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Accessible locations for SCEP training must be confirmed - IFA
James Hanly
During his announcement, the Minister acknowledged that the online facility provided to date has not been easily accessible for a significant number of farmers.
Accessible locations for SCEP training must be confirmed - IFA
Factories look set to scramble for cattle
28 August 2024 News
Factories look set to scramble for cattle
Adam Woods has the latest on a possible shortage of finished cattle towards the end of 2024.
Over 6,400 farmers progressing with SCEP training
28 August 2024 News
Over 6,400 farmers progressing with SCEP training
Within this figure, over 4,000 farmers have fully finished their mandatory training, which must be completed by all participants by 15 November 2024.
8,678 applications submitted to Beef Welfare Scheme
The rate of applications being submitted has increased in recent days and is likely to continue to intensify, as the application deadline of 24 September approaches.
28 August 2024 News
Owens: evidence and science must be used to stop TB
It comes after the BBC last week broadcast the documentary ‘Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me’, which discussed the transmitting of bovine tuberculosis in the UK.
28 August 2024 News
Owens swaps rugby refereeing for livestock judging at Dualla
Since finishing his career as a referee in 2020, Owens has retired to his farm near Pontyberem in Wales with his very own herd of Hereford cows.
25 August 2024 News
Over 15,000 more farms face splash plate ban
The Department of Agriculture expects that, by next year, 41,000 farmers will be required to use LESS to spread slurry.
21 August 2024 News
Blackleg vaccines in tight supply
Vets have warned that the scarcity of vaccine could pose problems moving forward.
21 August 2024 News
New slurry rules on way for 15,000 farmers
From next year, farmers with a stocking rate of between 100kg of organic nitrogen per hectare and 129kg N/ha will be banned from using splash plates.
21 August 2024 News
My Farming Week: Padraig Hickey, Ballina, Co Tipperary
'With suckler numbers reducing year on year, we are conscious that if we keep producing quality weanlings there will be a market there for them,' Hickey said.
21 August 2024 News
Farmers ‘shouldn’t panic’ about the EU-Mercosur deal
Former EU agri trade official is among the speakers lined up for the ASA’s 2024 conference in Kilkenny.
21 August 2024 News
No end to the scale of beef production in Brazil
Managing grass in Brazil follows the same principles as our lush pastures in Ireland but it has some added complexities, writes Michael Martin.
21 August 2024 Feature