PAYMENTS under the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) will apply to the planting of willow and miscanthus, Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan has announced.

THE IFA has organised an information seminar on the future of cereal production and alternative land use at Midleton Park Hotel in Co Cork on Wednesday night.

THE Government has been urged to prioritise the creation of a sustainable indigenous agricultural bio-energy sector as a matter of urgency.