Advisers
Darren Carty on 26 Apr 2021
REAP: selecting measures and calculating the likely level of payment
The pilot scheme is results-based, with the level of payment based on an assessment by the applicant’s adviser and the allotted score determining one of eight levels of payment.
Darren Carty on 24 Apr 2021
REAP: assessing if my application will be successful
There is a maximum of 2,000 participants allowed in the pilot scheme and in the likely event of this number being exceeded, then selection criteria and ranking will come into play.
Amy Forde on 13 Apr 2021
Wanted: farmers for results-based pilot corncrake scheme
The €5.8m Corncrake Life Project will run over the next five years and is looking for expressions of interest from farmers for 2021.
Darren Carty on 07 Apr 2021
38,976 Basic Payment Scheme applications submitted
Farmers are advised to continue to submit applications promptly and to consult their adviser or consultant where there are significant changes required to this year’s application.
John Sleigh on 07 Apr 2021
Programme drives production in the hills
Andy Duffus talks to John Sleigh about his experiance with the Farm Profit Programme
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 19 Jan 2021
IFA calls BEAM clawback ‘flawed’
The organisation has met with the Minister for Agriculture on the issue as 18,000 currently face a clawback in funds from the scheme.
Amy Forde on 10 Jan 2021
Irish sheep farmers to take part in €4.6m EU climate scheme
The LIFE Green Sheep project aims to reduce the carbon footprint of sheepmeat and milk production by 12% in five EU countries.
Peter McCann on 06 Jan 2021
Monitoring milk yields and meal feeding
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland are benchmarking margin over concentrate each month. Peter McCann reports
The Dealer on 16 Dec 2020
Will Department staff train up?
The Department wants to see advisers keep up to date with continuous professional development. Will they participate themselves?
Peter McCann on 09 Dec 2020
‘Farming for nature is economic suicide’
In his new book, James Rebanks makes the case for finding the middle ground between agricultural production and conservation.
Darren Carty on 04 Nov 2020
Department extends tranche 19 of TAMS II by two weeks
A tweet from the Department of Agriculture account on Friday evening announced the deadline has been extended by two weeks to 13 November 2020.
Darren Carty on 31 Jul 2020
TAMS tranche 17 closes in less than a week
Farmers have until midnight on Friday 7 August to submit an application, with no information as yet on whether a subsequent tranche will open.
David Wright on 25 Mar 2020
Farmers must abide by the coronavirus rules
We need businesses that service the industry to stay open, so that means doing exactly what we are told
Peter McCann on 13 Mar 2020
‘No conspiracy of silence’ in RHI, inquiry finds
The independent public inquiry into Northern Ireland's Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme published its findings on Friday.
Tommy Heffernan on 27 Nov 2019
One Health and the environment
The environment plays a key role in the control of antibiotic resistance. Tommy Heffernan explains why we talk about the #onehealth message of humans, animals and the environment.
Amy Forde on 15 Oct 2019
Farmers ill-served by a dated farm advisory model - report
The Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA) has launched the first major review of farm advisory services in over three decades.
Matthew Halpin on 18 Sep 2019
Farm walks 2019 comes to an end
Matthew Halpin reflects on the recent series of autumn BETTER farm beef challenge walks
Matthew Halpin on 04 Sep 2019
Watch: in conversation with autumn walk host James Flaherty
Matthew Halpin recently caught up with Kerry BETTER farmer James Flaherty and his Teagasc advisers ahead of his upcoming autumn walk.
Matthew Halpin on 03 Sep 2019
Watch: in conversation with autumn walk host Tommy Holmes
Matthew Halpin recently caught up with Mayo BETTER farmer Tommy Holmes and his Teagasc advisers ahead of his upcoming autumn walk.
Adam Woods on 04 Jul 2019
BETTER Farm open day herd in top 5% nationally
Adam Woods reports on the first BETTER Farm summer walk of 2019 which took place on Wesley Browne’s farm in Co Monaghan.