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Amy Forde on 23 Jan 2022
Food ombudsman, vet medicines and fertiliser register bills to progress
The fertiliser register bill will allow for the collection of data on the sale and use of fertilisers at farm level.
Peter McCann on 19 Jan 2022
Farming should be with nature – UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has come forward with proposals for a “Farming with Nature” programme that aims to improve farm incomes and environmental sustainability.
Noel Bardon on 18 Jan 2022
Senator slams Ministers' ‘arrogance’ on peat report
The leader of Fine Gael in Seanad Éireann has hit out at what she has said is a failure of Government to act to resolve the horticultural peat crisis.
Noel Bardon on 17 Jan 2022
Allow horticultural peat harvesting on sub-30ha plots - report
A report released by the Government has recommended that the use of peat as a medium for growing fruits and vegetables should be ceased by 2030.
Barry Murphy on 13 Jan 2022
‘We must move beyond the divisive nature of the climate debate’ - IFA
Speaking to members of the Oireachtas, IFA deputy president Brian Rushe said agriculture's emission reduction targets will be an enormous challenge.
Darren Carty on 12 Jan 2022
National strategy for built vernacular heritage
Practical advice on vernacular heritage and what it means is included in the short guide for producers free in this week's Irish Farmers Journal.
David Wright on 12 Jan 2022
If we are clever, the money is there
There now seems to be a recognition among politicians that farming needs long-term support.
Noel Bardon on 12 Jan 2022
€13.5bn of food export growth must be passed to farmers – IFA
The IFA has said that farmers must be compensated for higher production costs with the additional value added to food exports.
Barry Murphy on 11 Jan 2022
Farmers will cull cows if there are incentives – Teagasc
Teagasc’s Dr Kevin Hanrahan sees Irish farmers responding to what he described as implicit taxes, which he says will affect how and what they farm.
Barry Murphy on 11 Jan 2022
Eight EU member states fail to submit CAP plans
Major EU agriculture players including Germany have yet to submit their CAP strategic plans.
Phelim O'Neill on 08 Jan 2022
Irish factories would benefit from transparency, as well as farmers
The level of information on beef beyond the farm gate has meant that US beef factories can credibly push back against the charges made by the Biden administration.
Amy Forde on 05 Jan 2022
National Archives: TB programme to ‘remove all sources of infection’
In 1991, the Irish Government said it would ensure that the TB programme ‘is adequately financed until it is brought to a successful conclusion’.
Amy Forde on 05 Jan 2022
National Archives: Set-aside scheme proposal to pay £56/ac
The Government of the day acknowledged that cereal incomes had become ‘severely depressed’ and that the increase in the levy to 6% would cost the sector £7m in 1991.
Pat O'Toole on 05 Jan 2022
‘We need to get more young people into dairy farming’ – IFA chair
The IFA dairy chair Stephen Arthur believes we need better pathways for a constant flow of youth into dairy farming.
Pat O'Toole on 03 Jan 2022
McConalogue is the farming politician of 2021
What politicians affected farming and farm policy throughout 2021? The Irish Farmers Journal political correspondent Pat O’Toole compiles his list.
Declan O'Brien on 30 Dec 2021
Agriculture included in new apprenticeship drive
The Government initiative seeks to create 10,000 new apprenticeships in areas such as the agriculture, logistics, engineering and hospitality sectors.
Amy Forde on 29 Dec 2021
Haughey phoned Goodman about sending minister to Iraq on beef debts
Amy Forde trawls through unsealed State papers from 30 years ago which detail events in Iraq concerning Irish beef.
Peter McCann on 29 Dec 2021
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming and food industry in Northern Ireland
Amy Forde on 29 Dec 2021
National Broadband Ireland coy on number of farms connected
Currently, there are 33,366 premises available to order, which means they are eligible to order services from a broadband supplier.
Rachel Donovan on 27 Dec 2021
Minister announces €2.7m for National Agricultural Soil Carbon Observatory
The funding will bee used to expand the Observatory which aims to reward farmers for actions that remove carbon and store it in our soils.