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Northern Ireland
Over 6,000 NI farmers send ‘clear message’
Peter McCann
Thousands of NI farmers gathered in Lisburn on Monday evening for a UFU rally on inheritance tax.
20 November 2024 News
Farmers being 'short-changed' by CAP cuts
Teagasc’s most recent economic sustainability report showed that 41% of the country’s farms were considered economically vulnerable or non-viable farm businesses.
14 November 2024 News
Live debate: candidates clash on suckler and ewe ‘auction politics’
There were differing opinions on how to support suckler and sheep farmers among politicians at the Irish Farmers Journal general election live debate.
TB compensation payments owed to 1,800 farmers
The Department revealed the figure in response to a question from the Irish Farmers Journal.
14 November 2024 News
Harris to upgrade Department IT
I was in the crowd as Simon Harris spoke to farmers at the IFA national council on Tuesday.
13 November 2024 Dealer
New phase of turf cutting compensation scheme under consideration
Some 3,435 applicants had entered the Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme by the end of last year.
11 November 2024 Climate and environment
Is early slaughter the easy answer everybody says it is?
Adam Woods takes a look at early slaughter age, how to slaughter earlier and what the implications will be for the national kill.
6 November 2024 Markets
€14m of sheep welfare scheme payments commence
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue announced the rollout of the payments to 15,465 sheep farmers on Wednesday.
6 November 2024 News
ACRES will ‘fizzle out’ without full review - ICMSA
It comes in response to Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue’s announcement that a there will be a review into ACRES for farmers over the coming months.
4 November 2024 News
ACRES scoring and payment issues must be addressed - INHFA
The association held meetings with Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue in Kerry and Donegal to find workable solutions to ongoing issues in the scheme.
4 November 2024 News
EFS payments include £1.12m planner fees
The average fee for Environmental Farming Scheme planners equates to around £700 per scheme plan.
30 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Time to adjust to milk solids based payments
A looks at some of the main queries raised by farmers around new payment models for milk.
30 October 2024 Northern Ireland