Environment
Love Christmas? Here's your chance to buy a Christmas tree farm
If you’ve ever wanted to buy a Christmas tree farm well now is your chance. A 100ha farm of predominantly Nordmann...
Forestry
Environment
How to spot the signs of ash dieback
The number of ash dieback cases in Ireland continues to decrease year-on-year and there has been 26 new findings so...
Agri-Business
Coillte announces 46% growth in operating profit to €60.5m
Coillte has announced its annual results for 2014, with an operating profit of €60.5m, which is an increase of 46%...
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...
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
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...
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 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...
National Ploughing Championships
90% of 30,000 hurleys sold at Ploughing made with Scandinavian ash
It has been estimated that 30,000 hurleys have been sold at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. And while slow-growing ash is...
Environment
Shortage of land will inhibit vast forestry potential
A critical shortage of available land may inhibit the expansion of the Irish forestry sector, the General Manager of one...
