tom Hayes.
