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Editorial: Prudent spending visible at Ploughing
Jack Kennedy
Prudent spending applies to farmers just as much as it applies to Minister for Finance Jack Chambers.
11 September 2024 Buildings
Ticking the boxes on slurry storage requirements this winter
What farmers need to know amid updates and changes occurring to soiled water and slurry storage for 2024.
11 September 2024 News
Erth Engineering to showcase latest developments
Co Down based Erth Engineering will be presenting its latest developments including its new toolbar, aerator and its latest in drills at this year’s Ploughing Championships.
Farmers with ACRES clawback need to contact Department now - IFA
The IFA said a repayment plan for ACRES overpayment needs to be made sooner rather than later, to avoid Areas of Natural Constraint payments being affected.
9 September 2024 Schemes
Final chance to apply to tranche 4 of TAMS III
The current tranche will close for applications on Friday, 6 September, with tranche 5 opening for applications on Saturday, 7 September.
4 September 2024 Schemes
Ticking the boxes on TAMS-spec equine housing
Martin Merrick details some of the specs when it comes to completing works on housing for equines under TAMS.
4 September 2024 Buildings
Call for safeguards to protect productive land from solar farms
Solar farms reduce the farmland available for young farmers to lease, according to the IFA's rural development chair.
28 August 2024 Renewables
Sheep management: fertiliser deadlines, grass demand and store lamb budgets
There is a relatively short window remaining to apply fertiliser, with many farmers first relying on good weather and a marked improvement in ground conditions.
28 August 2024 Markets
LESS scheme to reopen to farmers stocked up to 170kg N/ha
Applications received from 1 January 2024 are now eligible for LESS investments.
22 August 2024 News
TAMS grants needed in forestry, claim growers
A severe shortage of drivers and fewer forestry harvesting machines has significantly restricted harvesting capacity, the Irish Forestry Owners has claimed.
21 August 2024 News
Tranche 3 approvals approach half way point for TAMS
Over 1,700 applications under TAMS III tranche 3 have already issued close to half of all applications.
21 August 2024 Buildings
Women farmers waiting 1,000 days for payment
Despite a women's capital investment programme being announced back in October 2021, and opening for applications 14 months ago, no one has been paid as yet.
21 August 2024 Dealer