The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) plays a very important role in driving adoption of technology on farm to help meet a range of objectives including climate obligations, health & safety, labour efficiency and animal welfare. It is an important element of funding when farmers decide to make an investment. For agtech companies it has …
In the current election campaigns for local representatives and members of the European Parliament, it is important to remember how critical rural Ireland is to the social, economic, and public life of the country, as well as its environment. Agriculture and farming, among other sectors, have tough, challenging climate and environmental obligations, which, uniquely, they …
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Welcome to the Spring 2024 Edition of the AgTech Ireland Newsletter Farmers have had a very difficult time this last winter and spring. Tillage farmers struggled to harvest last autumn, and now have to plant late on land up to recently saturated. High rainfall since summer also required early housing of animals on most farms, …
An information session for AgTech Ireland members IFA Senior Policy Executive Karol Kissane headed the IFA Team which negotiated with Revenue and the Department of Agriculture on the recent VAT refund issue for non-VAT registered farmers investing in fixed equipment on their farms. This followed from farmers reporting numerous instances of refund rejections by Revenue …
Welcome to the Winter edition of the AgTech Ireland Newsletter Edition 2 / Issue 3 2023 has proven challenging for the agriculture sector. Commodity prices fell dramatically while input costs continued at high levels, squeezing farmers’ margins. Weather conditions oscillated from too dry to too wet, with disastrous consequences for the 2023 grain, oilseed and …
