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Flexibility needed in Farming with Nature

Applications for the agri environment scheme opened last week and are set to close at 5pm on Friday 31 July

EDITORIAL 8 July 2026

Flexibility needed in Farming with Nature

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Farmers left with the burden of ash dieback

Farmers left with the burden of ash dieback

NORTHERN IRELAND 8 July 2026

€145,000 allocated for projects to promote forestry

€145,000 allocated for projects to promote forestry

NEWS 1 July 2026

New bill to end trees being planted near power lines

New bill to end trees being planted near power lines

New bill to end trees being planted near power lines

NEWS 15 June 2026

Farmers face ruin in south Lebanon

Farmers face ruin in south Lebanon

Farmers face ruin in south Lebanon

NEWS 10 June 2026

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Farm destruction in Lebanon will take decades to undo

Farm destruction in Lebanon will take decades to undo

The damage being done to Lebanese farmland will require a massive clean-up before farming can recommence in south Lebanon.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Changes made to NI nature scheme

Changes made to NI nature scheme

A further eight actions will be added to the Farming With Nature scheme in Northern Ireland this year.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 February 2026

Landowner fined €3,900 for not replanting trees in Galway SAC

Landowner fined €3,900 for not replanting trees in Galway SAC

Landowner told the court that he bought the lands as development lands and he was not aware that the lands were included in an SAC. Gordon Deegan reports.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Key factors in Ireland's forestry sector

Key factors in Ireland's forestry sector

"I suggest it is possible to deliver biodiversity to timber producing species, ie Sitka spruce, by planting in 50/50 intimate mixtures with other species like birch" – Jim Costello, Tralee, Co Kerry

LETTERS 11 February 2026

Farmers must be paid for nature restoration from new fund, Minister told

Farmers must be paid for nature restoration from new fund, Minister told

The Minister received the final report from the independent advisory committee on nature restoration, which will inform Ireland’s nature restoration plan.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Bush-burning ban drove shift towards heavier hedge mulching - Hedgerows Ireland

Bush-burning ban drove shift towards heavier hedge mulching - Hedgerows Ireland

Farmers have been warned that a method of hedge-cutting one group said is on the rise could be putting the health and integrity of their hedgerows at risk.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 11 February 2026

Farmer Writes: €3,000 for roan heifer

Farmer Writes: €3,000 for roan heifer

One wonders if prices will be similar when the next batch of calves are being sold, with bluetongue and Mercosur on everyone’s mind.

FARMER WRITES 11 February 2026

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How FJ Dynamics is supporting smarter decisions in the field

After more than two decades working with GPS technology, Tipperary contractor and dealer Robert O’Shea has witnessed precision farming become an increasingly important part of everyday farm management

How FJ Dynamics is supporting smarter decisions in the field

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