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CAP tops agenda at arable conference
CAP tops agenda at arable conference

The reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) topped the agenda at the ‘Agronomy and Business Management Conference’ this week....

New CAP to boost bank lending, BoI
New CAP to boost bank lending, BoI

Bank of Ireland is in receipt of more than 1,500 farming loan applications a month. This is according to its...

‘Collective commonage land to receive more payments in new RDP’
‘Collective commonage land to receive more payments in new RDP’

Future agri-environmental schemes offer the opportunity for claimants with commonage land to receive slightly higher payments than a non-commonage farmer...

Farmland prices remain steady as dairy drives demand
Farmland prices remain steady as dairy drives demand

The average price paid for farmland across the country in 2013 was €10,500 per acre, which is remarkably similar to...

Ammonia leak probe under way at Kepak
Ammonia leak probe under way at Kepak

Kepak is investigating a minor leak of ammonia at its largest meat processing plants in the country. The incident occurred...

ESB imports 15,000 timber poles a year
ESB imports 15,000 timber poles a year

ESB Networks currently imports more than 15,000 timber poles a year due to insufficient supply from Coillte as a result of...

Good news for farmers in Subway expansion drive
Good news for farmers in Subway expansion drive

Restaurant chain Subway has this morning set out ambitious plans to increase the number of its stores in Ireland by...

IMPACT to meet with agri management as industrial action continues
IMPACT to meet with agri management as industrial action continues

IMPACT representatives and management at the Department of Agriculture are set to meet in Dublin tomorrow to discuss industrial action...

190 vets complete Johne’s training as more funding sought
190 vets complete Johne’s training as more funding sought

The roll out of the voluntary Johne’s disease control programme for dairy herds across Ireland is now well under way....

Forestry proving a very attractive long-term farm investment
Forestry proving a very attractive long-term farm investment

Some 20,000 farmers are involved in forestry enterprises and this means more than half of Ireland’s forests are now privately owned...

Steady uptake of WMP milk contracts with Glanbia
Steady uptake of WMP milk contracts with Glanbia

More than 50 per cent of Wexford Milk Producers (WMP) have signed milk contracts with Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Limited (GIIL)...

High hopes for a GLAS top-up organic farming payment
High hopes for a GLAS top-up organic farming payment

Ireland’s new Green Low-Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) payment must include organic farming as a core element and, in particular, organic...

‘Budget vital to combat milk, feed and fertiliser risks’
‘Budget vital to combat milk, feed and fertiliser risks’

The expansion process at farm level will put a significant strain on scarce cash resources, cautioned Laurence Shalloo, of Teagasc...

MEPs call for production chain measures to combat food fraud
MEPs call for production chain measures to combat food fraud

The View from Europe: MEPs this week called for a review of food production chains, step up checks and revise...

People management key for farm expansion
People management key for farm expansion

UK farmer Ed Dale spoke at today’s Positive Farming conference on the importance of people management for farm enterprises in...

Land drainage key for grass growth
Land drainage key for grass growth

Land drainage is seen as one of the most important components for achievement of Food Harvest 2020 goals. This is...

Farming in partnership, the view from Cork
Farming in partnership, the view from Cork

Cork-based farmer David Jennings spoke on his own experience of farming in partnership at today’s Positive Farming conference in Clonmel,...

‘Milk price outlook, the unforeseen risk of the US’
‘Milk price outlook, the unforeseen risk of the US’

“The huge increase in supplies of natural gas and oil in the US and Canada will probably pose a strong...