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MEPs back cuts to CAP red tape
Noel Bardon
The easing of red tape will allow member states give tillage farmers more flexibility on crop diversification and stubble cultivation rules.
10 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Farmer has DAERA charges quashed on appeal
A Tyrone farmer was originally convicted of a series of offences linked to a cattle identification inspection
31 March 2024 News
You must rotate crops under CAP
Farmers should remember that while crop diversification requirements do not apply for 2024, crop rotation requirements do.
Tillage farmers face €7,500 weather hit
Tillage farmers are facing into a year of huge financial losses and policy and regulations are increasing problems on farms.
7 February 2024 News
Minimal change to area payments before 2026
Most farmers will see little change in the rules around area payments next year.
17 January 2024 Northern Ireland
Farm rules and dates unchanged for 2024
Cross-compliance standards for 2024 were published by DAERA last week in a document that spans 97 pages.
3 January 2024 Northern Ireland
Cross-compliance comes to an end in England
The change is part of the on-going overhaul of agricultural policy in England since Brexit.
3 January 2024 Northern Ireland
Ensuring compliance with sheep animal identification requirements
There were in excess of 350 tagging and flock register breaches identified in cross-compliance inspections in 2022, with approximately 170 of these receiving a penalty.
2 December 2023 Management
Sheep Management: SIS queries, drafting considerations and weather checks
Adherance to the sheep improvement scheme reference number is important where the aim is to maximise scheme payments.
29 November 2023 Management
The sheep clean livestock policy refresher course
Poor weather and difficult ground conditions have brought the sheep livestock policy back into the spotlight.
26 November 2023 Management
News podcast: GPS slurry clamp down and dairy’s economic value
Listen in to this week’s news podcast for all the latest farming news. Hear about what you need to know in this week’s Irish Farmers Journal.
27 October 2023 News
Almost 8,000 cross-compliance inspections carried out in 2022
The Department of Agriculture has analysed the outcomes of the near 8,000 cross compliance inspections it carried out on farms in 2022. Barry Murphy reports.
25 October 2023 News