Farmers Encouraged to Engage with Farming for Water EIP – IFA
IFA Dairy Chair Martin McElearney has encouraged farmers to get involved with the Farming for Water EIP. “Improving water quality is critical to maintaining our nitrates derogation, this EIP can assist farmers to put more investments in place on our farms to protect water quality,” Martin McElearney said. Launched in 2024, this EIP is worth €50m […]
IFA Call For Greater Crack Down On Illegal Trespassing, Hunting And Threatening Behaviour
IFA Deputy President Alice Doyle has expressed outrage at the current levels of illegal hunting, lurching and trespass that is reported to be taking place all over the country. She highlighted the concern that has been evident from members of the farming community and landowners because of threats to their personal safety by these individuals. […]
ACRES Review Meeting Highlights Multiple Issues
Following an ACREs review meeting which was held earlier this week, John Curran IFA Rural Development Chair said that it is now up to the Department to make the changes that are needed. “With ACRES we need to simplify the whole process; improve lines of communication/transparency for farmers, and ultimately deliver more money into the […]
MEPs Amendments on EU Deforestation Regulation Will Help Simplify Implementation on Irish Farms
IFA President Francie Gorman has said that the outcome of the vote to endorse the simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation will be important. “While the objective of the Regulation is logical, the implementation of it at farm level was going to be onerous and potentially very bureaucratic for farmers. Today’s amendments should pave […]
More SCEP Training Venues Needed – IFA
IFA Livestock Chair Declan Hanrahan has called on the Minister for Agriculture to provide more training events for farmers in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme. He highlighted the need for these events to be run at convenient locations for farmers to attend and that they must be run in the afternoon or evening so that […]
IFA In Partnership With Croí Heart and Stroke Charity Launch Nationwide Farmer Health Checks Programme Coming to Thurles Mart This October
The IFA has announced a nationwide ‘Farmer Health Checks Programme’ which is set to be rolled out nationwide over the next six weeks. The initiative is being run in partnership with Croí Heart & Stroke Charity and will provide farmers across the country with the opportunity to receive a free health check worth €200 at […]
Taoiseach Must Pause Plans to Increase Water Charges – IFA
IFA President Francie Gorman has sent a letter to the Taoiseach expressing his view that a pause needs to be put in place with regard to plans for an increase in water charges on October 1st. “In light of the comments made by An Taoiseach at the Ploughing last week that he intends to use […]
IFA Analysis Shows 73% Increase in Costs at Farm Level in Last Seven Years
IFA Director of Policy Tadhg Buckley has launched the findings of a report into the effects of recent world events such as the global pandemic and the war in Ukraine on cost over the past seven years for the farming sector in Ireland. According to this report the most severely impacted sectors were dairy […]
Exemption of Farmland from Residential Zoned Land Tax Must be Delivered in Budget 2025
IFA National Farm Business Chair Bill O’ Keefe has called on the Minister for Finance to announce the exemption of actively farmed land from the Residential Zoned Land Tax. Mr. O’Keefe highlighted the importance of excluding farmed land from this tax, meant to be effective from February 2025. “While elected IFA representatives and farmer […]
IFA Sets Out Stall on Vet Meds Issue at DAFM Stakeholder Meeting
The IFA’s TJ Maher has expressed concern following the meeting of the IFA and the Department of Agriculture yesterday, that the implementation of the EU Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation 2019 – 2026 through the Statutory Instrument for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation could cause severely limited competition in the supply of veterinary medicines for farmers if […]