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Concerns over the impending end of the Glastir agri-environment scheme and the current Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals were top of the agenda at the recent series of county shows.

The NFU has urged Defra to halt the ongoing withdrawal of BPS subsidies until delays to its new post-Brexit payments scheme are resolved.

Farmers affiliated to the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) have picketed a meeting organised by agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue, in response to

The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) is to protest in Dublin today (Thursday, September 7) over the delay to farmers' payments.

The NFU is demanding that Defra calls a halt to any further cuts to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) for English farmers in light of the delays to its

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has slammed the government's pace of its delivery of the new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme as 'unacceptable'.

Defra has strenuously denied accusations from agricultural leaders that a lack of progress has been made on government pledges made during the Number 10

Minister McConalogue will meet with farm organisations tomorrow on the issues of the Nitrates Derogation and scheme payment dates.

More than £290 million in direct payments has been issued to nearly all of Northern Ireland's farmers, the Department of Agriculture (DAERA) has confirmed.

Defra has announced that the launch of SFI wont be until mid-September following assurances that the scheme would be ready for August 2023.