Agri-Business
FCI appeals for carbon tax increase on agri-diesel to be postponed
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has urged the government to postpone an increase in carbon...
Fuel
Rural Life
Rural Independents call for reversal of fuel excise increase
The leader of the Rural Independent Group of TDs has called on the government to reverse the recent increase in...
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...
Rural Life
Woman who denied being a farmer liable for €74,727 excise bill
By Gordon Deegan A widowed and retired shop assistant, who denied being a farmer, has been saddled with an excise...
Rural Life
Fuel increases this week 'absolutely unnecessary' - TD
An independent TD has slammed the government for allowing increases in excise duty for fuel to go ahead this week....
Agri-Business
Taoiseach rules out postponing fuel excise duty increase - Nolan
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has ruled out pausing planned hikes in the cost of fuel prior to the next budget, according...
Machinery
Skoda backs the diesel as Certa rolls out HVO
Volkswagen acquired Skoda in 1991 and the German parent company is usually regarded as leading the transition to battery powered...
Rural Life
Budget 2024: Rural households will continue to struggle - IRL
Irish Rural Link (IRL) has “broadly welcomed” the announcements made in Budget 2024, but warned that the increase to the...
Rural Life
Budget 2024: Fuel excise rise postponed as carbon tax to increase
The government has decided to postpone a planned increase in the fuel excise rate applied to petrol, diesel and marked...
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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...
Agri-Business
FCI: Contractors should have access to same supports as farmers
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) said supports are urgently needed for contractors in Budget 2024....
Agri Politics
Government urged not to increase energy costs with biogas levy
Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar TóibÃn has called on the government to guarantee that citizens will not be...
Agri-Business
CSO: Excise clearances of green diesel up 15% in May
Excises clearances of marked gas oil or ‘green diesel’ stood at 115 million litres in May, according to the Central...
Agri-Business
CSO: Green diesel sales fell in April
Sales of green diesel fell in April 2023 compared to where they would have been a year earlier, according to...
Rural Life
Fuel prices including green diesel up from Thursday
Farmers can expect to pay a cent more for green diesel from tomorrow (Thursday, June 1) as fuel prices increase....
Rural Life
Gardaà offer advice to farmers after fuel thefts in Laois
Gardaà in Co. Laois have urged farmers to be vigilant following reports of fuel being stolen from farmyards in 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....
Agri-Business
Incremental fuel excise duty rise 'wiped out' by carbon tax increase
An independent TD has claimed that the benefit of an incremental rise in fuel excise duty will be “wiped out”...
Agri-Business
Autodiesel volumes in 2022 still below pre-pandemic level
The annual clearances of autodiesel for the year 2022 were 2.5% lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019, according...
Rural Life
October autodiesel volumes down 11% on last year
Autodiesel volumes fell by 11% to 298 million litres in October 2022 compared to last year, according to the most...
Rural Life
Report: Cuts in fuel excise duty delayed in reaching motorists
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has today (Tuesday, November 22) published the results of in-depth analysis of the...