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700 farmers apply for Organic Farming Scheme
Darren Carty
The sector continues to grow in prominence with the latest intake bringing participation to over 5,700. Over 5.5% of utilisable agricultural lands are now destined to be farmed organically.
30 November 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Route to market for organic produce
With organic farming now using 5% of Irish farm land with a target of growing to 10% Emmet Doyle, Organic sector manager Bord Bia reports on finding markets for this expanding category.
20 November 2024 Schemes
Organic feed demand surpasses 50,000t
Only a fraction of Ireland’s organic feed requirement is produced domestically, with the Department of Agriculture hoping for an increase in tillage participants in the latest intake.
Farm Tech Talk: sheep, SCEP and Dairy Day
The sheep trade, SCEP training, Dairy Day, shed design and nitrates all feature on this week's Farm Tech Talk.
8 November 2024 News
Assessing organic farming and sheep production
High payment rates are said to be encouraging more sheep farmers to consider converting to organic farming before the 2024 deadline of 29 November 2024.
6 November 2024 Management
Irish Organic Association looks to streamline inspections
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to farmers and associations involved in the Organic Farming Scheme to see how manageable the conversion to organic is.
23 October 2024 News
Organic scheme reopens for applications
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State with responsibility for organics Pippa Hackett have announced the scheme’s reopening.
17 October 2024 Schemes
Budget talks to go down to the wire
Budget 2025 is coming down to the wire in being firmed up, but there is very little room to fund new measures in agriculture.
25 September 2024 News
Organic surge sends signal to tillage farmers on grain demand - Hackett
Minister Pippa Hackett insists that tillage farmers would see strong demand for their grain if they converted to organics.
19 September 2024 News
Organic sector targets €750m in output by 2030
The sector’s current output is estimated to equate to €200m at present, but with a lot of value lost in leakage to the conventional sector.
18 September 2024 News
Funding for new tranche of Organic Farming Scheme still to be decided
New tranche is due to open this autumn, but Budget 2025 will determine how many farmers will be catered for.
18 September 2024 News
Organic sector targets 'ambitious' €750m in output by 2030
The sector’s current output is estimated to equate to €200m, but with a lot of value lost in leakage to the conventional sector.
18 September 2024 Climate and environment