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Interview: Martin Heydon on succession, land use and more

The newly-appointed Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shares his views on a wide range of issues, from how we encourage a new generation of farmers to how we can lead farm innovation.

1 February 2025 NEWS

BVD programme ‘seemingly never-ending’ - ICMSA

ICMSA dairy committee chair Noel Murphy said that it is time for the Minister to publicly tell farmers where Ireland is going in relation to BVD.

30 January 2025 NEWS
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Hansen and Heydon united on bolstering CAP budget

Newly appointed Commissioner Christophe Hansen and Minister Martin Heydon have said they would support increasing CAP funds.

29 January 2025 NEWS
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Payments system is broken - Heydon

The new Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine says that the strings attached to payments are responsible for low uptake of SCEP and the Sheep Welfare scheme.

29 January 2025 NEWS
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Minister Heydon wants to change ‘bleak’ narrative around farming

The new Minister for Agriculture wants to highlight how good farming is for the economy, and how good Irish farmers are at producing quality food.

29 January 2025 NEWS
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Heydon and Hansen need grit

Farming's future is now in the hands of Christophe Hansen and Martin Heydon; both have hands-on farming experience that will hopefully inform them.

29 January 2025 DEALER

Proposals sought for agri-food tourism initiatives

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon issued the call on Wednesday with funding totaling nearly €300,000 available for projects supporting agri-food tourism, which can include rural food markets.

29 January 2025 NEWS

Minister Heydon must sort GAEC 2 issue - IFA

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon must take up the mantel on the implications of GAEC 2 for Ireland.

27 January 2025 NEWS

ICMSA calls for inspections to be suspended in wake of storm Éowyn

ICMSA deputy president Eamonn Carroll said the last thing farmers need is an inspection by the Department of Agriculture or local authorities.

27 January 2025 NEWS