Beef
Video: Farmers react to BEAM cap and restrictions
The Beef Plan Movement has been carrying out a number of protests at meat plants throughout the country during the...
BEAM
Beef
Video: Beef Plan protestors give views on limited dairy eligibility in BEAM
The details on the finalised Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) were announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
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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...
Beef
'There are some beef farmers who also milk dairy cows' - Healy
Farmers who produce both milk and beef off their farms do not always consider themselves as strictly dairy farmers, according...
Beef
€100 million fund is 'a drop in the ocean' - ICSA
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has welcomed the clarification of the details for the Beef Emergency Aid...
Beef
Creed on BEAM: 'Not a brown cent' will go to factory owners
“Not a brown cent” will go to factory owners from the new Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM), Minister for Agriculture,...
Beef
BEAM reaction: 'Substantially more funding' needed for beef sector
Substantially more EU and Government funding and supports will be needed for the beef sector in light of the increasing...
Beef
Exclusion of dairy farmers from BEAM 'sets a disastrous precedent'
The exclusion of dairy farmers from the Beef Emergency Aid Measure (BEAM) scheme has again been heavily criticised by one...
Beef
Details of finalised BEAM scheme unveiled
Details of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) were announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed...
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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...
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'1 step forward, 2 steps back for beef industry' - Duffy
The €100 million Brexit fund made available for the Beef Emergency Age Measure (BEAM) is greatly appreciated by farmers of...
Beef
€100m beef fund 'must not be watered down by spreading thinly'
Farm income projections from the Teagasc Mid-Year Outlook Report “reinforce the position” that the €100 million fund in beef exceptional...
Beef
Excluding one sector from BEAM is 'wrong-headed' - IFA
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that its National Council is “unanimous” on the need for changes to the...
Agri Politics
'Unacceptable' BEAM stock reduction rule 'across the board' - INHFA
Proposals outlined under the Beef Emergency Aid Measure (BEAM) will see reduction in stock numbers according to the Irish Natura...
Beef
'Farmers turning on each other is disappointing' - ICMSA
Farmers are “turning on each other” over the €100 million BEAM fund and other issues, according to the president of...
Beef
BEAM should be for farmers whose 'primary enterprise' is beef - ICSA
Funds from the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) scheme should be for farmers whose “primary enterprise” is dependent on the...
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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....
Dairy
Exclusion of dairy farmers from BEAM 'discriminatory' - IFA
The exclusion of dairy farmers from the €100 million Beef Emergency Aid Measure (BEAM) is “discriminatory, unfair and unprecedented” according...
Agri Politics
ICMSA on BEAM: 'All farmers involved in beef should be eligible'
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed was urged to accept that dairy farmers producing beef “must” be...
Beef
'Urgent changes' needed to BEAM - IFA
Urgent changes are needed to the details of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) scheme proposed by Minister for Agriculture,...
Beef
BEAM: What you need to know about the proposed scheme
Details on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s proposed Beef Emergency Aid Measure (BEAM) have been released, including...