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Q&A: 80 farms a month to enter Hen Harrier Programme

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Q&A: 80 farms a month to enter Hen Harrier Programme

The first 80 farmers, with 4,134 hectares designated for breeding hen harrier, have been selected from expressions of interest submitted in December.

Each late GLAS, AEOS cheque ‘eyeballed’

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Each late GLAS, AEOS cheque ‘eyeballed’

Glas payments pre-Christmas rollout

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Glas payments pre-Christmas rollout

Expect these payments throughout December

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Expect these payments throughout December

50 acres of premier land near Nenagh

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50 acres of premier land near Nenagh

News Q&A: Tick the boxes for a large part of your farm income

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News Q&A: Tick the boxes for a large part of your farm income

Farmers welcome dairy and pig sector aid packages from EU and Department of Agriculture

Farmers welcome dairy and pig sector aid packages from EU and Department of Agriculture

Farmers and industry leaders have welcomed the Department of Agriculture’s decision to match the EU’s €13.7m direct aid package for the dairy and pig sectors.

Fri, 11 Dec, 2015

Prepare for the next deadline: Local Property Tax 2016

Prepare for the next deadline: Local Property Tax 2016

One tax filing deadline behind us, and another on the way!

Thu, 19 Nov, 2015

Eco schemes can improve Ireland’s ‘bad’ biodiversity rating

Eco schemes can improve Ireland’s ‘bad’ biodiversity rating

Agri-environment schemes can help lift the ‘bad’ conservation status of many Irish grassland habitats, says Teagasc research ecologist Daire Ó hUallacháin.

Mon, 26 Oct, 2015

Investment in farming will drive rural recovery

Investment in farming will drive rural recovery

The IFA’s pre-budget message to the Government was clear and concise: Back agriculture and the rural economy will prosper.

Mon, 19 Oct, 2015

Budget must reflect mission projected in Food Wise 2025 plan

Budget must reflect mission projected in Food Wise 2025 plan

As part of the build-up to Budget 2016 next month, the IFA will meet this week with the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin.

Mon, 14 Sep, 2015

Funding of farm schemes key to hitting export targets

Funding of farm schemes key to hitting export targets

Throughout the downturn, the primary agriculture and agri-food sector has delivered increased employment and export earnings.

Mon, 03 Aug, 2015

Kieran Coughlan: Form filling more complex than ever

Kieran Coughlan: Form filling more complex than ever

The extended deadline of May 29 for applications for the new basic payment scheme is fast approaching.

Thu, 14 May, 2015

Stephen Cadogan: Ineligibility follows forced destocking on the uplands

Stephen Cadogan: Ineligibility follows forced destocking on the uplands

Forced destocking of hill farms in the late 1990s still comes back to haunt landowners.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2015

Q&A: AEOS and REPS4 farmers can apply for GLAS now

Q&A: AEOS and REPS4 farmers can apply for GLAS now

Teagasc has alerted farmers to a significant change in GLAS eligibility rules.

Thu, 23 Apr, 2015

Beware of long delay to register online for GLAS

Beware of long delay to register online for GLAS

From speaking to farmers over the last few weeks, there is some confusion over closing dates for various schemes.

Thu, 23 Apr, 2015

Philip Farrelly fills gap in green scheme advisory services

Philip Farrelly fills gap in green scheme advisory services

Veteran agricultural consultant Philip Farrelly has launched a planning service for the Green, Low-Carbon Agri-environment Scheme, filling an advisory gap due to Teagasc being hampered by the embargo on recruitment in the public sector.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

ICMSA calls to cut hedgerow restrictions by a month

ICMSA calls to cut hedgerow restrictions by a month

The ‘closed period’ restricting hedgerow cutting should be reduced by a month, the ICMSA has claimed.

Tue, 13 Jan, 2015

€93m farmers payments to begin next week

€93m farmers payments to begin next week

A total of €93m worth of payments to farmers will be made before the end of the year.

Wed, 03 Dec, 2014

Exchequer agri-funds reduced

IFA analysis of Budget 2015 shows that the net exchequer contribution to agriculture for 2015 is reduced, with the 2% budgeted expenditure increase by the Department of Agriculture in 2015 is due largely to a significant increase in EU funding through the Rural Development Programme.

Thu, 16 Oct, 2014

Funding must be secured to open GLAS scheme

Funding must be secured to open GLAS scheme

IFA has asked Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to organise meetings around the country to outline his plans for commonages.

Thu, 07 Aug, 2014

Scheme offers €120 a hectare

Scheme offers €120 a hectare

Qualifying commonage farmers can look forward to €120 per hectare for up to 42ha in the next national agri-environment scheme.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2014

Maeve’s orchard is an organic triumph

Maeve’s orchard is an organic triumph

According to figures supplied by the Organic certification bodies, there are just 41 hectares of organic fruit growing in Ireland.

Thu, 12 Jun, 2014

AEOS payments to be issued into bank accounts from next week

AEOS payments to be issued into bank accounts from next week

Payments in the agri-environmental scheme known as AEOS 3 are to be issued directly to farmers’ bank accounts from next week, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney announced yesterday.

