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AMS checking compliance with ACRES actions

The Department is reminding farmers that the eye in the sky will be used again in 2026 to ensure that farmers are complying with seven common ACRES actions.

SCHEMES 4 March 2026

AMS checking compliance with ACRES actions

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Eye in the sky monitoring farming activity – Department

Eye in the sky monitoring farming activity – Department

NEWS 4 March 2026

Cavan Grassland Consultancy partners with Proveye

Cavan Grassland Consultancy partners with Proveye

NEWS 10 February 2026

Kildare grower praises low-cost pin-point retrofit Chinese auto steer

Kildare grower praises low-cost pin-point retrofit Chinese auto steer

Kildare grower praises low-cost pin-point retrofit Chinese auto steer

FARM MACHINERY 23 December 2025

Satellites on way to protect rural connectivity during emergencies

Satellites on way to protect rural connectivity during emergencies

Satellites on way to protect rural connectivity during emergencies

NEWS 22 September 2025

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Virtual fencing on the rise in Europe

Virtual fencing on the rise in Europe

Dutch writer Sjoerd Hofstee examines the rise of virtual fencing across Europe and looks at the range of providers on the market.

FEATURE 8 April 2025

West Cork dairy farmers trialling methane reducing technologies

West Cork dairy farmers trialling methane reducing technologies

Methane from enteric fermentation and manure management accounts for over two-thirds of Ireland’s agricultural emissions, and almost 20% of the country’s overall greenhouse gas emissions.

NEWS 8 April 2025

What is the eye in the sky doing in 2025?

What is the eye in the sky doing in 2025?

The Area Monitoring System will be used to ensure that the eligibility conditions of all area based schemes have been met in 2025.

NITRATES 8 April 2025

CNH partners with Starlink for improved satellite connectivity

CNH partners with Starlink for improved satellite connectivity

CNH Industrial, the parent company of the Case IH, New Holland and Steyr brands, has signed an agreement with Starlink to bring cutting-edge satellite connectivity to farmers.

NEWS 8 April 2025

Seven ACRES actions to be monitored by AMS in 2025

Seven ACRES actions to be monitored by AMS in 2025

Five further actions will be monitored by the use of satellite imagery in 2025 to ensure compliance with scheme requirements.

SCHEMES 8 April 2025

Total of 26,000ha of forestry damaged by storms, satellite images confirm

Total of 26,000ha of forestry damaged by storms, satellite images confirm

The minister urged forestry owners with impacted sites not to rush any forest management decisions.

FORESTRY 8 April 2025

Department seeks new satellite images for area-aid schemes

Department seeks new satellite images for area-aid schemes

The Department has invited tenders for its request for information from economic operators for the supply of satellite images to cover the entire Republic of Ireland within three years.

NEWS 8 April 2025

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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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