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Farm Tech Talk: ACRES; nitrates and Tullamore Farm
Jack Kennedy
The ongoing issues with the ACRES scheme, the challenge against the nitrates plan and Tullamore Farm all feature on this week's show.
26 July 2024 News
Uncertainty for farmers as Irish nitrates case referred to Europe, says IFA
A high court judge referred the case about the legality of Ireland’s NAP, which governs the nitrates derogation, to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) this week.
26 July 2024 News
Decade of change for Irish Farmers
Three major policy changes this decade will come with a cost that doesn't end at the farm gate.
Farmers can now access N and P statements up to June
The interim statements have been calculated off existing excretion figures and not the ones proposed by the Department of Agriculture earlier this year.
25 July 2024 News
Exclusive: mounting red tape could blow €3bn hole in rural economy
The report examines the combined impact delivering a 25% reduction in emissions, the loss of the nitrates derogation and CAP changes could have.
24 July 2024 News
Payment of €300/cow needed – UCD economist
At the Tullamore Farm National Suckler and Sheep Open Day, professor Michael Wallace said supports for sucker cows need to reach €300 a head to sustain these farms.
24 July 2024 News
Tillage Management: safety, stubbles and straw
There looks to be some good weather on the way for the harvest. Farmers who have been unable to cut will be glad to see a dry spell.
24 July 2024 Husbandry
Exclusive: €3bn blow to the economy and thousands of jobs on the line
Delivering a 25% reduction in emissions, the loss of the nitrates derogation and CAP changes could combine to cost the rural economy up to €3bn annually and as many as 29,000 jobs could be lost.
24 July 2024 News
Irish nitrates case referred to EU Court of Justice
Challenge by An Taisce against Ireland's nitrates action programme raises significant issues of European law, a high court judge has said.
24 July 2024 News
€3bn hit to the economy and 29,000 jobs at risk
KPMG report for the Irish Farmers Journal shows economic impact of 25% reduction in emissions, CAP changes and loss of nitrates derogation at €3bn annually, putting up to 29,000 jobs at risk.
23 July 2024 News
Beef Trends: cow kill remains high
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
17 July 2024 Markets
New scheme with quotas for nitrates proposed
A trio of policy experts say that major farm scheme changes are needed to achieve step-wise reductions in water pollution from agriculture.
10 July 2024 Climate and environment