€225 Suckler Cow Payment and Dairy Beef Calf Rearing Support Following Budget Announcement – IFA

IFA National Livestock Chair Declan Hanrahan said that funding for a dairy beef calf scheme has been provided in addition to an increase of €225 per cow in support for suckler farmers following the Budget 2025 announcements by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.   He said the National Exchequer funding of €28 […]

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 […]

Prompt ACRES & Fodder Transport Payments Needed – IFA

IFA Rural Development Chair John Curran has made an appeal to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to deliver all maximum payments on time to farmers over the coming weeks.   Cashflow is becoming more and more of a problem on many farms, across all sectors. Minister McConalogue needs to ensure there are no […]