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Tillage podcast: straw turnaround analysis and reaction
Siobhán Walsh
This week's podcast is all about straw as the Minister turns around on his decision to chop the straw scheme.
25 July 2024 News
Straw scheme U-turn and new €175/ha baling payment
An agreement has been reached between the farm organisations and the Minister for Agriculture on straw incorporation.
24 July 2024 News
Tensions high as straw row escalates
Tillage farmers are furious over the lack of clarity surrounding the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM).
Tillage incomes plunge by 71% in 2023
In 2023, about half of farmers in the sector undertook the Straw Incorporation Measure, and received an average payment of over €5,500.
24 July 2024 News
Minister wants 'quality straw' baled
This is a change from the Minister on the Straw Incorporation Measure which he sought to suspend last week.
24 July 2024 News
New 70% slurry storage grant to open
The European Commission approved the 70% slurry storage grant scheme back in April.
24 July 2024 News
Country is looking at a bedding shortage - INHFA
It needs to be recognised that the country is looking at a shortage of bedding and feed next winter, INHFA president says.
24 July 2024 News
Wet weather hits harvest in some areas of the country
Heavy rain showers are stopping work in the fields where many winter barley crops are ready to be cut, but some farmers have been able to stay cutting.
24 July 2024 News
€10m to be recouped from ACRES overpayments
Some 4,748 ACRES co-operation participants and 1,039 general participants have been overpaid and will need to return funds in the coming months. Darren Carty reports
24 July 2024 Schemes
Minister refuses to reverse straw scheme suspension
The IFA and the IGGG met with the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue in Agriculture House in Dublin this morning to discuss the Straw Incorporation Measure.
23 July 2024 News
Tillage farmer views: straw not the solution for fodder shortages
Tillage farmers have been writing to politicians and to the Irish Farmers Journal to share their views on the minister’s treatment of the Straw Incorporation Measure.
22 July 2024 News
Tillage farmers being dealt ‘blow after blow’
Danny Doyle’s brother was discing a field where they had chopped straw when news broke that the straw chopping scheme was being suspended.
22 July 2024 News