CAP / Schemes
DAFM approach to wild bird cover 'verging on begrudging'
Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy has said that the Department of Agriculture approach to extending the deadline to sow wild bird...
Wild Bird Cover
CAP / Schemes
GLAS: Department to provide extension for wild bird cover
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will provide farmers with the opportunity to extend the deadline for planting...
Tillage
Call for extension to wild bird cover deadline in light of heavy rainfall
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has called on Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to grant an extension to the deadline to...
CAP / Schemes
IFA clarifies ANC and wild bird cover concerns
Areas planted with wild bird cover under the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) will be eligible for Areas of Natural Constraint...
CAP / Schemes
Will farmers face penalties for failed wild bird cover crops?
After this summer’s drought, many wild bird cover crops sown under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environmental Scheme (GLAS) came under pressure....
Tillage
Crows destroy 30ac of oats, wild bird cover crops to blame says farmer
Crows have destroyed 30ac of oats on one Co. Galway farmer and he has put the problem down to the increasing...
CAP / Schemes
Deadline for sowing of wild bird cover for GLAS extended to mid-June
The deadline for the sowing of wild bird cover under GLAS 1 and 2 has been extended to June 14,...
Environment
GLAS - priority actions that will improve your chance of success
If a farm does not have a priority environmental asset (PEA), in order to improve the chances of successful entry into GLAS...