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Exclusive: mounting red tape could blow €3bn hole in rural economy
Anne O'Donoghue
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
Seven-month winter ‘benchmark’ – minister
The Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue made the comments at the Irish Farmer’s Journal National Suckler and Sheep Open Day.
18 July 2024 News
Pulling straw measure mid-stream puts all schemes ‘on slippery slope’
Farming organisations have warned that pulling one scheme after farmers have planned for payments and completed actions puts all other farm schemes on a slippery slope.
Minister scraps straw scheme
Payments under the Straw Incorporation Measure were worth €12.3m to farmers in 2023.
17 July 2024 News
Farmers win almost half of appeals against Department
Some 624 Department of Agriculture scheme decisions were challenged by farmers in 2023.
17 July 2024 News
Speculation that straw scheme will be dropped
Payments under the Straw Incorporation Measure were worth €12.3m to farmers in 2023.
17 July 2024 News
ICMSA calls for rethink of ACRES repayment options
The ICMSA has requested that affected farmers be allowed to repay via next year's ACRES payment rather than the next scheduled payment.
15 July 2024 News
43% of farmers in ACRES co-operation still waiting on balancing payment
It was also revealed that 15% of all farmers in ACRES were overpaid by their interim payment in February.
13 July 2024 Schemes
Muir digs in on 5ha claim area
Minister Muir dismissed the argument that small farms should be allowed to claim the new Farm Sustainability Payment as it can help with getting planning permission.
10 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Trust is at the heart of our inability to halt biodiversity loss
For Ireland to restore its woodlands, peatlands and grasslands, trust between key stakeholders will have to reestablished, writes Ray Ó Foghlú.
10 July 2024 Climate and environment
IFA to seek €300/suckler cow support in Budget 2025
The IFA will make the case for more funding for sucklers, slurry storage and a solution to the RZLT in Budget 2025.
3 July 2024 News
US farm bill mixes welfare and farmer support
The nutrition programs in the US Farm Bill will push it to $1.4 trillion between 2025 and 2034.
3 July 2024 News