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Beef
IFA encourages farmers to draw full €75/cow from Budget 2025 beef scheme
Noel Bardon
The IFA sees the 2025 Beef Welfare Scheme's actions as being practical and in line with good farm practice.
16 April 2025 l2
IFA’s Ready to Lead programme kicks off
The six-day programme, led by the IFA, FBD Insurance and Farm Business Skillnet, will aim to foster the next generation of agricultural leaders through a series of sessions with those in the sector.
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
Home Farm: BISS form submitted
On the cattle side, at long last we can operate the technology to see the Commercial beef value of the cattle we have on the place.
Macra's next president is well-connected.
Josephine O'Neill has connections to a former Minister for Agriculture and a former Macra president, among others.
16 April 2025 Dealer
Good land can’t be ‘lost to other uses’
The 2025 Finding Common Ground conference was held in the RDS on Wednesday where discussions focused on the opportunities for new land use change.
16 April 2025 News
ESB seeking more power for land access - ICMSA
The proposal would allow the ESB to reappraise of the network system in farms and forestry plantations following the breakdowns and delayed reconnections in the aftermath of the storm.
16 April 2025 News
Glyphosate resistance a concern for all weed control - IFA
The tests were completed based on both glasshouse assessments and a molecular analysis of the confirmed Italian ryegrass population.
16 April 2025 News
France ‘remain opposed’ to Mercosur – IFA
This comes after the association’s president, Francie Gorman, met with the French ambassador to Ireland Céline Place in the Irish Farm Centre to discuss the trade deal and other issues.
14 April 2025 News
Agricultural tyre levy will create ‘tyre-based black economy’ - IFA
The IFA urged the government to retain the current derogation until market imbalance issues are addressed and a practical disposal system for existing waste tyres on farms is put in place.
11 April 2025 News
‘Safety is not an optional extra, it’s a priority’ – IFA
The scheme, announced by Minister Martin Heydon and Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, allows farmers to write off 50% of the cost of eligible safety equipment each year over two years.
11 April 2025 Farm safety
IFA negotiates new landowner payment agreements with ESB and EirGrid
One covers compensation and goodwill payments to landowners for the refurbishment and upgrade of existing overhead electric lines, the other is in relation to the placing of new underground cables.
10 April 2025 News
Further GAEC-2 derogation needed – IFA
The IFA has continually raised the disproportionate impact of GAEC-2 on Irish farms since it first appeared in the draft EU CAP proposals.
9 April 2025 l2