CAP / Schemes
Consultation on a 2017 National Reserve to begin 'in the coming weeks'
Consultation between Department officials and members of the main farming organisations on a National Reserve for 2017 is due to...
CAP / Schemes
Consultation between Department officials and members of the main farming organisations on a National Reserve for 2017 is due to...
N.Ireland
Massey Ferguson is set to become a brand new platinum sponsor of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU). The new partnership,...
Agri-Business
Macra na Feirme has called on the Strategic Banking Corporation Ireland (SBCI) who will administer the new agriculture cash flow...
Agri-Business
Young farmers can avail of finance from the European Investment Bank (EIB), Macra na Feirme President Sean Finan has said....
Agri-Business
Ireland needs a greater numbers of better educated young farmers, according to Director of Research at Teagasc Frank O’Mara. There is...
CAP / Schemes
Budgetary constraints look set to hinder the opening of a National Reserve Scheme in 2017. The scheme, which had over...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers can avail of up to 40% funding to cover the cost of installing a cattle crush or handling facility...
CAP / Schemes
Macra na Feirme, the organisation representing young farmers, has called for the reallocation of funding to create a National Reserve...
Agri Politics
Phil Hogan took up the mantle as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development in November 2014. So far, the...
Rural Life
Young farmers along the border with Northern Ireland are ‘very much in the dark’ following the Brexit referendum result, according...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture is fully aware of the vital role the beef sector makes to the Irish economy, the...
Beef
A major Teagasc Open Day for the Irish beef industry – Beef 2016 will take place in Teagasc Grange, on...
CAP / Schemes
The lack of funding for a national reserve in 2016 will have consequences for the future of Irish farming, Sinn Féin spokesperson...
Dairy
Young farmers in the dairy sector are to receive a €1,000 top-up aid payment from today as part of last September’s...
CAP / Schemes
The prospect of a 2016 National Reserve is becoming more unlikely with no agreement at present between the Department of Agriculture...
N.Ireland
Eligible farmers in Northern Ireland can now apply to the 2016 Young Farmers’ Payment/Regional Reserve which have now opened. Those...
Rural Life
To encourage generational renewal in agriculture, the latest CAP reform saw the introduction of a new scheme to encourage more...
Agri-Business
Some 1,550 applicants to the National Reserve/Young Farmer Scheme cannot be processed yet due to a lack of documentation, according...