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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has revealed details of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding

Sam Pierce was busy drawing away top soil from the site of a proposed seven bay slatted shed for his 63-head Hereford Cross suckler herd when we spoke last week. The original herd on the farm at Newtown, Bannow, Co Wexford was around half that number, says Sam (27). “Going back to my grand-uncle’s time, the family have always run a mixed farm enterprise with cattle, sheep and tillage. My father’s uncle William ran a pure-bred suckler Hereford herd alongside a pure-bred sheep enterprise. W...

March 14, 2021, 6:00 am When you walk into the suckler housing belonging to Brian Brady from Co. Cavan, there are no signs of your typical commercial Limousin, Simmental or Charolais cow. Instead, the shed houses good traditionally-bred Angus cross cows with a mixture of Shorthorn breeding. Farming over 60ac on the outskirts of Kilcogy, AgriLand recently spoke with Brian about the management of his 25-cow suckler herd and his approach to breeding on the farm. Overview of the farm Suckler cows ...

Using a “team of bulls” on his suckler herd has helped North Tipperary farmer Thomas Hogan to achieve a 20pc increase in the Replacement Index of his entire herd.

Almost 70pc of suckler farmers that are eligible to extend their Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) contracts for 2021 intend to do so, it has emerged.

Reminder: Deadline tomorrow to opt into GLAS and OFS extensions Farmer participants in the Green, Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) and the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) have until tomorrow to opt into the offer of extending their contracts under these schemes. Taking to social media to remind farmers of the deadline, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine said there has been a “very positive response” so far to the offer to extend contracts. As of the latest figures, 96%...

Farmers move to extend GLAS, BDGP and other farm scheme contracts A strong response rate has been seen from farmers to an offer of extension in their contracts under the Green Low Carbon Agri-environmental Scheme (GLAS), the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) and the Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP), according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. These extensions are to offer scheme participants an additional year in the schemes to the end of 2021. The move comes following an the...

McConalogue welcomes farmers interest in extending GLAS, OFS and BDGP contracts   The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, today welcomed the strong response rate by farmers to an offer of extension in their contracts under the Green Low Carbon Agri-environmental Scheme (GLAS), the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) and the Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP). These extensions are to offer scheme participants an additional year in the schemes to the ...

December 16, 2020, 6:15 pm Farmers who took part the Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) 1 have been provided with an option of extending their participation in the scheme – as a one-year roll over for 2021 was announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue. The extension is open to those BDGP participants who have already met the requirements for the full six-year duration of BDGP 2015 – 2020. The guidelines for the scheme extension has also been released th...