Vegetation
Andy Doyle on 05 Jan 2022
Tillage Management: frost could be used to knock excess catch crop vegetation
This is still very much the dormant period for tillage farming but there may be an occasional job still to be done in some crops or fields
Phelim O'Neill on 05 Jan 2022
Cerrado clearance in Brazil
The Cerrado is less high profile than the Amazon rainforest but still an area of significant natural vegetation that is being cleared.
Amy Forde on 24 Nov 2021
Watch: from cutting turf to rewetting the bog in Co Donegal
James Forrest stopped cutting turf on his bog in 2019 and began rewetting the area under the Pearl Mussel Project.
Amy Forde on 08 Sep 2021
Over €10,000 in fines handed down for hedgerow destruction
A conviction and fine for destroying a hedgerow and verbally abusing a National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Ranger was handed down to a Laois farmer earlier this year.
Peter McCann on 08 Sep 2021
New fund needed for peatland measures, says UFU
A series of broad targets for peatland restoration were contained within a DAERA consultation published in June 2021
Amy Forde on 05 Sep 2021
Offaly farmer fined €1,000 for hedgerow destruction
In his evidence to the court, conservation ranger Colm Malone stated that the vegetation was destroyed during the peak of the bird nesting season.
Amy Forde on 01 Sep 2021
Farmers did not cause Killarney national park fire – gardaí
“It wasn’t a farming matter and it wasn’t land clearance, we’re quite satisfied with that," Inspector Gary Thompson said.
Darren Carty on 23 Jul 2021
Department extends high-risk fire warning until Monday 26 July
The warning was due to end on Friday 23 July, but with fine weather forecast to continue, albeit with slightly lower temperatures, it has now been pushed out to Monday 26 July.
Darren Carty on 30 Jun 2021
Condition orange – high fire risk warning
The warning came into place on Tuesday 29 June with the highest risk expected to be on Friday 2 July and remaining in place pending significant rainfall until Monday 5 July.
Peter McCann on 09 Jun 2021
Peat compost to be banned in NI by 2025
A new peatland strategy for Northern Ireland was published by DAERA on Wednesday.
Darren Carty on 19 May 2021
Think carefully before you spray rushes and weeds
The maintenance of low input permanent pasture is the dominant measure selected under REAP and spraying of these areas could have a marked effect on the level of payment achieved.
Amy Forde on 16 May 2021
Goat herder wanted on Howth head for €45,000/year
The Old Irish Goat herd will be used for grazing of the extensive heathlands on Howth, on behalf of Fingal County Council.
Darren Carty on 28 Apr 2021
REAP may suit many beef and sheep farmers
There is a large cohort of beef and sheep farmers who, on paper, are a perfect fit for REAP and who should give careful consideration to it. Adam Woods and Darren Carty report.
Niall Hurson on 04 Apr 2021
International experts called in to help prevent wildfires on Sliabh Beagh
The experts will help define how fires spread and model how this may change in the future as a result of climate change.
Niall Hurson on 19 Mar 2021
Department to inspect 130ha of burned land
The Department has said it will contact those applicants who apply on burned lands in 2021, informing them of the consequence on their eligible area for payment.
Barry Cassidy on 16 Mar 2021
Kildare farmer fined €2,500 for illegal destruction of vegetation
The case was taken on behalf by the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Amy Forde on 10 Mar 2021
Almost 180 farmers' payments cut due to burning and overclaiming land
Some 231 land parcels and 1,705 ha of land were identified as burned during the closed period in 2020, with farmers's BPS payments cut as a result.
Barry Cassidy on 08 Mar 2021
Fire services respond to several weekend hill fires
Fire crews were called to blazes on Scarr mountain in Wicklow and Conlawn Hill in Laois over the weekend.
Barry Cassidy on 01 Mar 2021
Hedge-cutting period now closed
The cutting or trimming of hedges is not permitted between 1 March and 31 August.
Andy Doyle on 08 Feb 2021
Integration is the basis of survival
In a state where scale is large and the climate is harsh, the integration of livestock and cropping is critical for farm survival.