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‘The maximum payment is €6,900 in the year trees and hedges are planted’
The deadline for farmers to apply for REAP, or the Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP), is fast approaching.
Catherine Keena, Teagasc countryside management specialist, has...
Calls for further financial aid for beef finishers
ICSA beef chair, Edmund Graham, has called on Minister Charlie McConalogue to renew the Beef Finisher Payment for 2021. He believes beef finishers need...
‘A single robot will weed 15-20 acres per day’
Carbon Robotics recently unveiled its third-generation autonomous weed elimination robots.
According to the autonomous robotics company, the autonomous weeder leverages robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and...
Outrage at ‘delay in inviting factory bosses’ to Taskforce table
ICSA beef chair, Edmund Graham, has expressed outrage at “the delay in inviting meat factory bosses to the Beef Taskforce table”.
He said the farm...
‘Beef farmers will need €5/kg just to stay viable’
According to the ICSA, beef farmers will need €5.00/kg to cover soaring production costs to remain viable in 2021.
Its beef chair, Edmund Graham, has...
‘Calving earlier helps to maximise an animal’s lifetime performance’
In this article, Anna Truesdale, agri-environment adviser with CAFRE, highlights top tips for sustainable dairy farming.
Where there is a production efficiency gain, this will...
Average family farm income to increase to €25,600 in 2021 – Teagasc
The average family farm income (FFI) in Ireland may increase by 3% in 2021, a new report published today (Tuesday, February 23rd) by Teagasc...
A failure to graze enough in February will result in shortages in April
In this article, Michael Donoghue, B&T Dairy Adviser, Teagasc, Galway/Clare, discusses the importance of grass, a spring grazing plan, and a fertiliser plan.
Grazing...
Nitrogen skyrockets to €300/t – Carberry
ICSA tillage chair, Gavin Carberry, has described the speed at which the price of fertiliser has increased across Ireland over recent weeks as “staggering”.
He...
Chartered accountant and father farming 65 sucklers on part-time basis
As part of this week’s Suckler Focus, Catherina Cunnane, editor of That’s Farming, speaks to the O’Driscoll family owners of Thornhill Aubracs.
Thirty years ago,...
