Environment
Forestry thinning 'a crop management activity - not a profit earner'
The timing of thinning forestry for the first time depends on a number of factors, according to Padraig Egan, General Manager...
Forestry
Environment
Planting under GLAS? Here's the native tree options
An expected 2,000 new groves of native trees are to be established under the new Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS), according...
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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
Why the Department doesn't use Google to measure your hedges
Google may know pretty much everything, but it’s knowledge of field boundaries, hedgerows and forests isn’t good enough for the...
Environment
Planting forestry? Know how close you can plant to your neighbour
Anyone thinking of planting more than 5ha of forestry must leave at least 60m of setback from dwellings and buildings,...
Environment
'Subsidies keep drystock farmers out of forestry'
More loss-making drystock enterprises should be switching to forestry, according to Professor Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at...
Environment
ICSA calls for standalone hen harrier compensation scheme
The ICSA has called for a standalone scheme to provide proper compensation for farmers with hen harrier designation. ICSA Rural Development...
Environment
Guide to grants and funding available to those with forestry
The new Forestry Programme will involve a commitment of €482 million to the forestry sector. Under the programme the Afforestation...
Environment
Gardai investigating 'phantom' tree planting by farmers
Some 870 farmers are still awaiting AEOS payments from 2014, as An Garda Siochana is investigating irregularities around the non...
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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...
Environment
On the spot advice for forest owners from Teagasc at Timber2015
Teagasc will have on the spot advice for forestry owners at Timber2015, on May 9 and 10 in Stradbally Co....
Environment
Unsure how or when to thin forestry? Find out at Timber2015 in Laois this weekend
Are you a forest owner unsure about thinning forestry? According to Michael Somers of Teagasc, half of private woodlands are...
Environment
New app to allow everyone monitor tree health
Treecheck, a smartphone app to enlist the public’s help in safeguarding tree and forest health on the island of Ireland,...
Agri-Business
Annual forestry payments to be received by April 17
Forest owners will receive their annual tax-free forestry payments for 2015 by April 17, Tom Hayes, Minister of State at the...
Environment
How to re-establish a forest after a clearfell
Most forest owners know that a forest must be replanted after the final timber crop has been harvested however, Teagasc...
Environment
Forestry co-operatives are the way to go – ICOS
Co-operatives can make a major contribution to Ireland’s new multi-million Forestry Development Programme to 2020, an Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society (ICOS) seminar...
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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....
Environment
IFA welcomes Government forestry investment
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Michael Fleming has welcomed EU approval for the Forestry Programme and the Government’s commitment to invest...
Environment
Forestry sector due for boost, with €482m investment
The forestry sector will see investment of €482m as the Department of Agriculture secures State Aid approval for the new...
Environment
Woodland owners vital to development of Irish forestry - Minister Hayes
In his address to the AGM of the Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Group held in Hollyford, Co. Tipperary, Tom...
Rural Life
Nationwide January forestry meetings on new programme
A series of nationwide forestry information meetings presenting the new forestry programme will take place in January. Teagasc in association...