IFA Says Hill Farmers Being Shortchanged On Environmental Scheme
IFA President Joe Healy has said that the current environmental scheme available to farmers in Hill areas is inadequate and needs to be improved in the upcoming CAP negotiations. Speaking at the annual IFA Hill Sheep Forum in Westport today, the IFA President said that GLAS does not reward farmers satisfactorily. It does not […]
Government Must Halt Decline Of Ireland’s Tillage Sector – IFA
IFA Grain Committee Chairman Mark Browne has told Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed that the Government must halt the continued decline of the Irish tillage sector. Since 2008, the area planted to the main cereal crops has reduced by 67,500ha, which represents a drop of over 20%. This stark reality confirms that tillage must be […]
Farmers Need Drought Measures – IFA
IFA President Joe Healy has said urgent actions are needed to help farmers in the current drought situation. “The current situation is unprecedented and is causing huge financial pressures on farms and huge stress for farmers,” he said. “What we now need is real leadership from the Minister and our Government to assist farmers […]
New Climate Report Must Be Supported By Implementation – IFA
IFA Environment Chairman Thomas Cooney has welcomed the climate report published by the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee and called for its proposals regarding farm-scale renewables and supports for improving on-farm efficiencies to be urgently implemented. Thomas Cooney said, “This report and the recently published climate abatement report by Teagasc, have identified the necessary actions. It is […]
IFA Sets Priorities On CAP Rural Development
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed must deliver a well-financed and ambitious Rural Development Programme (RDP) in the forthcoming CAP negotiations – that was the clear message from the IFA National Rural Development Committee meeting. As a first priority it is vital that the funding available in the current RDP is fully utilised, Rural Development […]
IFA Hill Farmers Say Commonage Plans Must Not Hold Up Final Glas Payment
IFA Hill Farming Committee Chairman Flor McCarthy has called on the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to lift the requirement that final commonage plans must be in place before the final 15% GLAS 2017 payment is made. He said this is necessary due to serious cash flow difficulties on hill farms due to the […]
Minister Must Treat Fodder Crises As National Emergency – IFA
With a further Met Eireann yellow alert situation today, we are in now an emergency situation on fodder and Minister Creed has to implement further measures to support farmers immediately, IFA President Joe Healy has said. He said the fodder import scheme announced by Minister Creed yesterday evening must be open to all co-ops, […]
Oustanding Payments Must Be Made To Farmers Immediately – IFA
All outstanding farm scheme payments must be made as a matter urgency in light of the current fodder crisis, IFA Rural Development Chairman Joe Brady has insisted. Almost 70,000 farmers are awaiting outstanding payments worth €30m under GLAS and the Sheep Welfare Scheme. The immediate payment of outstanding monies is one of a […]
Renewables Plan Must Be Resourced And Support Farm Scale – IFA
IFA’s Renewables Chairman James Murphy has called on Energy Minister Denis Naughten to progress the proposed renewable heat and renewable electricity schemes, and ensure that the schemes are adequately funded and directed towards farm-scale renewable projects. Speaking following a meeting with Minister Naughten last week, James Murphy said, “The message from the recent meeting of […]
Minister Creed Must Address Sluggish GLAS Payout – IFA
IFA Rural Development Chairman, Joe Brady has described the pay-out of GLAS payments to farmers to date as sluggish, and called on the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to ensure that all 38,000 farmers are now paid the promised 85% payment without any further delay. Joe Brady said that while the commencement of GLAS […]
