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Dairy Day: processors warn of milk plant shutdowns if derogation is lost
Amy Forde
If the derogation was to drop to 170kg N/ha, it would cause a cliff-edge fall in milk supply, the chair of Lakeland Dairies has said.
20 November 2024 News
Analysis: farming promises in party manifestos
With detailed manifestos from all the major parties listing specific costed policies for farming, what exactly is on offer?
18 November 2024 News
Fine Gael vows to cut red tape in farming and look at a new vet school
Party pledges to fight to increase the CAP budget, to advocate for new funding streams to assist farmers in meeting additional requirements and to simplify schemes post-2027.
Three steps to secure the Irish dairy industry’s future
Aidan Brennan takes a look at the steps needed in order to capitalise on the future opportunities facing the dairy farming sector.
17 November 2024 Dairy Day
Tensions flare between outgoing ag ministers over derogation
Martin Heydon and Pippa Hackett exchanged heated words over the role EU politics will play in the derogation debate.
14 November 2024 News
Environmental scheme with €15,000 payment among IFA election asks
The IFA has launched its submission to political parties and general election 2024 candidates.
13 November 2024 News
Dairy Day view from Abroad: Corrigan Sowman and Auko Sikkenga
Dutch dairy farmer Auko Sikkenga and New Zealand dairy farmer Corrigan Sowman are some of the guests speaking at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Dairy on 21 November, writes Noel Bardon.
13 November 2024 Dairy Day
The dairy outlook: more volatility and uncertainty on the horizon
While farmers are processors face different opportunities and challenges, the future for all will be driven by some one key event.
13 November 2024 Dairy Day
Martin pledges farm retirement scheme if elected
There is a need to facilitate farm retirement to have a much smoother and incentivised progression of young people into farming, the outgoing Tánaiste has said.
13 November 2024 News
More CAP money, new environmental scheme and derogation - IFA election asks
The IFA has launched its submission to political parties and general election 2024 candidates.
13 November 2024 News
Martin vows to fight for bigger CAP budget
"The EU does need more money to develop its work, but it can’t be at the expense of the CAP," Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin told the IFA national council on Tuesday.
12 November 2024 News
€350/suckler cow among Fianna Fáil’s election promises to farmers
Fianna Fáil outlined that if it was returned to government, it would approve €300m over five years to expand the tillage sector.
11 November 2024 News