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Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue. \Philip Doyle The consultation process for the highly anticipated 'REPS 2' is to begin on Friday 29 January, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has said. The confirmation came during a question and answer session at the IFA annual general meeting online on Thursday. Minister McConalogue said: “The IFA's contribution will be really important. We want to ensure that the scheme is as practical as possible and delivers on its outcomes. “It’s really important that we deliver incomes for farmers as well.” Not just bogs Minister of Sta...

TAMS carryover must be resolved to avoid farm investments stalling - IFA 2021-01-14

January 14, 2021 2:09 pm The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that funding has been allocated for the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) for all of 2021 and not just for the next tranche which begins on Saturday, January 16. The scheme provides grants for on-farm capital investment and the current tranche comes to an end tomorrow, Friday, January 15. Tranche 21 of the scheme will open on Saturday, January 16, and close on April 16, 2021; however, funding has been allocated for the rest of 2021 for the scheme, the department has confirmed to A...

  The IFA has met with Bord na Móna to raise concerns around a rewetting programme which will see 200,000ha of bog restored over the next five years. The delegation which was led by association president Tim Cullinan, highlighted the potential impact of the programme on neighbouring farmland with Bord na Móna chief executive Tom Donnellan and his team. Cullinan said: “There is a genuine concern about how the programme will affect local farmers. Bord na Móna assured IFA that there would be no risk to neighbouring lands. “It was agreed that we would collectively establish a working gro...

  The IFA has met with Bord na Móna to raise concerns around a rewetting programme which will see 200,000ha of bog restored over the next five years. The delegation which was led by association president Tim Cullinan, highlighted the potential impact of the programme on neighbouring farmland with Bord na Móna chief executive Tom Donnellan and his team. Cullinan said: “There is a genuine concern about how the programme will affect local farmers. Bord na Móna assured IFA that there would be no risk to neighbouring lands. “It was agreed that we would collectively establish a working gro...