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Plans unveiled for cutting CAP red tape and reducing inspections
Noel Bardon
It has been proposed that farmers below 10ha are exempted from CAP inspections, while those above this threshold see fewer on-the-ground inspections as a result of better satellite checks.
13 March 2024 News
Convergence a crude way to deliver farm payments – Gorman
IFA president Francie Gorman calls for an increased CAP budget and outlines what's next in terms of protest action to news editor Amy Forde.
13 March 2024 News
Farmers know best how to restore nature, says Ó Cuív
Speaking at a Dáil debate on the nature restoration law, Éamon Ó Cuív said farmers should be the ones shaping nature restoration measures.
A 71% jump in entitlement sales in 2023
Industry sources are predicting another busy year for entitlement sales, with the two-year amnesty on the 20% clawback rule for entitlements traded without lands finishing in 2024.
13 March 2024 Schemes
Department scraps the three-crop rule for 2024
Many farmers have been under pressure to meet these requirements.
13 March 2024 News
Three-crop rule gone for 2024
The Minister for Agriculture has implemented force majeure in exempting tillage farmers from the three-crop rule for 2024. Anne O'Donoghue and Siobhán Walsh report.
13 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
Schemes payment update: BISS, eco, ANC, SCEP and tillage payments
SCEP payments totalling €4.95m accounted for the highest level of payments this week.
8 March 2024 News
'Revamped CAP' needed to fund nature restoration
Moran insisted that farmers will have to be paid for any improvements in habitats and the environment which their actions deliver.
6 March 2024 News
Suckler systems at a crossroads
Adam Woods previews what’s inside this week’s Irish Farmers Journal suckler Focus.
6 March 2024 Breeding & health
Rewetting in the hands of Government, Commissioner Sinkevicius confirms
In a letter sent to MEP Billy Kelleher, Commissioner Sinkevicius said how the Nature Restoration Law is applied in each country is up to individual member states.
5 March 2024 News
Opinion: four days can be a long time in the world of farming red tape
The new requirement to report all slurry exports within four days followed within four days of a ministerial commitment to minimise red tape.
2 March 2024 Opinion