Agri Week: Farm Construction, Agricultural Shows & EU Veterinary Medicines Regulation
On this week’s edition of Agri Week: Renewed calls are being made on the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to resolve the ongoing issue of prescribing animal doses as the new EU Veterinary Medicines…
New REPS scheme a ‘complete sham’, says IFA leader
IFA President Tim Cullinan says the Department is now drip-feeding out details of the ‘REPS-2’ Scheme. However, he described it as a ‘complete sham’ compared to the original Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS). The Minister…
Green Party plan for planting trees along rivers, watercourses
Grants may be offered to farmers to plant trees along rivers and watercourses to act as a ‘carbon sink’. There’s also be to be a new focus on preventing pollution of rivers and streams by…
Agri Week: Impact of Revised Climate Action Bill & Septic tanks discussed
On this week’s edition of Agri week: Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice believes the people of Ireland need to wake up to the consequences of the revised Climate Action Bill which was passed by Cabinet…
More flexibility with Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS)
Donegal TD and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. has today confirmed further flexibilities for the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme, commonly known as TAMS. The flexibilities are being introduced to make…
Frustrating times for agricultural show organisers
The Irish Shows Association has issued a statement today calling on the government to provide clarity on on the inclusion of events in the National Framework for living with Covid-19. The statement says that after…
Sligo IFA hold online AGM tonight
The annual general meeting of Sligo IFA will take place online this evening at 8:00pm. Guest speaker for the meeting is the Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue. The Minister will make his address in the…