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
'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...
