Environment
Collective agreements on commonages scrapped
Collective agreements, as a requirement for entry into the new GLAS scheme, have been scrapped, according to the Hill Farmer...
GLAS
Environment
No commonage farmer should be denied access to GLAS
No commonage farmer can be refused access to the GLAS scheme due to the decisions of other shareholders insisted ICSA rural...
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Native Tree Area Scheme makes planting trees easier
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Environment
900 attend commonage meeting in Donegal
Up to 900 commonage farmers attended a meeting in Clanree Hotel Letterkenny in Donegal tonight. Organisers see the meeting as a...
Sheep
IFA set out priorities for commonage stocking rates
IFA Hill Committee Chairman Pat Dunne has set out the priorities for IFA in advance of the forthcoming discussions on...
Agri-Business
Teagasc to scale back GLAS involvement Â
Teagasc is currently reviewing its advisory services and will scale back its participation in processing applications for schemes such GLAS...
Breaking News
Department expects 25,000 GLAS participants next year
Some 25,000 participants in the new GLAS scheme by the end of 2015, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Breaking News
‘GLAS scheme discriminates against commonage farmers’
Hill farmers are protesting next week in Dublin over the ‘inaccessibility’ of the GLAS scheme and the lack of a...
Agri-Business
Red Tape forces thousands to wait extra year for GLAS payments - Ó CuÃv
Fianna Fáil’s spokesperson on Agriculture & Food Éamon Ó CuÃv has expressed his concern following confirmation from the Minister that...
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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
30,000 farmers expected to enter GLAS
Some 30,000 farmers are expected to enter the Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) next year when it is opened,...
Agri-Business
IFA calls for early roll out of GLAS scheme
IFA President Eddie Downey said the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney must deliver a GLAS scheme that underpins farmer viability...
Breaking News
'Close to final' GLAS document due next week
A ‘close to final’ document on the GLAS scheme will be published next week, according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
Breaking News
Priority ranking for new GLAS scheme
To get priority and to maximise payment in the new GLAS agri-environment scheme farmers must undertake key actions. This is...
Breaking News
GLAS – How will it work?
The acronym GLAS stands for Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme. The new initiative ties in with the green vision for Irish...