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BVD eradication finishing line in sight - Minister
Amy Forde
Good progress has been made with the incidence of BVD-positive calves decreasing to 0.03% in 2023 compared with 0.66% in 2013, the Minister said.
19 April 2024 News
McConalogue to pay €30,000 to driver for unfair dismissal
A WRC adjudicator has ordered the Minister to pay his former driver €30,000 compensation for his unfair dismissal which came into force on Christmas Day 2022. Gordon Deegan reports.
18 April 2024 News
Macra welcomes decision not to pursue cow exit scheme
'Culling scheme' is not the right approach, Macra has said following the minister's decision to take a cow reduction/exit scheme off the table.
Tillage Podcast: tillage area 'being eroded' - Minister
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue joins us on this week’s Irish Farmers Journal Tillage Podcast.
18 April 2024 News
Cutting dairy cow cull scheme ‘unbelievably cynical’ - ICMSA
ICMSA president Denis Drennan said farmers have been “led up the garden path” by the scheme not going ahead after being proposed two years ago.
18 April 2024 News
Ireland and UK to ‘iron out’ technical export issues - McConalogue
This comes following a meeting between Minister of Agriculture McConalogue and his UK counterpart, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Steve Barclay.
18 April 2024 News
All eligible applications in TAMS tranche three to be approved
Tranche four of TAMS, which is effectively now open, will close for applications on Friday 6 September, the Minister confirmed.
18 April 2024 Schemes
Minister kills cow exit plan
The Minister's comments come as co-op CEOs pile pressure on the Government to retain Ireland’s nitrates derogation. Amy Forde and Rachel Donovan report.
17 April 2024 News
Exclusive: tillage area slippage a concern - minister
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said the tillage area is being eroded and he is concerned about the area dropping.
17 April 2024 News
Nitrates derogation and dairy banding deadline extended
The nitrates application deadline is now Friday, 26 April, and the dairy excretion rate band deadline is now 15 May 2024.
17 April 2024 News
Nitrates derogation application and dairy banding deadlines extended
Minister McConalogue said the deadlines are being extended due to the current prolonged period of wet weather farmers are experiencing.
17 April 2024 News
Exclusive: details of €100/ha tillage payment
Here are the most up-to-date details on the tillage payment announced by the Minister for Agriculture on Saturday.
16 April 2024 News