IFA Seek Full Payout of All Direct Payments
IFA Deputy President Eddie Downey welcomed the payout of €530m in Single Farm Payment to 107,000 farmers this week saying “this will provide a much-needed boost to cashflow in this extremely difficult year with both severe incomes and weather difficulties”. Eddie Downey said Minister Coveney must insist that all outstanding cases held up because […]
Minister Must Secure 70% Single Farm Payment Advance as Impact of Weather DEEPENS – IFA
IFA President John Bryan has called on the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney to secure a 70% advance on the Single Farm Payment from October 16ththis year, in response to the deteriorating weather and the income difficulties on farms. “The situation is worsening every day the bad weather continues, and the losses incurred in recent […]
IFA Secures Strong Commitment From Minister Coveney on Protecting the Single Farm Payment in CAP 2013
At a meeting in Dublin this week, the Minister of Agriculture Simon Coveney told the IFA President John Bryan that he was making some progress to deal with Ireland’s concerns on CAP reform, and especially on securing a flexible payment model based on approximation to protect the Single Farm Payment of farmers. Minister Coveney told […]
Good Start On Single Farm Payment Payout Must Continue – IFA
IFA President John Bryan said the Single Farm Payment (SFP) advance to almost 100,000 farmers this week, worth €476m, is a good start. He said all outstanding payments to around 20,000 farmers must be cleared and paid without undue delay. John Bryan said the Single Farm Payment and Disadvantaged Area payments are vital components of […]
Farming Update 10th June 2010
by PJ Phelan Grassland Management. Manage grass so as to ensure that grazing animals get leafy grass at all times. Stemmy grass is poor quality and results in poor performance. Do not be tempted to graze headlands of silage fields as neither cows or cattle will not perform well on it. Leafy grass should be […]
Farmers must make their Single Farm Payment application by next Monday, May 17th
IFA Deputy President Eddie Downey has said all farmers must make their Single Farm Payment application by next Monday, May 17th. He said the SFP application is vital to ensure that up to 130,000 farmers get paid their Single Farm Payment later in the year. In addition, the SFP application also ensures qualification for other […]
