Payments
Barry Cassidy on 24 Jun 2021
Round two of final CAP talks kick off
CAP negotiators will have to bridge gaps in the budget for eco schemes and the volume of payment redistribution if they are to reach a deal.
Barry Cassidy on 23 Jun 2021
CAP Q&A: your farm payment questions answered
Readers of the Irish Farmers Journal have questions around the definition of an active farmer, payment convergence, and entitlement leasing.
Pat O'Toole on 23 Jun 2021
Low-key AGM for €2.5bn Kerry Co-op
A small attendance for Kerry co-op's virtual AGM heard little of the recent talks about the prospect of the co-op buying Kerry Group's Irish dairy business
Barry Cassidy on 23 Jun 2021
Battle for CAP funds taking place on two fronts
With CAP reforms set to be finalised in the coming days, attention is turning to the volume of extra funds that will be put forward by the Government.
Barry Cassidy on 23 Jun 2021
Deal or no deal – CAP reform balanced on a knife edge
CAP reform has entered another crucial stage, with a deal seemingly likely by the middle of next week.
Noel Bardon on 23 Jun 2021
Dual-purpose CAP slammed as ‘unworkable’ by the ICMSA
The head of the ICMSA has claimed that those expressing shock at the findings of an EU CAP sustainability report have misunderstood the intended function of the policy.
Barry Cassidy on 22 Jun 2021
Winding CAP road appears to have reached its end
The next seven days look set to be a defining moment for CAP talks, as efforts intensify to secure a deal by Tuesday 29 June.
Noel Bardon on 20 Jun 2021
Native meadows a step up from wildflower seed for pollinators
The Teagasc Signpost webinar series returned on Friday, with Úna Fitzpatrick of Biodiversity Ireland speaking on the all-Ireland pollinator plan.
Amy Forde on 16 Jun 2021
Farmers on low payments not after high payments of other farmers – INHFA
'Farmers on the lower payments have helped protect our budget, contrary to what some farmers on high-level entitlements of €600 to €700 may think,' an INHFA spokesperson said.
Peter McCann on 16 Jun 2021
A shift from flax and oats to livestock
There have been huge changes in Northern Ireland farming over the past century. Peter McCann reviews the statistics.
Niall Hurson on 16 Jun 2021
McConalogue and Carthy clash heads on CAP
Minister McConalogue took the position that key CAP decisions must be made at home and not in Brussels.
Amy Forde on 10 Jun 2021
EU anti-fraud unit busts fake farms claiming €850,000 in farm payments
As a result of agriculture and rural development accounting for one of the largest shares of the EU budget, this in turn makes it a “common target” for fraudsters.
Barry Cassidy on 09 Jun 2021
McConalogue leaves door open for front-loaded payments
Minister McConalogue is opposed to the mandatory introduction of front-loaded payments but said the possibility of introducing them needs to be debated.
Noel Bardon on 09 Jun 2021
Department pays out €13,500 to young farmer in National Reserve challenge
A young farmer who could not comply with the rules on education and National Reserve challenged the Department of Agriculture’s decision and won.
Barry Cassidy on 09 Jun 2021
Whatever CAP decisions are made, they need to be Irish decisions – McConalogue
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue outlined his priorities for CAP reform to Barry Cassidy after of a resumption of talks later this month.
Caitríona Morrissey on 09 Jun 2021
Farmer wrongly expelled from GLAS over slurry spreading
The Ombudsman found that the Department had imposed the wrong penalties on the farmer.
Pat O'Toole on 09 Jun 2021
Only a handful of farmers fail to get greening
Only 31 out of almost 750,000 BPS applications have failed to secure their greening payment over the last six years.
The Dealer on 09 Jun 2021
Farmers margins leave them marginalised
The combination of CAP reform and the climate action bill could leave thousands of farming operations unviable.
Caitríona Morrissey on 09 Jun 2021
Farmer wrongly expelled from GLAS over slurry spreading
The Ombudsman found that the Department had imposed the wrong penalties on the farmer.
Niall Hurson on 09 Jun 2021
163 agriculture complaints made to Ombudsman in 2020
Complaints to Ombudsman Peter Tyndall remained high throughout last year, despite the pandemic.