Arable
Calls for tillage CAP details by mid-Feb
Calls have been made for more information on the new incentivised support programme for the protein sector for tillage farmers by mid-February. The...
Common Agricultural Policy
Agri-Business
Forestry proving a very attractive long-term farm investment
Some 20,000 farmers are involved in forestry enterprises and this means more than half of Ireland’s forests are now privately owned...
Dairy
Dairy Ireland welcomes CAP, RDP plans
Dairy Ireland has welcomed the recent Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Rural Development Programme (RDP) announcement, however it notes how it...
Agri-Business
Reflections of the 2014 Oxford Farming Conference
There was a tremendous turnout of delegates from this side of the Irish Sea attending the recent Oxford Farming Conference....
Agri-Business
Agri-food exports key for economic recovery, EU commissioner
Agri-food exports, notably quality products rather then commodities, are vital for helping Europe emerge from economic crisis, as we are...
Agri-Business
25,000 farming jobs created last year as agri-food exports jump 40% in four years
More than 58,000 jobs were created last year in Ireland and 25,000 of these were in farming. This is according...
Arable
Winter cereals
The View from Northern Ireland: Following a good autumn most winter cereal crops are well established with the exception of late...
Agri-Business
Going for Growth funding under scrutiny
AgriFood Strategy Board (AFSB) Chairman Tony O’Neill has told AgriLand that he plans meeting both the North’s agriculture Minister Michelle...
Agri-Business
Stormont executive must decide on CAP funding issue today
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) policy director Wesley Aston has told AgriLand that the Stormont executive must meet today in order...
Agri-Business
Rural development report confirms EU’s ongoing structural changes
Latest indicators confirm the ongoing structural trends in rural areas across the EU. The annual report on Rural Development indicators...
Environment
Decline in farms across Europe noted
Latest indicators from Brussels confirm the ongoing structural trends in rural areas across the EU. The annual report on Rural...
Agri-Business
CAP transfer funding decision will be legally challenged
Following a decision by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development‘s Minister to transfer seven per cent of the Common...
World News
Transparency key for EU dairy post-quota
The View from Europe: Transparency is vital in the EU dairy sector beyond 2015 so that changing trends can be...
Agri-Business
It’s been a good week for farmers
COMMENT: Monday of this week saw Department of Agriculture officials in Dublin confirming that the second tranche of single farm...
Agri-Business
'High level of discretion for Ireland's roll out of CAP, RDP'
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform 2014-2020 and Ireland’s next Rural Development Plan was discussed today at the Oireachtas Joint Committee...
Environment
Agri consultancy sector to be hit hard by loss of REPS
In the region of 13,000 farmers will leave the rural environmental protection scheme (REPS) this year. This will not only...
Rural Life
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
COMMENT: Despite all the talk of global warming, Ireland, over recent years, has endured a number of the coldest and...
Agri-Business
Forty years of farming in the EU
The View from Teagasc: When Ireland joined the EU so started Teagasc’s longest running research project – the National Farm...
