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Beef
IFA encourages farmers to draw full €75/cow from Budget 2025 beef scheme
Noel Bardon
The IFA sees the 2025 Beef Welfare Scheme's actions as being practical and in line with good farm practice.
17 April 2025 News
ICSA wants payment limit in Beef Welfare Scheme upped to 100 calves
Increasing the payment limit would better support full-time suckler farmers, according to the ICSA.
16 April 2025 Money Mentor
Money Mentor: TB depopulation – what are the tax implications?
With more TB in herds, we discuss the tax reliefs when income is lost but compensation arrives.
Top beef claimant gets over £230,000
There is no upper limit applied to the Beef Carbon Reduction scheme in NI
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Commission could allow TAMS amnesty for young farmers
Young farmers could qualify for TAMS grant aid even if they do not meet slurry storage or other regulatory requirements, if the Commission sticks to its plans.
16 April 2025 News
Over 8,500 ACRES farmers still waiting for payment
Some 1,863 farmers have yet to receive their final payments for 2023 while 8,521 farmers are owed money for 2024.
16 April 2025 News
Dairygold sets milk price for March
The figure, based on constituents of 3.3% protein and 3.6% butterfat, is unchanged from the price set at the start of the 2025 and is inclusive of a 1.47c/l sustainability and quality payment.
15 April 2025 News
Kerry announces top up for milk supplied in 2024
Kerry Creameries Limited made the decision following consultation with the board of Kerry Co-Operative Creameries Limited.
14 April 2025 News
IFA negotiates new landowner payment agreements with ESB and EirGrid
One covers compensation and goodwill payments to landowners for the refurbishment and upgrade of existing overhead electric lines, the other is in relation to the placing of new underground cables.
10 April 2025 News
Suckler decline will continue, says expert
The number of suckler cows has been trending consistently downwards in recent years.
9 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Over 1,000 farmers yet to complete KT scheme criteria
These farmers' payments, which were due to issue last Monday, have been held up.
9 April 2025 News
Corncrake farmers receive €400,000 as numbers rise
Corncrakes are birds of low-intensity grasslands so many farmers have opted to reduce stocking density and levels of grass production while also allowing predator control to occur on their lands.
9 April 2025 Climate and environment