Forestry

How you can cash in on your forests

Forest revenue compares very favourably with cattle, sheep and tillage systems, writes Tom Houlihan.

FORESTRY 22 March 2026

How you can cash in on your forests

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Editorial: need for a balanced forestry programme

Editorial: need for a balanced forestry programme

VIEWPOINTS 18 March 2026

Supports are restoring confidence

Supports are restoring confidence

FORESTRY 18 March 2026

Sustainably grown Irish wood key element in reducing carbon footprint

Sustainably grown Irish wood key element in reducing carbon footprint

Sustainably grown Irish wood key element in reducing carbon footprint

FORESTRY 18 March 2026

Minister urges students to consider forestry

Minister urges students to consider forestry

Minister urges students to consider forestry

NEWS 18 March 2026

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Farmers
need clear signals on forestry goals

Farmers need clear signals on forestry goals

Commercial forestry programme essential if timber and timber products are to play a major role in timber frame construction and renewable energy, writes Donal Magner.

FORESTRY 6 March 2026

What shall we do with our hardwoods and non-spruce softwoods?

What shall we do with our hardwoods and non-spruce softwoods?

The Irish Sawmillers Guild (ISG) brings forest owners, small sawmillers, and woodworkers together to maximise hardwoods and 'minor conifers'.

FORESTRY 6 March 2026

New lease of life for afforestation?

New lease of life for afforestation?

Increases in fencing grants, flexibility in peatland planting and redefinition of qualifying farmers welcomed in MTR, but compatibility between forestry and other land uses need to be addressed.

FORESTRY 6 March 2026

French-style land market controls raised at Oireachtas

French-style land market controls raised at Oireachtas

A group of farm sector stakeholders is looking for an observatory that would shed light on land ownership trends.

NEWS 6 March 2026

Healy-Rae delivers €8m boost for forestry

Healy-Rae delivers €8m boost for forestry

The Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the Forestry Programme will deliver a 10-20% lift to the agroforestry premium as well as fencing and roads supports.

NEWS 6 March 2026

A wet summer in NZ is a reminder of home

A wet summer in NZ is a reminder of home

Zac Elkin from Craigantlet in Co Down is managing a dairy farm in Canterbury, New Zealand

FARMER WRITES 6 March 2026

'We don’t know who owns it' - non-farmer take of forestry funds on the rise

'We don’t know who owns it' - non-farmer take of forestry funds on the rise

Questions have been asked as to who are the private non-farmer interests in the forestry and land markets.

FORESTRY 6 March 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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