Agri-Business
Winter finishers may not draw down approved stocking loans
Winter finishers who have received approval for stocking loans this year may not draw down the funds, some of Ireland’s...
Banks
Agri Politics
IFA president slates minister's vulture fund comments
A leading farm lobby group has blasted the Minister of State at the Department of Finance and the Department of...
Sponsored
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...
CAP / Schemes
Creed discusses drought plans with commissioner and banks
Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine Michael Creed met with EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan, as well as the...
Rural Life
'Faceless vultures are hell-bent on destroying farm families'
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has announced a significant escalation in its campaign against vulture funds trying to force farm...
Rural Life
Banks called on to take weather into account amid reports of 'hard-line' approach on farm loans
Banks and other credit institutions are being called on to take an “understanding and reasonable approach” to farm loans and...
Opinion
Do farmers need identity cards? ....I don’t think so
I was intrigued by an article published in the Irish Independent a few days ago, claiming that the Department of...
Opinion
Glanbia fixed price offer - you’d be a fool not to take it
Surely dairy farmers have enough gumption to realise that the fixed-price milk contracts now on offer from Glanbia represent a...
Agri-Business
'There remains an ongoing market failure within the Irish banking system'
There remains an ongoing market failure within the Irish banking system, the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Farm Business Chairman, Martin Stapleton,...
Sponsored
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...
Dairy
The 40-year journey: How one farmer progressed from manager to owner
Farming on the outskirts of Mallow, Co. Cork, John Fitzgerald mapped his transition from farm manager to owner at a...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland banks to Brexit-proof new farm loans
Farmers in Northern Ireland seeking to increase their borrowings in the run-up to Brexit may find themselves undergoing a new...
Agri-Business
'Loan scheme shows banks are out of touch'
The uptake of the Agriculture Cash-flow Support Loan Scheme shows that Irish financial institutions are out of sync with the...
Agri-Business
'Banks will use benchmarked figures to assess farmers' lending risk'
Benchmarked performance is now the key determinant when it comes to farmers securing finance, according to Bank of Ireland’s Head...
Dairy
Noonan rules out tax concession for farmers forced to sell land to pay off banks
The Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has turned down a proposal to extend capital gains tax reliefs to farmers who are...
Agri-Business
Minister Creed: banks must show 'forbearance' when dealing with farmers
Irish farmers are paying too much for credit, the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed, has said and he will be...
Sponsored
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
Banks heaping misery on farming families says IFA Presidential hopeful
IFA presidential candidate Joe Healy has accused the banks and other creditors of heaping misery on vulnerable farming families who...
Agri-Business
Farmers' borrowings steady, but new lending falls in second quarter
New lending to the agriculture sector fell back in the second quarter, but remains consistent over the past three years...
Agri-Business
‘Irish farmers operating well within their overdraft limit’
The vast majority of Irish farmers are operating well within their current overdraft limit, according to Bank of Ireland’s head...
Agri-Business
'Farmers and the SME sector weighed down with excessive interest charges'
The Central Bank must act immediately to deliver lower interest rates for farmers and the agri-business sector as a whole,...