Podcast
Kevin Leahy farms around 350 acres with his father and uncle near Causeway, Co. Kerry, but he says the sector is under growing pressure.
Tillage
The Department of Agriculture is working on requests from farmers to withdraw or amend their Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) applications.
Teagasc has advised farmers to secure straw supplies amid a reported increase in demand in the south-east.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said all applicants for the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) have been accepted for 2026.
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Minister Martin Heydon is facing calls to confirm that everyone accepted into the SIM scheme will receive their full payment this year.
Schemes
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) paid out a further €28.09 million to farmers under ACRES last week.
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As part of the Farm Conversations: Why CAP Matters podcast, we've been finding out exactly what...
Payments are on the way to farmers under the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) according to the Minister Martin Heydon.
A significant number of tillage farmers may wish to withdraw some fields from the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM).
N.Ireland
Co Derry merchant, Robert Miller is confirming that straw availability on the island of Ireland is very strong at the present time.
Agri Politics
A decision to accept all applicants for this year's Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) is a "welcome...
The IFA welcomed today's (Tuesday, June 17) announcement that all applicants for the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) will be accepted.
Rural Life
Minister Heydon has confirmed that 123,705 farmers applied online for the BISS and other area-based schemes before the May 15 deadline.
It is understood that the Baling Assistance Payment, which was put in place last year to support baling straw, will not be reinstated.
Payments totalling €1.9 million are currently being issued to farmers under the Baling Assistance Payment (BAP).
Payments worth €4.8 million have commenced issuing to farmers today (Wednesday, December 11) under the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM)
Agri-Business
Just over €229,000 has been issued in outstanding scheme payments by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine this week
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has officially launched the new Baling Assistance Payment (BAP) Scheme.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has released further information about the new scheme for baling straw this year.
Teagasc has recently published figures, which put a financial value on chopped straw that is returned to the soil
The amended Straw Incorporation Measure and associated baling scheme will be paid for by a ringfenced funding Minister McConalogue said.
The Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) will not be deferred for 2024 and will proceed this year, according to the IFA and the IGG.
