Agri Politics
A Co. Wexford TD told the Minister for Agriculture that a support package for tillage farmers that consists of €11/ac "warrants a slap",
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently working out how to best spend over €9.5 million in EU funding.
The EU Commission said today that it is proposing to allocate a support package worth over €9.5 million to Irish farmers.
Rural Life
The Rural Independent Group of TDs has called on the government to acknowledge the rising costs of...
The TBESS will be extended to May 31 relative to costs incurred in September 2022, and will contain a number of enhancements.
Pig/Poultry
Pig farmers have been reminded that applications to the 2022 Pig Exceptional Aid Scheme close at midnight on Monday, July 11.
The exclusion of soft fruit growers from the Horticulture Exceptional Aid Scheme has been called "inexplicable" and "unacceptable" by the IFA.
The Cabinet's approval of a €3 million potato seed scheme today (May 24), has been welcomed by Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey.
he announcement of a lump sum scheme to address the inputs crisis will not provide any extra EU funding for farmers, the IFA has said.
The horticulture sector is set to receive €2.8 million in aid funding as part of a package approved by Cabinet yesterday afternoon.
Grassland farmers are 'in limbo' without an announcement of supports from the Department of Agriculture, the ICMSA has said.
No decision has been made yet by the DAFM as to whether national funding will be provided to top up a financial-support package for farmers
Minister Heather Humphreys has announced the appointment of Mary Hurley as the new secretary general of her department
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has welcomed the opening of the €100 million capital investment programme for primary food processing.
N.Ireland
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has outlined the sectors eligible for a £25 million Covid-19 financial support package today (June 30).
