Agri-Business
Over 900 farmers in AEOS 3 still waiting on payment
Over 900 farmers are still waiting on payment under the Agricultural Environment and Options Scheme (AEOS) 3, the Minister for...
AEOS
Agri-Business
Gardai to investigate serious AEOS ‘irregularities’ in the West
A Gardai investigation is under way into alleged serious irregularities with some of the claims submitted under the Agri Environmental Options...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Environment
€93m in REPS and AEOS payments before Christmas
AEOS and REPS payments are to commence immediately, according to the Minister for Agriculture, and in excess of €93 million will...
Environment
Department of Agriculture to issue AEOS payments 'shortly' - Minister Coveney
Department of Agriculture checks are now nearing completion and AEOS payments in respect of the 2014 scheme year will commence shortly...
Environment
Remove hedgerows, stone walls and ditches at your peril
Failure to comply with hedgerow rules, including replacing them when they are removed, will result in cross compliance penalties, according...
Agri-Business
'Satellite checks holding up farm payments'
Payments under the Single Farm Payment advance and the Areas of Natural Constraint are being held up because of pending...
Beef
'Next year to be the lowest for farm payments'
Next year, 2015, will see farmers receive the lowest payment in years as REPS and AEOS end, while payments under...
Environment
AEOS payments 16 months late, says Naughten
Some 16 months into AEOS 3 farmers still waiting for their first full payment, according to Roscommon/South Leitrim TD Denis...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Sheep
Civil war breaks out within IFA
National IFA Rural Development Committee Vice Chairman Colm O’Donnell has told Agriland that hill farmers throughout Ireland feel the hierarchy...
Agri Politics
€4 billion rural development fund outlinedÂ
The Minster for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney has outlined the Rural Development Programme (RDP) for 2014-2020, with...
Breaking News
ICMSA welcomes changes to Knowledge Transfer Scheme
The ICMSA has welcomed the decision by the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to not discriminate against dairy...
Breaking News
AEOS 3 payments to commence shortly
It is understood that payments in respect of the AEOS 3 scheme will commence shortly. Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
Breaking News
Commonage review will not be an easy task, minister
A review of Ireland’s commonage framework is under way, where key communications between farmers directly managing the lands, relevant state agencies,...
Breaking News
Low uptake of rainwater harvesting scheme
Just 94 farmers applied to the Department of Agriculture‘s Rainwater Harvesting Scheme by the closing date of 31 December 2013....
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Agri-Business
Sheep sector overlooked in CAP Reform - ICSA
Among the concerns ICSA Ireland, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association has raised in its submission on the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020...
Breaking News
Managing hedgerows to benefit wildlife as deadline looms
More than 450,000ha or 6.4 per cent of the country is covered by hedgerows, individual trees and small woodland patches...
Breaking News
'Collective commonage land to receive more payments in new RDP'
Future agri-environmental schemes offer the opportunity for claimants with commonage land to receive slightly higher payments than a non-commonage farmer...
Agri-Business
2,500 still awaiting REPS payments
More than 2,500 farmers are still awaiting full payment under the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS) scheme. The department has...