Many of the 46,000 farmers who applied for ACRES last November had their applications approved in late March. Once you were approved you were effectively a scheme participant since the 1st of January and the contracted period will run for 5 years until the 31st of December 2027.
May 13, 2021 1:00 pm
In the next section of the virtual farm walk hosted on the farm of Jarlath and Austin Ruane, who are participants of the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef programme, Seán Cummins and Austin Callaghan from Teagasc review the importance of making high-quality silage on calf-to-beef farms.
Seán, who is an advisor in the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef programme, speaks about the benefits and improvements being seen in animal performance during the winter months, due to improved silage quality being made on Green Acres farms.
Local Teagasc advisor, Austin Callaghan goes through the plan to follow to make quality first-cut silage.
Calls for Liverpool spirit to help family seek answers over boy s storm drain death
Liverpool campaigners have been working alongside the family of Noah Donohoe
16:33, 14 APR 2021
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Noah Donohue s family have been campaigning for answers after the 14-year-old was found dead in a storm drain on June 21 last year (Image: Fiona Donohue)
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