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Home Farm: Storm damage - wires and trees
Matt Dempsey
Within an hour chainsaws and a heavy duty loader were on the scene and the road was cleared.
29 January 2025 News
Call for generators to be included in TAMS
IFA poultry chair Nigel Sweetnam made the call following the extended power outage in the wake of storm Éowyn.
28 January 2025 News
New TAMS tranche and 60% slurry storage scheme open
The long-awaited details of the new slurry and manure storage scheme have been announced, with no prohibitive rules around such.
Farmer Writes: mistakes made, lessons learned
Padraig Callanan learned an important lesson on safety when carrying out farm building work recently.
22 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Close to two-thirds of tranche four TAMS applications approved to date
Approvals are ongoing for tranche four of TAMS III, as tranche six is set to open for applications on 23 January.
21 January 2025 Schemes
Roofing open tanks: a viable option?
Martin Merrick discusses the costs and options with roofing over a tank already in-situ.
15 January 2025 Buildings
TAMS LESS grant still out of bounds for derogation farmers
Martin Merrick outlines who is eligible with regard stocking rates and the TAMS LESS scheme.
15 January 2025 Schemes
Farm Tech Talk: TB proposals on cows, scanning and TAMS slurry storage
This week, we hear of new TB proposals, scanning ewes and update on the new slurry storage grants under TAMS.
10 January 2025 Podcast
Deadline of 14 January to accept organic manure movements
Movements of organic manures in 2024 must be verified by the importer by 14 January 2025 or else the movement will not be accepted.
8 January 2025 Schemes
Improving slurry application accuracy by retro-fitting a flow metre
One year ago, Peter Thomas Keaveney retrofitted a flow metre to an umbilical system, and offers his thoughts on the system and why every contractor should consider doing so.
8 January 2025 Farm machinery
Fewer farms now eligible for TAMS LESS grant aid
Farms stocked between 100kg N/ha and 129kg N/ha must now apply slurry using LESS methods, farms now stocked between130kg/ha and 150kg/ha organic nitrogen are now ineligible to avail of LESS grant aid.
8 January 2025 News
Close to 33,000 applications in TAMS III so far
Despite some IT setbacks and some poor reference costs, TAMS III has been a hugely popular scheme for farmers over the last two years.
8 January 2025 Buildings