Almost two thirds of the cereal area entered into the Straw Incorporation Measure was taken out to be baled in 2024.
SUBSCRIBER ONLYThe outgoing Agriculture Minister points to his achievements as Minister, and explains his plans for the next government's spend on farming.
Notifications were issued to applicants in the Straw Incorporation Scheme and Protein Aid Scheme on 5 September 2024.
With ministers openly disagreeing on whether the RZLT should be deferred- again- or not, is the government in danger?
With a high proportion of grain crops in Wexford, Carlow and Laois being malting barley, passing quality controls will be vital to ensuring a margin for growers
Tillage farmers have reacted in different ways to the announcement of a €175/ha payment for baling straw, that was in the Straw Incorporation Measure.
"SIM: the greatest casualty is trust." - James Brennan, MAgrSc, PhD, Tillage farmer, Co Laois.
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Farmers are busy with harvest at present, but need to be thinking of seed for next season already.
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We are now in the season when the weather forecast is scrutinised for sun and wind, and the rise and fall of the dew is monitored as closely as a life support machine.
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Farmers who applied for the Straw Incorporation Measure in May have belatedly been notified of their acceptance into the scheme.