A typical 23-hectare farm, in GLAS, with peatland and grassland habitats, could qualify for Hen Harrier Programme payments totalling €2,200 in year one, rising to €3,700 in year two, writes Stephen Cadogn.

Profit margin analysis at last week’s Teagasc Crops Forum 2016 indicated that growers on owned land needed a 9.8 tonnes per hectare crop of barley to break even this year, an 8.8t crop of oats, 3.4t of oil seed rape, or a 9.9t crop of wheat.

I AM writing in response to Ciarán Hughes’ letter (Irish Examiner, May 12) asking why the Green Party did not select a candidate in the Ballinasloe area of Co Galway.

CIDER apple production has increased significantly with 154 hectares produced by fourteen growers last year, the latest census on the overall industry has revealed.