Beef
Suckler beef farmers attending a recent open day hosted by Fane Valley in Co. Derry pointed to the...
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has confirmed that the 2025 Beef Welfare Scheme is now open for applications.
The final details of the new suckler scheme with an increased payment rate are expected in the coming weeks.
Agri Politics
A number of new measures are being pledged for the agricultural sector under the new draft programme for government published today
Additional in-person training events for SCEP participants to facilitate farmers who cannot complete training online have been confirmed.
Rural Life
Farmers who have battled high input costs and poor weather conditions this year will be watching closely to see what Budget 2025 delivers.
ICSA suckler chair, Jimmy Cosgrave has called on the government to 'step up' with investment for suckler farmers, as numbers decline
Environment
'Hands off our land." That was the main message emerging from a farm talk in Co. Galway organised by the IFA to discuss rewetting
While farms in some areas of the country have got cattle out to grass, grazing still remains unworkable in many parts and sucklers and beef..
The ICSA has said that impending changes to the beef breeding indices were decided "without adequate consultation".
Beef News
A shortage in the supply of Irish suckler-bred beef cattle is "looming", the ICSA beef chair Edmund Graham has warned.
Beef Technical
Crowds of farmers gathered at Tuam Mart on Monday evening, October 23, for the annual sale of Norman Connolly's in-calf suckler heifers.
Farmers who are participating in SCEP and who have not met some necessary requirements have been given a second date.
IFA's Declan Hanrahan said Budget 2024 represents an increase in the overall funding, but the rate of payment per cow must be 'revisited'
IBLA west region chair, Eoin Donnelly has said that before farmers fill sheds with cattle or lambs, they should look for a contract
The ICSA is calling on the agriculture minister to immediately announce details of a replacement scheme for BEEP-S.
Agri-Business
The legislation relating to the establishment of an Agri-Food Regulator in this country has been...
The election of a president to for the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) will take...
Beef Plan Movement (BPM) has carried out a survey of suckler farmers to gauge their interest in the proposed ‘suckler reduction’ scheme.
Dairy farming in Ireland has changed significantly over the past number of years, particularly, since the abolition of milk quotas in 2015.
Genetics that can deliver low maintenance cattle have become more popular among suckler farmers according to Rose Goulding of the ICBC.
N.Ireland
This week, NI Minister for Agriculture, Edwin Poots launched a public consultation on the future shape of farm support measures.
The Regional Independents Group of TDs has called for a €200/suckler cow payment to be included in the Budget 2022 announcement in October.
