Minister Must Act Now & Introduce Temporary Suspension on Timber Log Imports
IFA Farm Forestry Chair Jason Fleming said following the finding of the monetary pine bark beetle, the first non-native bark beetle to be found in Ireland, Minister Pippa Hackett must act now and suspend the importation of unprocessed timber while a full review of biosecurity measure is undertaken. “Farmers have seen the devastation caused by […]
New Grant to Repair or Replace Septic Tanks Welcomed
IFA National Farm Family and Social Affairs Vice Chair Teresa Roche has welcomed the new grant for repairing or replacing existing septic tanks. Minister Darragh O’Brien announced, from 1st January 2024, the grant available to repair, upgrade or replace septic tanks is to increase to a maximum of €12,000. It was also announced […]
Potato Harvest Worst in Recent Memory
IFA National Potato Committee Chair Sean Ryan said this year’s potato harvest is the worst in recent memory which is rapidly turning into a salvage operation as drills are underwater following recent flooding. “As it stands around 60% of crop remains to be harvested. Sizeable losses have occurred already which are likely substantially increase as […]
Organic Farm Scheme Re-opened to New Applicants
IFA Organic Project Team Chair John Curran welcomes the re-opening of the Organic Farm Scheme (OFS) to new entrants. The scheme will close to applicants on Friday, December 8th. The budget for the OFS has increased again this year to €57 million, up €21 million on the €36 million allocation for 2023. The OFS last […]
Food Security & Generational Renewal Under Threat as Pig Producers Face Ongoing Price Cuts
IFA National Pig Chair Roy Gallie said pig farmers are reeling following a further drop of 4c/kg reduction pig price which was announced last Friday. This is on top of four price drops of 4c/kg each over the past number of weeks. Irish pig farmers have received a 5th cut off their farm gate pig price […]
Horticulture Support Scheme Welcome but Must Include All Growers
IFA Fruit and Vegetable Chair Niall McCormack said that the horticulture support scheme is welcome, however, the fact that some growers will not qualify needs to be rectified in this essential support package. A support scheme with unknown payment rates does little too alleviate the financial pressure that all growers are under today. “The fact […]
IFA Presidential Election Debates to Begin in Cork
The IFA Presidential election debates will begin next Mon, Oct 2nd and run until Mon, Oct 30th. In all, there will be 16 debates that cover each of the 29 IFA County Executives. The County Executives of West Cork and Cork Central have the honour of hosting the first debate between candidates running for President and […]
Once in a generation disaster year for tillage production – Gorman
Comprehensive aid package urgently required for Irish farmers IFA Presidential Candidate Francie Gorman says a “once in a generation disaster year” for tillage farmers must be responded to with a comprehensive aid package to avoid farmers exiting the business. The County Laois farmer says successive months of poor weather has created havoc for tillage […]
ACRES Tranche 2 to open mid-October – IFA
DAFM has confirmed to IFA that Tranche 2 of ACRES will open for applications in mid-October, with no change to the terms & conditions. IFA Rural Development Chair Michael Biggins said “Getting ACRES Tranche 2 re-opened for applications as soon as possible was a key priority for IFA, and something we have continually pushed for. […]
Two Candidates to Run for IFA President
Two candidates have been nominated to run for the Presidency of IFA. At the close of nominations at 12 noon today, Francie Gorman from Laois and Martin Stapleton from Limerick had received the required number of nominations. IFA Deputy President Brian Rushe, who is acting National Returning Officer, confirmed that two nominations had been received. […]
