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Dairy
Leeway given on derogation paperwork issues
Noel Bardon
Over 100 farmers have been given a second chance to get all required paperwork submitted before their application is decided.
12 March 2025 News
Payment penalties for farm safety breaches
Farmers found to have broken PTO covers on machinery during HSA inspections are unlikely to be fined under new BISS rules, the Department insists.
5 March 2025 News
Call for Department to regulate hemp
Currently, farmers looking to grow the crop must apply through the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) to obtain a licence which comes with regulations and farm inspections.
Farmer Writes: no point saying no to an inspector
I suppose it's important to remember that Department inspectors are only out trying to do a job, they’re not out to get anyone.
27 January 2025 Farmer Writes
ICMSA calls for inspections to be suspended in wake of storm Éowyn
ICMSA deputy president Eamonn Carroll said the last thing farmers need is an inspection by the Department of Agriculture or local authorities.
27 January 2025 News
Weekend weather: storm to be followed by cold and mixed conditions
With storm Éowyn due to make landfall in the early hours of Friday, the following two nights are forecast to be cold, with mixed conditions on Sunday.
24 January 2025 News
Lifetime assurance back on the agenda
Previous attempts to introduce the concept of lifetime farm assurance have failed
22 January 2025 Northern Ireland
New nutrient movement app designed to meet tighter deadlines
Since 1 January 2025 any person exporting organic nutrients must record the movement with the Department within four days of it occurring.
15 January 2025 Management
Brexit off the airwaves but still on the ground
Traders in Ireland and the UK have moved from discussing Brexit to living with it.
24 December 2024 News
Cost of inspections on farms revealed
One-fifth of farmers spend over €1,000 each year on paperwork in order to comply with farm scheme regulations, and lose a day to prepare for each inspection.
23 December 2024 News
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
Inspections push up farmer stress levels
Fifty-nine percent of dairy farmers admitted to be stressed or very stressed by farm inspections, and Irish Farmers Journal survey found.
23 December 2024 News