Hedgerows

Eco scheme tree/hedgerow planting receipts

Receipts for native trees / hedgerows planted under Eco Scheme agricultural practice four must be submitted by 30 September 2025.

SCHEMES 10 September 2025

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Farmers urged to let the hedges grow more

Farmers urged to let the hedges grow more

NEWS 27 August 2025

Nutrient levels in rivers at eight-year low - DII

Nutrient levels in rivers at eight-year low - DII

NEWS 27 August 2025

32ac Roscommon residential holding new to market

32ac Roscommon residential holding new to market

32ac Roscommon residential holding new to market

PROPERTY 7 August 2025

Wexford derogation farmer named Farming for Nature ambassador

Wexford derogation farmer named Farming for Nature ambassador

Wexford derogation farmer named Farming for Nature ambassador

NEWS 1 August 2025

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Hedge-cutting season just around the corner

Hedge-cutting season just around the corner

While grass verges and hedges that pose as a road safety hazzard can be cut all year round, the official hedge-cutting season opens on 1 September and runs through until 28 February.

NEWS 28 May 2025

Five actions in Farming With Nature scheme

Five actions in Farming With Nature scheme

Applications for the first phase of the new agri environment scheme in Northern Ireland close at 5pm on Monday 4 August 2025.

NORTHERN IRELAND 28 May 2025

Cork councillors call for 1 August hedgecutting date for road safety

Cork councillors call for 1 August hedgecutting date for road safety

Caitríona Morrissey reports from Cork County Hall, where councillors debated the road safety risks from overgrown hedges.

NEWS 28 May 2025

Hauliers losing '€1,000 a week replacing mirrors' - road haulage association

Hauliers losing '€1,000 a week replacing mirrors' - road haulage association

Hauliers see red, as overgrown hedgerows break mirrors and cause serious road safety hazard.

NEWS 28 May 2025

400 farmers take pollinator course

400 farmers take pollinator course

The online course provides information on the wild pollinators present on farms, and what actions can be taken to help these important insects.

NEWS 28 May 2025

Thousands of farms to miss grant scheme

Thousands of farms to miss grant scheme

For eligible farms, there will be five measures in the first tranche of FWN, and payment rates are generally higher than the previous EFS offering.

NORTHERN IRELAND 28 May 2025

Rules protecting designated landscape features

Rules protecting designated landscape features

Landscape features, including hedgerows, can only be removed in limited exceptional circumstances with unapproved removal prone to penalties under conditionality

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 28 May 2025

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Cultivate raises unsecured lending limit to €100,000 as farmer demand grows

'Without the Cultivate loan, we wouldn’t have been able to do what we wanted to do' - Aodhagon and Andrew Smith, dairy farmers, Co Cavan.

Cultivate raises unsecured lending limit to €100,000 as farmer demand grows

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