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Northern Ireland
Carbon targets not linked to payments
Peter McCann
It will be a condition to conduct carbon footprinting to claim the new Farm Sustainability Payment from 2026.
22 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Lifetime assurance back on the agenda
Previous attempts to introduce the concept of lifetime farm assurance have failed
1 January 2025 Viewpoints
Home Farm: Analysing our dairy beef results
The difference in final price between the best and the worst was a really signifiant €340.
Assurance schemes can’t keep adding new rules
A series of reports during 2024 have highlighted the robust assurance standards already in place for UK and Ireland farmers
23 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Home Farm: Quality Assurance inspection time
I had looked at getting vermin-proof roller doors but the cost was significant, the gain marginal and the inconvenience and the exposure to possible breakage through machinery damage was real.
27 November 2024 Viewpoints
Getting through the first SBLAS audit
Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.
26 November 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
End of expansion ups ante on adding value to milk - Ornua
Ornua's CEO insists that adding value to the existing milk pool is where future revenue growth lies for the dairy sector.
31 October 2024 News
Bord Bia QA revamp draws farmer ire
Bord Bia's proposed revamp of the Quality Assurance scheme became the main talking point at the IFA Munster Regional meeting earlier this week.
16 October 2024 News
Lower uptake of Bord Bia QA with sheep farmers a ‘challenge’ for exports
Only around two in every three lambs slaughtered are quality assured, Bord Bia's figures show.
14 October 2024 News