Rural Life
30% jump year-on-year in land purchase loan approvals - BOI
A 30% jump year-on-year in land purchase loan approvals for 2017 was recently reported by Bank of Ireland (BOI). This was...
Rural Life
A 30% jump year-on-year in land purchase loan approvals for 2017 was recently reported by Bank of Ireland (BOI). This was...
Agri-Business
There are rising concerns over farmers’ loans which have been sold off to private equity firms, according to the Irish...
Agri-Business
There remains an ongoing market failure within the Irish banking system, the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Farm Business Chairman, Martin Stapleton,...
Rural Life
ICMSA President, John Comer said ugly scenes will manifest if vulture funds start selling off family farms over the next...
Opinion
Am I the only guy in Ireland who thinks that burdening production agriculture with more debt is a bad thing?...
Agri-Business
Benchmarked performance is now the key determinant when it comes to farmers securing finance, according to Bank of Ireland’s Head...
Opinion
The IFA’s commitment to Irish cereal growers is laudable. It seems the organisation will do all in its power to...
Agri-Business
The current mechanism of subsidising EU agriculture via grants and schemes could soon become a thing of the past. Speaking...
Dairy
Dairygold has negotiated lower cost loan and credit facilities for its Milk Suppliers with both Bank of Ireland and AIB...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture has published a request for tenders around advance assessment on any possible current failures in relation...
Dairy
The Department of Agriculture has commissioned a report into the feasibility of providing loans of up to €15,000 to struggling...
Dairy
The IFA is now calling on the Government to explore the use of state-backed interest-free loans to aid dairy farmers through...
Agri-Business
Ulster Bank has confirmed that it is in contact with a number of business customers, many who are farmers, in...