A very special event will take place a week from tomorrow Thursday on the Starrett Family farm in Lifford in Co Donegal.
The Starretts were announced as the 2020 National winners of the NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk awards.
On Thursday, through a webinar and on social media, the Starrrett family will be explaining how they achieved this success.
More information is available on teagasc.ie/virtualmilkwalk.
FORESTRY and TREE-FELLING LICENCES
Meanwhile, IFA Farm Forestry Chairman Vincent Nally says that improvements to the appropriate assessment procedures, and the removal of the need to submit a Natura Impact Statement in order for a felling and road application to be prioritised, were positive developments.
However, he said farmers need clarity on when the backlog will be cleared.
The Department issued a circular to the industry notifying them of changes to private tree felling licence (TFL) applications following an internal review of the system and appropriate assessment procedures.
Vincent Nally says he very much hopes the changes will improve efficiency and get licences out quicker in the short term, until the recommendations from Project Woodland were forthcoming.
There are approx. 6,000 forest licences in the system, of which 1,860 which are privately held.
The Department’s target is to issue 4,500 new licences in 2021, or 375 licences per month.
To date approx. 1,500 have issued, with nearly 300 licences issuing in May.
