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A county Clare project has received a funding boost from the Government’s Digital Innovation programme. The Hare’s Corner project, promoted by the Burren Beo Trust and the Burren Programme, is to receive a €44,000 grant from the Department of Rural and Community Development. The works aim to encourage the use of technology in delivering an […]

Maria Walsh: weve lost sight of the key aims of CAP 2021-06-05

Motivating farmers to become part of the solution...

Farm scheme’s €23m dividend A NORTH-Clare-led agri-environment scheme has generated €23 million for the local economy, according to new figures provided for the Burren Programme Steering Group. Payments totalling €9.4 million has been remitted to 328 Burren farmers for environmental farming since 2010, with an average direct results-based payment of €2,613 in 2019. With a focus turning to sustainable environmentally farming, the Burren Programme can point to a number of relavant and...

The Farming for Nature Ambassador Awards 2021 nomination process is closing on Sunday (January 24) at midnight. If you know of any farmer or farm family who is going the extra mile for nature and who you feel would make a good ambassador, this is your opportunity to get a nomination in. Farming for Nature is a national initiative which highlights the role that farmers can play in looking after nature on their land and which shares – through short films, podcasts and farm walks – the “inva...

Farming for Nature (FFN) is a national initiative which highlights the positive role that some farmers play in looking after nature on their land and which shares – through short films, podcasts and farm walks – the invaluable, practical insights gained by these farmers in tackling our biodiversity crisis. Now in its 4th year,  Farming for Nature has grown to an active network of over 40 wonderful, eloquent Ambassadors who are inspiring many other farmers across Ireland to be more aware o...

December 11, 2020 6:48 pm Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that European Commission approval has been received for the continuity of farm schemes in 2021. Announcing the news at 6:30pm this evening (Friday, December 11) Minister McConalogue said: “I am delighted to confirm that, following the approval by the European Commission of the amendment to the Rural Development Programme, we now have continuity of farm payments in 2021 for the main farm ...

With the new CAP expected to come into force in 2023, EU approval has been secured for the extension of Irish farm schemes into next year.