Agri Week: Agri Plan 2021 & reaction to Aurivo Financial returns.
On this week’s edition of Agri Week: The Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue discusses the Argi plan for 2021. Reaction to the publication of the Aurivo financial figures for the financial year…
Charlie McConalogue urged to protect farmers EU payments
The Agriculture Minister, Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue is being urged to intervene to make sure up to 40,000 Irish farmers don’t lose out on EU payments. A change to the Common Agricultural Policy in…
GLAS balancing payments commencing this week
GLAS balancing payments for 2020 are commencing ahead of schedule this week. Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue made the announcement today that €26.6m will be made to 43,400 farmers who are participating in the scheme.…
A resilient performace for Aurivo in 2020
Aurivo have published their financial figures for 2020. Despite challenges such as Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic the North based Co-op published strong returns for the year. Aurio have recorded a record sales turnover of…
Minister’s plan, who’s taking over the farm and BEEP scheme deadline
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue, has brought a Statement of Strategy and an Action Plan to Cabinet today detailing five goals to support farm incomes, the environment…
Call for legal protection for marine conservation areas
Marine Protected Areas should be created in Irish law, according to the Irish Wildlife Trust. The body says it doesn’t oppose the construction of off-shore wind turbines, but insists it should be balanced with protections…
Claremorris show the latest to fall victim to Covid
Another major agricultural show has fallen by the wayside for 2021. This year’s staging of the Claremorris Agricultural Show is has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. The event one of the highlights of…