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Drystock farmers 'sleep walking' into nitrates penalties
Declan O’Brien
Farmers with high-phosphate soils are still purchasing fertiliser compounds such as 18-6-12 and 10-10-20, because it is what they have always done.
8 April 2024 News
Oireachtas committee looks to strengthen farmers' standing in scheme appeals
TDs and senators have proposed a number of amendments to the agricultural appeals bill, which they say will leave farmers in a better position to re-appeal Department scheme decisions.
20 March 2024 News
Exclusive: small farms to be exempt from CAP inspections
Some counties will see over one in every four of their farmers exempted from CAP inspections and penalties.
Plans to exempt 28,000 farmers from inspections
Significant flexibilities from calendar farming are proposed for tillage farmers.
20 March 2024 News
Commission plans CAP flexibility as it declares farming is in 'crisis'
Over 28,000 Irish farmers could be free from CAP inspections and payment penalties if the proposals are seen through.
13 March 2024 News
Kildare farmer’s Revenue settlement exceeds €525,000
A total of €15,000 in fines were imposed on farmers and an agricultural contractor in Q4 of last year for failing to lodge tax returns to Revenue.
12 March 2024 News
Farmer waits over four years for inspection result
ICSA general secretary Eddie Punch outlined at the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture the case of a farmer who had a penalty applied in February 2024 from an inspection carried out in November 2019.
28 February 2024 News
European Commission proposes to cut some farm inspections by 50%
The move will be discussed by agriculture ministers from across the EU at next week’s Council of Agriculture Ministers on 26 February.
23 February 2024 Schemes
Letter regarding the native tree area scheme
"While the scheme is admirable, it is not exactly accessible" - Marian Condren, Slatt Lawn, The Swan, Co Laois
21 February 2024 Letters
'Incentivise' farmers to consider female successors - report
A 12-point Government-backed action plan is now in place on the back of various recommendations outlined in the National Dialogue on Women in Agriculture report.
31 January 2024 News
Sheep and goat inventory due by 30 December
Sheep and goat farmers in NI have just over three weeks to return the annual stock inventory.
13 December 2023 Northern Ireland
Farmer Writes: Wisteria could wreck your house and your marriage
Gerald Potterton writes that the real beauty of a wisteria is not to have one on your own house, but to appreciate it on a stately home like Borris House.
8 November 2023 News