IFA WARNS FARMERS NOT TO UNDERVALUE TIMBER CROP, POTENTIAL EARNINGS OF...
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has warned farmers not to undervalue their timber crop, with potential earnings at clearfell of up to €25,000 per hectare for Sitka spruce plantations. He said...
View ArticleIFA WELCOMES WINDBLOW RECONSTITUTION SCHEME TO ASSIST FARMERS WITH REPLANTING...
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has welcomed the announcement of a Windblow Reconstitution Scheme to assist farmers whose plantations were damaged by Storm Darwin with replanting costs. “This...
View ArticleAFFORESTATION ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES TOO STRINGENT, IFA TELLS MINISTER
IFA President, Joe Healy and Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins met with Andrew Doyle, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine last week to stress the Association’s...
View ArticleFARMERS MUST BE PAID ON ALL LAND THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO SET ASIDE UNDER THE...
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has insisted that farmers must be paid on all land they are obligated to set aside under the Afforestation Scheme. Pat Collins said that the new Environmental...
View ArticleDEADLINE FOR WINDBLOW SCHEME IS FEBRUARY 24
The closing date for applications to the Windblow Reconstitution Scheme to assist farmers whose plantations were damaged by Storm Darwin with replanting costs is February 24th. An estimated 2,000...
View ArticleDON’T AFFOREST UNLESS YOU ARE PAID FOREST PREMIUM ON ALL LAND
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has said that, as a result of the new Environmental Requirements for Afforestation, the area of land that will be set aside for environmental measures has...
View ArticleFORESTRY FIRE RISK WARNING – BE EXTRA VIGILANT!
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has warned farmers to be vigilant over Easter after the Forest Service issued a Condition Orange – High Fire Risk. The warning is to remain in place until 18th...
View ArticleFARMERS MUST BE PAID ON ALL LAND SET ASIDE FOR ENVIRONMENT
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins is concerned that the rate of farmer planting will continue to fall if farmers are not paid on all land they are obliged to set aside for environmental...
View ArticleIFA ADVISES FARMERS TO STOP PLANTING UNTIL AUTUMN
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has advised farmers who have financial approval to afforest to wait until the autumn to plant. He said that normally all planting had stopped at this stage but...
View ArticleMINISTER MUST INCREASE THE UNENCLOSED GRANT AND PREMIUM RATE IN FORESTRY...
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has said Minister Andrew Doyle must take the opportunity of the mid-term review of the Forestry Programme to increase the grant and premium rates for GPC 1 so...
View ArticleIFA TIMBER PRICE SURVEY SHOWS INCREASE ACROSS ALL PRODUCT TYPES
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins said the latest timber price survey shows that farmers are getting a higher price across all product types in the last quarter. The largest increase was for...
View ArticleINTEGRATING FORESTRY WITH FARMING CAN INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND CREATE NEW...
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has encouraged farmers to consider integrating forestry into their farm enterprise. He said that tree planting can offer potential benefits to livestock...
View ArticleCHANGES TO CALCULATION OF BIODIVERSITY AREAS WILL INCREASE PAYABLE AREA
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has welcomed changes to how the area of biodiversity is calculated under the Afforestation Scheme. These changes increase the payment area, while maintaining...
View ArticleWHY ACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF YOUR FOREST IS SO IMPORTANT
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins said forests that are actively managed and thinned regularly encourage the strongest trees to thrive, are healthier, capture more carbon and generate more income...
View ArticleDECISION TO INCREASE COMPULSORY BROADLEAF AREA TO 15% IS THE WRONG APPROACH
National Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has said that the decision taken by the Forest Service to increase the compulsory broadleaf area from 10% to 15% is the wrong approach. Mr. Collins said the...
View ArticleIFA TO MEET WITH COILLTE TO GET GREATER CLARITY ON ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO...
National Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins said he has scheduled a meeting with Coillte to get an update on the work undertaken to ensure that farmers’ concerns with their partnerships are being...
View ArticleIFA & COILLTE MEET ON FARM PARTNERSHIPS
The IFA National Farm Forestry Committee met with representatives from Coillte in the Irish Farm Centre this week to discuss issues that were affecting farmers with farm partnership agreements. IFA...
View ArticleFOREST ROAD GRANT INCREASES BY 20%
IFA National Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has welcomed the 20% increase in the length of forest road grand aided under the Forest Road Scheme secured under the Mid-term Review of the Forestry...
View ArticlePREPARE TO HARVEST AND MAKE THE MOST OF RISING TIMBER PRICES
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has encouraged farmers with plantations over 14 years old to start to plan and prepare to thin their forest and make the most of the rising timber prices. “The...
View ArticleSECOND THINNING GRANT WORTH €500/HA INTRODUCED FOR BROADLEAF FORESTS
National Farm Forestry Chairman, Pat Collins has updated farmers that a second thinning grant of €500/ha is now available under the Woodland Improvement Scheme to support farmers to undertake essential...
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