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Tillage
Tillage podcast: straw turnaround analysis and reaction
Siobhán Walsh
This week's podcast is all about straw as the Minister turns around on his decision to chop the straw scheme.
26 July 2024 News
Weekend weather: Highs of 22°C with some showers
Met Éireann has said that there will be a combination of sunny spells along with scattered showers in certain places over the weekend.
25 July 2024 News
Straw scheme U-turn and new €175/ha baling payment
An agreement has been reached between the farm organisations and the Minister for Agriculture on straw incorporation.
Harvest 2024 photo competition opens
The Irish Farmers Journal and Goldcrop have teamed up to find the best harvest photo for 2024. The winner will receive €1,000 worth of Goldcrop seed.
25 July 2024 News
Tensions high as straw row escalates
Tillage farmers are furious over the lack of clarity surrounding the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM).
24 July 2024 News
How to prepare for wholecrop harvest
Tullamore Farm prepares to harvest wholecrop at the start of August. Kelsey Daly looks at what stage to cut it at, how to store the crop and the need to test it for dry matter and protein.
24 July 2024 Footprint Farmers
Potatoes, maize and a lack of sunshine
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Dublin, Kilkenny, and Meath, where the harvest has not kicked off just yet.
24 July 2024 Crops
Exclusive: €3bn blow to the economy and thousands of jobs on the line
Delivering a 25% reduction in emissions, the loss of the nitrates derogation and CAP changes could combine to cost the rural economy up to €3bn annually and as many as 29,000 jobs could be lost.
24 July 2024 News
Tillage incomes plunge by 71% in 2023
In 2023, about half of farmers in the sector undertook the Straw Incorporation Measure, and received an average payment of over €5,500.
24 July 2024 News
Minister wants 'quality straw' baled
This is a change from the Minister on the Straw Incorporation Measure which he sought to suspend last week.
24 July 2024 News
New 70% slurry storage grant to open
The European Commission approved the 70% slurry storage grant scheme back in April.
24 July 2024 News
€10m to be recouped from ACRES overpayments
Some 4,748 ACRES co-operation participants and 1,039 general participants have been overpaid and will need to return funds in the coming months. Darren Carty reports
24 July 2024 Schemes