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The Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (ANC); and The Protein Aid scheme. Applicants should note that they must register for www.agfood.ie as a first step before they can complete their applications. Those who have not yet registered should this do this as soon as possible. The department can help farmers in making their applications through its telephone helpdesk services. The helpdesk service telephone number is 0761-064420. Advertisement Lines will be open for extended hours in the run up to...

COMMON land and upland farming champion, Dr Julia Aglionby, wears many ‘hats,’ as well as helping to manage the livestock at a therapeutic care…

Landowners with available land can now easily find developers who need land to site natural capital elements. ‘The Green Offset’ – developed by Fisher German – links up parties looking to find land for any environmental requirements with landowners who have land available to facilitate this. Offset Seekers – firms or individuals looking for land - will be able to search for suitable sites using The Green Offset website, and will be able to contact landowners or their agents once...

Olly Birkbeck Free-roaming, grass-fed Dexter cattle ‘mutual grazing’ with wild ponies on Massingham Heath - Credit: Olly Birkbeck Consumers and farmers can both make small shifts of mindset which could bring huge gains for nature writes Olly Birkbeck, director of the Little Massingham Estate and one of the founding trustees of the WildEast conservation movement. Olly Birkbeck is a director of the Little Massingham Estate and a founding trustee of the WildEast nature movement - Credit: O...

New appointment: Ruth Dalton with Whinpot Mary lll, home-bred Shetland heifer calf after the 2020 online breed show. CUMBRIAN farm adviser Ruth Dalton has been appointed as a regional facilitator for the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (PFLA) in the county. In her new role she will be organising farm visits and meetings and providing support to local PFLA farmers interested in producing more of their meat and dairy just from grass and forage. The PFLA is a strong, diverse community of f...

Luke Paterson of Dilham Hall with one of the glamping pods at Tonnage Bridge - Credit: Chris Hill When Luke Paterson took on his familys farm five years ago, he could not have predicted the economic shocks which were to follow. But despite Brexit, harvest disasters and a worldwide pandemic, the business has thrived - thanks to a diversification strategy which has equipped it with new incomes and the resilience to ride out the storms of an ever-changing industry. Mr Paterson is the fourth...

Published: 6:00 AM May 1, 2021    The shift from EU direct subsidies to post-Brexit environmental incentives is a major driver of change in East Anglias countryside - Credit: Antony Kelly The last six months have ushered in some tumultuous changes for East Anglias farming landscape. Here are five of the key driving factors: 1- Subsidy phase-out: The post-Brexit shift away from EU subsidies towards green incentives is part of the most significant change to agricultural policy for more t...

Farmers are being urged to apply for a new pilot environment scheme, Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP), before the May 10 deadline. REAP

ADVISER: Ruth aims to help Cumbrian farmers towards sustainable ‘Pasture for Life’ farming A farm adviser from near Kendal has been appointed as a regional facilitator for the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (PFLA) in Cumbria. In her new role, Ruth Dalton will be organising farm visits and meetings and providing support to local PFLA farmers interested in producing more of their meat and dairy just from grass and forage. The PFLA is a strong, diverse community of farmers, butchers, ...

The sides of an escaped hedgerow being trimmed. The draft of the agri-food strategy to 2030, which sets out targets for agriculture and food over the next 10 years, places a big focus on diversity and increasing biodiversity on farms. So what is the current picture of habitats on Irish farms? Why do we need biodiversity on-farm and how can we improve habitats? When we think of biodiversity, we automatically thing hedgerows and habitats, but it is also important to remember that diversity on far...