Advances in sheep and beef genomics,
grassland management and environmental
research are just a few of the likely
gains from a partnership between
Teagasc and UCD.
The Department of Agriculture's
administration of the AEOS scheme
has been blasted as "an utter disgrace"
after new figures revealed that
almost half of the farmers who applied
to the scheme last year have not
yet been approved.
Against the prospect of a Greener
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
in Europe and Ireland in the future,
the Teagasc Agri-Environmental conference
took place in Athlone on Thursday,
10 November.
BirdWatch Ireland is urging farmers
to view maintaining native bird
species as a core part of the economic,
social and environmental sustainability
of rural Ireland.
As the United Nations marked the
world population reaching seven
billion people, Irish Farmers Association
president John Bryan warned political
leaders in Europe and at home about
the fragile nature of food security.
EU Agricultural Commissioner Dacian
Cioclos has said the Single Farm Payment
which is payable to farmers should
be partly linked to environmental
farming.
Environment Minister Phil Hogan
has announced that farmers will be
allowed, as an exceptional measure,
to spread slurry until the end of
October, 2011.
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