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Farm Tech Talk: €7/kg for beef, rules for peat soils and early grass
Jack Kennedy
This week, we chat to Adam about who is getting €7 per kilo for beef, to Darren on the details around the new rules for peat soils and Aidan on the benefits of early grass.
12 February 2025 News
New drainage rules linked to BISS farm payments
The Department has said that impacted farmers will be informed that they have GAEC 2 lands “in due course” with no time frame set for notification to issue.
12 February 2025 News
New rules for 35,000 farmers on peaty soils
It remains to be clarified if land reclamation works will be permitted on parcels receiving CAP payments.
BISS 2025 opens with two new conditionality standards
All farmers need to be aware of a new social conditionality standard, while GAEC 2 – governing the protection of wetland and peatland, will see restrictions for a significant percentage of farmers
12 February 2025 Schemes
New rules for peaty soils run against EU plans to cut red tape - IFA
The IFA has hit out at Minister Heydon for introducing new CAP rules for peatlands at the "11th hour".
11 February 2025 News
BISS fines loom on CAP peatland rules
It is thought that as many as 32,000 farmers are to be impacted by the new GAEC 2 rules.
5 February 2025 News
UK minister ‘sorry’ for inheritance tax raid
The annual Oxford Farming Conference took place in England last week. Peter McCann reports
15 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Start date for new suckler scheme set
The recent agreement on a draft budget by the NI Executive has given DAERA “security to move forward” with the new scheme.
1 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Can bogs solve Ireland’s solar woes?
With several large-scale solar farms planned for Ireland's boglands, Stephen Robb asks whether bogs could be the solution to the solar vs. agriculture land debate.
11 December 2024 Renewables
Midlands farmers are paid to restore farmed peatlands
The FarmPEAT project aims to compensate farmers for the water table on their lands, with decisions on the rollout of measures led by farmers.
11 December 2024 Climate and environment
700ac bog solar farm nears completion
Bord na Móna and ESB are nearing completion of the largest solar farm in Europe to be built on cutover peatland in Kildare
27 November 2024 News
New phase of turf cutting compensation scheme under consideration
Some 3,435 applicants had entered the Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme by the end of last year.
11 November 2024 Climate and environment