Ciaran Moran News Today

Department of Agriculture IT issues are being resolved and should not impact 2024 farm payments, a senior official told the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee last week.

Farmers involved in a legal action against the Department of Agriculture over land eligibility fines still hope their case will be heard, and confirmed the €100,000 raised to fight the case remains in the bank.

Extreme weather conditions, such as the recent deluge of rain seen on Irish farms, could override farmers’ efforts to improve water quality, a senior Teagasc official has warned.

A recent exchange between a dairy farmer and Teagasc’s Alan Dillon illustrated the tricky spot the calf-to-beef business is in right now.

MANAGER, Niall Carew, maintains that while he is disappointed Carlow didn’t get into one of the two places at the top of Division 4, it has still been a…

Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue is under pressure to introduce a fodder support scheme as farms are set to be hit with more wet weather this week.

Farmers could be tempted to intensify their farming practices to meet the demands of supplying multiple cuts of silage to Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants, the EPA has said.

"We call it Saturday night fever down here"

ACRES is now the biggest agri-environment scheme in the history of the State, with 55,000 farmers participating.

"We call it Saturday night fever down here"