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Import tax to hit fertiliser hard
Aidan Brennan
CBAM, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, will be levied on fertiliser imports from January next, with urea particularly affected
11 June 2025 News
‘Solar In Action’ : rooftop solar roadshow rolls out across farms this summer
This June and July, the IFA will present opportunities to shine a light on solar energy use on participating farms across the nation.
5 June 2025 News
Tillage Podcast: 'we have been looking for €65m funding for tillage sector'
We chat to Kieran McEvoy on this week’s podcast about increasing tillage area and support for the sector.
Government needs ‘properly-funded plan’ for farmers on climate – Gorman
The IFA president was speaking at the agriculture and climate change conference in Dublin Castle.
5 June 2025 News
IFA calls for financial aid for tillage farmers
The IFA Grain Committee chairperson has said that a payment is needed to keep farmers in business in the tillage sector.
4 June 2025 News
Calls for political leadership on organics
It comes after Minister Martin Heydon reiterated his target of 10% of Irish agricultural lands being farmed organically by 2030.
4 June 2025 News
Calls for a 'fair' timber measurement system by sawmills for private growers
The sawmills are selling the finished product in cubic metres, so it would be a much fairer system if they purchased from private growers in the same way, John Roche of Arbor has said.
4 June 2025 Forestry
IFA Aquaculture in high-level meeting with EU Commissioner
Ambitious discussions took place in Castletownbere last week, during the meeting with the EU Commissioner for Fisheries and the Marine.
4 June 2025 News
Costs of rooftop solar to be examined at IFA roadshow
Farmers attending will hear from those who have already installed rooftop solar, learning about their experience, costs, benefits and practical insights into how it’s working on their farms.
29 May 2025 Renewables
Confusion over Boortmalt's harvest pricing
Farmers and merchants say they have no access to the average malting barley price from Boortmalt at present.
28 May 2025 News
Farmer data must not damage farmers - IFA
IFA president Francie Gorman was adamant that farmers' own data should not be used to discriminate against them. He was speaking at the AgTech Ireland/ Irish Farmers Journal conference.
28 May 2025 News
Crime gang targets farmers’ jeeps
Thieves in the locality of Meath have been on the look out for jeeps, quads, trailers and tools in particular over recent years.
28 May 2025 News