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Tillage
‘Budget lacked any tillage vision’ - IGGG
James Hanly
Minister for Finance Jack Chambers announced a €40/acre payment for all tillage and field-grown crops and confirmed that the Straw Incorporation Measure will return to its original state in 2025.
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.
24 July 2024 News
Tensions high as straw row escalates
Tillage farmers are furious over the lack of clarity surrounding the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM).
Calls for minister to reverse decision on straw
The IFA and IGG met the Minister for Agriculture on Tuesday to discuss the debacle.
24 July 2024 News
Straw Incorporation Measure fiasco
The Straw Incorporation Measure Fiasco is something may still be resolved ,but it was always entirely avoidable.
24 July 2024 Dealer
Minister refuses to reverse straw scheme suspension
The IFA and the IGGG met with the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue in Agriculture House in Dublin this morning to discuss the Straw Incorporation Measure.
23 July 2024 News
Timeline: updates on minister's changes to the straw measure
Here is a rundown on all the major moments since the minister announced that he was seeking to suspend the Straw Incorporation Measure.
21 July 2024 News
Listen: The Last Straw as farmers speak out on straw scheme
In this special episode, the Irish Farmers Journal team talk to two farmers who have already chopped straw and to farm organisations meeting the Minister
19 July 2024 News
'This isn’t going to deliver what you expect' - IFA chief on straw measure
The Minister for Agriculture said there wasn’t a bale of straw to be got last spring and this was one of the reasons he is seeking to suspend the Straw Incorporation Measure.
18 July 2024 News
Tillage delegation meets Minister on scrapping straw scheme
The Irish Grain Growers Group and the Irish Farmers’ Association met with the Minister for Agriculture at Gurteen Agricultural College this Thursday.
18 July 2024 News
Farm leaders savage minister for scrapping straw scheme
Farm leaders have criticised Minister McConalogue's decision to suspend the Straw Incorporation Measure
17 July 2024 News