Ireland’s minimum EU funding allocation under the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for all farm and rural schemes will be €8.16bn for the programme’s expected duration of seven years, the ...

Ted Massey, senior inspector at the Department of Agriculture has said that he is confident Ireland can retain the nitrates derogation. Massey was speaking at an IFA pig meeting in the Killeshin Hotel ...

The INHFA president stated that Teagasc’s non-renewal of the lease it held for a 682-acre hill research farm in Leenane, Co Mayo, over a decade ago has led to a “deficit” of the role farming can play ...

Over 90% of farmers are using at least one IT or software tool, according to a new report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). The State of digitalisation in EU agriculture ...

China's former minister for agriculture has been sentenced to death for bribery. Tang Renjian, who was minister between 2020 and 2024, accepted bribes amounting to the equivalent of €32.4m while in ...

A proposed update to the Nitrates Directive that would allow the nutrients in slurry be classed as chemical fertiliser after undergoing processing does not represent a quick fix if derogation stocking ...

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Independent TD for Galway East Seán Canney has called for an extension for slurry spreading to mid-October 2025. Canney's request, which he put forward in a parliamentary question on Thursday, is ...

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According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), just 4.3% of farm holders are aged 35 or under, highlighting the urgent ...