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Benefits and pitfalls of holding an on-farm temporary event >More in © Tim Scrivener Government incentives to boost the rural economy during the Covid-19 pandemic have accelerated a shift towards diversification into temporary public events on farmland. There was already an upward trend in demand for outdoor activities before the pandemic, according to rural consultant Bidwells. The firm’s senior rural surveyor Louise Newton explains ...

Schemes update: Monday 31 May is an important date for farm schemes 2021-05-28

Faced with the greatest farm policy shake-up in 50 years, farmers have been frustrated in recent times by the lack of detail about what is to replace the

May 27, 2021 1:15 pm Draft details of Ireland’s National Strategic Plan for the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) were recently shared with farm organisations by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), providing an insight into the future of CAP in Ireland. Of course, a lot of this will depend on what agreements are made at the ongoing talks among EU institutions. The draft details of the strategic plan covers a lot of ground, including very pertinent information for yo...

May 27, 2021 11:05 am Key details have emerged on the proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) National Strategic Plan, which will outline how CAP will work in Ireland after 2023 (depending on developments in the EU this week). In recent days, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has shared these details with farm organisations. Some aspects of this were already made public, including the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), which will be the successor to the current B...

Multispecies leys show seasonal advantage in Welsh uplands >More in © Skymoon 13/Adobe Stock Multispecies leys can perform as well as traditional ryegrass in upland regions, a three-year study by the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Wales has found. Seed mixes incorporating meadow fescue, Timothy and a Festulolium, together with plantain and chicory, were put to the test on three upland beef and sheep farms. Data from the trial sho...

Wednesday 9.30pm: CAP talks to go late into the night CAP talks in Brussels are set to continue late into Wednesday night as negotiators seek to break a deadlock over the ring-fencing of funds for eco-schemes. Eco-schemes will be funded from Pillar I, traditionally used to provide direct payments to farmers. The latest compromise tabled by the European Council of Ministers would see 22% of Pillar I ring-fenced for climate and environment measures. Wednesday 9pm: Irish Farmers Journal page one ...

Soil is key as Norfolk estate prepares for end of subsidies >More in Chris Allhusen, David Pike and Andrew Melton © MAG/David Jones Improving soil health is key for one Norfolk farming estate as it looks to cut crop inputs and raise yields to prepare for a future without direct farm subsidies. After three years of focusing on the farm’s light-to-medium sandy clay loams, fertiliser inputs are now falling, herbicide costs are set to com...

Information for farmers about inspections the Rural Payments Agency carries out on options and capital items, records, and changes to boundaries and features.

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