Thu, 01 May, 2014

GLAS not income support scheme: Coveney

GLAS not income support scheme: Coveney

GLAS will be quite different from REPS because it involves paying farmers for doing specific things on their properties, said Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney last week.

Thu, 30 Jan, 2014

Major new green scheme rings the changes

Major new green scheme rings the changes

GLAS will be the new REPS in 2015, in Ireland’s version of CAP reform, announced by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney on Tuesday.

Thu, 16 Jan, 2014

Decision expected shortly on co-financing rural programme

Farmers in poorer regions hope their wait will be over soon for a Government decision on national co-financing for the seven-year Rural Development Programme.

Tue, 07 Jan, 2014

€50m set to be issued to AEOS and REPS participants in the next week

Payments for 2013 under AEOS1, AEOS2 and REPS4 have commenced, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has announced.

Thu, 28 Nov, 2013

Bergin is confident he can lead farmers

Bergin is confident he can lead farmers

Jer Bergin is confident he has the experience, track record, negotiating skills and vision to provide strong and forceful leadership for farmers.

Thu, 28 Nov, 2013

35,000 families hit if €200m cut from agri-environmental scheme payments

Almost 35,000 farm families would be severely impacted, if €200 million is cut from agri-environmental scheme payments, said IFA vice-president Jer Bergin.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2013

Budget effect on agriculture to be ‘modest’

Budget effect on agriculture to be ‘modest’

Budgetary constraints have led to a “modest” fall in his department’s spend in 2014, said Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Thu, 17 Oct, 2013

Cuts will cause minimum impact on farm families

This week, we caught up with Minister Coveney on the eve of his third budget as Minister for Agriculture.

Thu, 10 Oct, 2013

Single Farm Payments crucial for dairy farmers

Single Farm Payments crucial for dairy farmers

Over the next two months the minister for agriculture has key decisions to take on the CAP.

Mon, 30 Sep, 2013

Study highlights benefits of agri-environmental schemes

Improved farm practices, a better quality of life, increased environmental awareness and a greater appreciation of biodiversity and wildlife.

Thu, 15 Aug, 2013

All CAP payments remain subject to cross-compliance

All CAP payments will remain subject to farmers satisfying cross-compliance rules — but farmers must also comply with greening criteria to earn 30% of their direct payment.

Thu, 04 Jul, 2013

Waiting for payment

It appears that the animals that were starving in the want of a bale of fodder must now wait until the Government parties are fully geared up for the local elections of 2014 to get their next meal.

Thu, 06 Jun, 2013

Ash disease update meetings

Forest owners are being urged to attend a series of public information meetings on the ash disease over the next 10 days.

Mon, 20 May, 2013

AEOS payment delays a mark of failure

On Morning Ireland last week Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said that his department was working on overdrive to get REPS and AEOS payments out to farmers to alleviate serious cash flow on farms.

Tue, 07 May, 2013

Teagasc’s 20% winter feed buffer is a ‘hell of a new gospel’

Teagasc sources saying they recommend a 20% winter feed buffer, is “a hell of a new gospel” from the agriculture and food development authority, says John Bryan.

Thu, 02 May, 2013

‘We must work together to get through fodder crisis’

Following a very wet summer and an extended winter, conditions for farmers are very challenging.

Mon, 29 Apr, 2013

Action is needed to help small farmers survive

Over the last year the culmination of bad weather coupled with cash-flow issues have spelled the end for many small farmers with low income and bad land.

Sat, 20 Apr, 2013

Vital to fill out your SPS form on time

IN 2011, on average, direct payments accounted for €17,929 — nearly three-quarters of farm income.

Thu, 04 Apr, 2013

Double funding for greening measures hot topic in talks

Double funding for greening will be one of the hot issues in CAP reform talks which start next week between member states, MEPs, and the European Commission.

Thu, 04 Apr, 2013

CAP reform means less money for farmers

The reality of CAP reform is less money available to farmers, following the EU’s 2014-20 budget cut by heads of state, says ICMSA president John Comer.

Thu, 28 Feb, 2013

How budget affects farm businesses and families

IFA has outlined the main changes in public expenditure and taxation affecting farm businesses and families, in Budget 2013.

Thu, 13 Dec, 2012

Budget 2013 Agriculture: Tax measures and cuts hit farmers on the double

The budget has hit farming families on the double and could force some out of business, farming bodies warned last night.

Thu, 06 Dec, 2012

Soil management helps reduce fertiliser costs

The latest analysis of soil test results from around the country showed an increasing percentage of low fertility soils (Index 1 and 2) on beef farms, from 2008 to 2011.

Thu, 06 Dec, 2012

Budget must not impact negatively on farmers

Animal feed merchants have warned that their extension of credit to farmers has reached unsustainable levels. It’s one of the many financial consequences of a year of dreadful weather and a global grain shortage.

Thu, 22 Nov, 2012

Cuts of €114m difficult to find, says Coveney

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has warned that savings of €114m sought by the Government in his department will not be easily found — despite possible savings of €48m in schemes due to end, or where commitments are reducing.

Thu, 08 Nov, 2012

Coveney confirms advance EU payments will be made to farmers

Advance payments under the 2012 Single Farm Payment scheme will go ahead next Tuesday as scheduled, said Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Thu, 11 Oct, 2012