Organisation: National Reserve

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

farming

Creed rules out clawback to solve national reserve

Agriculture Minister Michael Creed has ruled out clawback of entitlements from conacre as a way to to help fund the national reserve.

farming

Emigrants must beware of bureaucratic obstacles if returning to a farm

farming

CAP 2020: Road-map for generational renewal

farming

Macra wants ‘young farmer’ term to focus on education

farming

Reserve ‘great for the young farmers who want to progress’

farming

Seán Finan: Education and affordable finance vital for young farmers

Teagasc given more freedom to recruit within €63.2m salary bill

Agriculture and food development authority Teagasc has appointed 75 staff since the end of the moratorium on recruitment last year.

Wed, 23 Nov, 2016

Macra na Feirme national conference: Measures for young farmers to reach their full potential

Over the October bank holiday weekend thousands of members from all across the country flocked to Limerick for the biggest event on the Macra na Feirme calendar, the national conference or ‘rally’ as it’s affectionately known. It was an action-packed weekend featured a number of competition national finals and our annual agricultural conference “reaching your farming potential”.

Mon, 14 Nov, 2016

News Q&A: Guide to convergence in entitlements statements

News Q&A: Entitlements 2015-2019

Thu, 04 Aug, 2016

No National Reserve for 2016 ‘a huge blow’

The announcement by the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, that there will be no Basic Payment National Reserve in 2016 calls into question the Government’s commitment to young farmers, Macra has said.

Thu, 16 Jun, 2016

Macra news: Macra delegation meets with minister

Macra national president Seán Finan led a delegation to meet with Agriculture Minister Michael Creed and his officials last week.

Thu, 02 Jun, 2016

Macra na Feirme's Sean Finan delighted government plan is committed to future farming

I was delighted to see in the programme for government a significant support for the next generation of farmers — with commitments to maintain the young farmer schemes, to use the taxation system to encourage land mobility and succession, to ensure access to affordable credit and a review of agricultural education.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Lowering of cap on payments is bad news for larger farmers

This week’s programme for government brought bad news for hundreds of farmers who get an annual subsidy of more than €100,000 from the EU.

Fri, 13 May, 2016

Macra plea for young farmers

Macra na Feirme says the 2016 National Reserve fund must target young farmers to help them get established in the industry.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2016

Macra stresses importance of National Reserve

The availability of a fully resourced National Reserve in 2016, and subsequent years is essential for young farmers, according to Macra na Feirme president Sean Finan.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016

Challenges facing beef, dairy and tillage farmers

For years now, Macra Na Feirme has been highlighting the issue of Ireland’s ageing farming population.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

ICSA seeks fair deal for excluded young farmers

The ICSA has called upon the Government to rectify the exclusion of 3,900 young farmers from support under the National Reserve.

Mon, 21 Sep, 2015

GLAS focus switches to Tranche 2

Teagasc is working closely with the Farm Relief Services to ensure as many clients as possible gain access to GLAS before the Tranche 1 closing date (currently May 22).

Thu, 14 May, 2015

Seán Finan, Macra: ‘Young farmers’ positivity stood out for me’

Seán Finan from Co Roscommon will lead Macra na Feirme for the next two years.

Thu, 14 May, 2015

New president sets the agenda at AGM

New Macra president Seán Finan has called on Ann Phelan, the minister for rural economic development and rural transport, to fully implement the Commission for Rural Development of Economic Area (CEDRA) report and invest in rural Ireland.

Thu, 14 May, 2015

Farmers can avail of fruit and vegetable provision

Certain farmers who do not hold an automatic allocation right to the Basic Payment Scheme which has replaced the Single Payment Scheme can avail of the Scottish Derogation, or Fruit and Vegetable Provision.

Thu, 07 May, 2015

Department assists Reserve applicants ahead of online deadline Tuesday

To assist young farmers and new entrants in completing and submitting online applications in the National Reserve and Young Farmers Scheme, the Department of Agriculture offers one-to-one assistance, up to next Tuesday, at its offices in Portlaoise.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2015

AGRI EVENTS

Today, March 19

Thu, 19 Mar, 2015

CAP reform adds to this year’s strong land letting demand

The land letting market is in full swing, and there seems to be no let-up in the price that rented ground is making, despite the fall-off in incomes expected in the dairy sector due to lower milk prices.

Thu, 26 Feb, 2015

Breakthrough for "old-young" farmers

National Reserve applications will open in early April for the “old-young” farmers who established their holdings in 2008 and 2009, and who have missed out on both the Young Farmer Installation Scheme, and the new National Reserve priority category for farmers aged under 40, who commenced since 2010.

Thu, 26 Feb, 2015

No National Reserve retention

A young farmer allocated entitlements from the National Reserve can transfer them onwards in 2016.

Thu, 19 Feb, 2015

EU schemes usher new era for young farmers

New era beckons for young farmers

Mon, 26 Jan, 2015

Reserve may open for ‘young/old’

The 2015 National Reserve scheme may be expanded, to include “young/old farmers” — those who do not qualify as ‘young farmers’ or as ‘new entrants’.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2015

National Reserve entitlements opening for 6,417

Landowners forced to transfer single payment entitlements permanently this year can apply in 2015 for National Reserve entitlements.

Thu, 13 Nov, 2014

Stormont finance minister warns of more cuts in the North

A £160m hit to Stormont’s budget next year will be dwarfed by a further £1.3bn worth of cuts looming on the horizon, the Northern Assembly has been warned.

Mon, 03 Nov, 2014

Treasury loan eases Stormont's budget woes

A Stormont budget crisis has been temporarily alleviated after Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionists voted to accept an emergency £100 million loan from the Treasury.

Thu, 09 Oct, 2014

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

Important to be aware of single farm entitlements to receive maximum pay

Each single farm payment entitlement must be used once in every two-year period.

Thu, 12 Apr, 2012

Single payment deadline looms

MAY 15 is the closing date for receipt of applications for an allocation of Single Payment entitlements from the 2008 National Reserve.

Thu, 24 Apr, 2008

SFP entitlements loss runs to €5m

IRISH farmers are believed to have missed out on about €5 million per year of single farm payments.

Thu, 11 Oct, 2007

Minister briefs farmers on Single Payments

THE closing date for receipt of applications under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme is May 4.

Thu, 22 Mar, 2007

IFA seek new hardship category from minister

The Irish Farmers Association wants the Minister for Agriculture to introduce a new hardship category under the 2007 National Reserve.

Thu, 22 Feb, 2007

No Single Payment up to July for over 900

SEVERAL hundred farmers are awaiting about €4 million in 2005 single payments, Department of Agriculture and Food Secretary General Tom Moran has told the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts.

Thu, 30 Nov, 2006

Compensation for beet growers announced

THE sugar beet element of the Single Farm Payment will peak at €14.92 per contracted tonne in 2009. A total of €123m will be paid through the SFP to growers over seven years.

Thu, 05 Oct, 2006