Schemes
The MREF has slammed the Department of Agriculture for moving to exclude domestic dwellings from the solar PV measure under TAMS.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is looking to hire temporary veterinary inspectors for its meat inspection services.
Tillage
Minister Heydon has announced the start of payments totalling €29.1 million under the new National Tillage Sustainability Support Scheme.
The department has confirmed that there will be an exemption under requirements related to the arable fallow action of ACRES.
The total number of application approvals issued under the current TAMS since it commenced in 2023 has now surpassed 43,000.
Beef
The IFA has said that the Department of Agriculture will "simplify" some of the procedures around prescribing bluetongue virus vaccines.
There are further calls for the calculation of limits on slurry imports to be based on the preceding year's figures.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is being called on to make bluetongue vaccines available in smaller quantities.
Forestry
SEEFA, the forestry association, has welcomed the publication of the Mid-Term Review of the Forestry Programme 2023-2027.
Minister of State for forestry Michael Healy-Rae has announced the results of the mid-term review of the Forestry Programme 2023-2027.
The proposed review of Bord Bia will examine the eligibility for membership of the agency's board and for the appointment of its chairperson.
Minister Martin Heydon has announced that payments for scheme year two of a key dairy beef scheme are underway.
Farm organisations are understood to be concerned over a potential drop in carcass weights if the age at slaughter decreases.
The department has issued an official reminder for key dates and details for actions for the Co-operation Project (CP) stream of ACRES.
The department is looking to hire an 'earth observation specialist' to work on the satellite-based Area Monitoring System (AMS).
Beef exports from Ireland to China have been stopped again due to the detection of bluetongue here just two weeks after the market reopened.
Minister Heydon has announced that participants in SCEP now have access to amend their 2026 yearly reference number if they wish to do so.
The closing date for key schemes in the horticulture sector are fast approaching, with the closing date this week.
Ministers Martin Heydon and Noel Grealish have announced that Vietnam will begin accepting beef products from Ireland.
Sheep
The department has said that flock keepers should fill out and complete their forms under the National Sheep and Goat Census today.
There was a 14% increase in sales of fertiliser containing nitrogen in the last full sales year compared to the previous sales year.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is looking to take on archaeologists to work in its Forest Service.
DAFM has said it is possible for farms restricted with TB to avoid being caught out on the ranking and selection criteria under TAMS.
