CAP Network Ireland

The Future of EIP-AGRI Operational Groups: challenges, opportunities and existing support services
2025-05-14 09:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Online
This workshop will focus on the operation of OGs across Europe, highlighting:

Factors that enable and support the formation and implementation of OGs.
Barriers and challenges faced by primary producers when preparing and/or implementing an OG.
Strategies used in various Thematic Networks to attract, support, and promote OGs.
Information, training tools, materials, and services made available to OGs.

LEADER Drop-In Clinic 4 - Monaghan
2025-05-14 14:30 - 16:30 | MID Office, Unit 9 Drumillard Business Park, Castleblaney
Monaghan Integrated Development CLG are hosting 5 LEADER Drop-In Clinics throughout the county in May. These are targeted at individuals and groups who want to call in a talk through potential project ideas. The fourth clinic will take place in Castleblayney.

Closing Date: BISS Applications
2025-05-15 00:00
Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) applications must be submitted online by midnight on Thursday 15th of May 2025 through agfood.ie.

Closing Date: National Reserve (Young Farmer) and National Reserve (New farmer) applications
2025-05-15 00:00
National Reserve (Young Farmer) and National Reserve (New farmer) applications must be submitted on or before 15th of May 2025 through agfood.ie.

Closing Date: Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers
2025-05-15 00:00
Applications under the Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers must be submitted on or before the 15th of May 2025 through agfood.ie.

Closing Date: National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme
2025-05-15 00:00
The €4 million National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme (NDBWS), a new initiative aimed at supporting farmers diversify their herd into beef, has been launched.

Farmers can submit their applications online via agfood.ie. The application window closes at midnight on Thursday, 15 May 2025. However, late applications will be accepted””subject to payment deductions””until midnight on Monday, 9 June 2025.

Closing Date: National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme
2025-05-15 00:00
The €4 million National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme (NDBWS), a new initiative aimed at supporting farmers diversify their herd into beef, has been launched.

Farmers can submit their applications online via agfood.ie. The application window closes at midnight on Thursday, 15 May 2025. However, late applications will be accepted—subject to payment deductions—until midnight on Monday, 9 June 2025.

LEADER Drop-In Clinic 5 - Monaghan
2025-05-15 14:30 - 16:30 | Ulster Canal Stores, Cara St., Clones
Monaghan Integrated Development CLG are hosting 5 LEADER Drop-In Clinics throughout the county in May. These are targeted at individuals and groups who want to call in a talk through potential project ideas. The fifth clinic will take place in Clones.

Signpost Series Webinar: Boosting Biodiversity on Farmland
2025-05-16 09:30 - 10:30 | Online
This webinar as part of The Signpost Series will focus on Boosting Biodiversity on Farmland: What does good look like? This will feature guest speaker Dr Saorla Kavanagh, Teagasc Research Officer in Farmland Biodiversity.

Smarter, Stronger and More Competitive Rural Areas: The Way Forward for EU policies
2025-05-17 08:30 - 10:30 | Online
The Policy Webinar aims to:

– present the findings of the FUTURAL policy analysis on EU-level policy support to community-led innovation in rural areas.
– provide country-specific examples of policies and governance frameworks contributing to community-led innovation in FUTURAL countries (Austria, Belgium, Greece, Lithuania, Spain, Romania).
– discuss policy needs, gaps and recommendations to further contribute to smart community-led innovation in rural areas in the 2028-2034 programming period.
– present the initial set of FUTURAL policy recommendations on enhancing community-led innovation in post-2027 EU policies with project and external experts.

Closing Date: Open Call for Farmer Safety, Health and Wellbeing Projects
2025-05-19 00:00
An open call for farmer safety, health and wellbeing projects was recently announced.

Successful projects under the call must cover one or more of the following themes:
– Farm safety
– Farmers’ physical health
– Farmers’ mental health and wellbeing
– Farmers’ physical and mental health checks
– Tractor driving awareness training for children 14 years of age and older
– Chainsaw training for farmers
– Farm safety, health and wellbeing events/engagement

Applications can be emailed to farmsafetycall@agriculture.gov.ie or sent by registered post to: Crop Policy, Evaluation and Certification Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Backweston Administration Building, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.

The closing date for applications is Monday, 19 May 2025.

Closing Date: Open Call for Farmer Safety, Health and Wellbeing Projects
2025-05-19 00:00
An open call for farmer safety, health and wellbeing projects was recently announced.

Successful projects under the call must cover one or more of the following themes:
““ Farm safety
““ Farmers’ physical health
““ Farmers’ mental health and wellbeing
““ Farmers’ physical and mental health checks
““ Tractor driving awareness training for children 14 years of age and older
““ Chainsaw training for farmers
““ Farm safety, health and wellbeing events/engagement

Applications can be emailed to farmsafetycall@agriculture.gov.ie or sent by registered post to: Crop Policy, Evaluation and Certification Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Backweston Administration Building, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.

The closing date for applications is Monday, 19 May 2025.

Agri-Food Regulator Inaugural Conference
2025-05-20 09:00 - 13:30 | Johnstown Estate Hotel, Co. Meath.
This event is a fantastic opportunity to learn about the work of the Regulator and examine the changing circumstances for businesses in the agri-food supply chain.

It is free to attend but attendees must register to secure their seat.

Signpost Series Webinar: Managing clover to lower carbon and ammonia footprints
2025-05-23 09:30 - 10:30 | Online
This webinar as part of The Signpost Series will focus on managing clover to lower carbon and ammonia footprints. It will feature guest speaker Dr James Humphreys, Teagasc.

Sixth Global Climate and SDG Synergies Conference
2025-05-27 07:00 - 2025-05-28 14:00 | Copenhagen, Denmark
The Sixth Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a key platform to accelerate integrated climate and sustainable development action.

Horizon Europe Brokerage Event for Cluster 6 - Calls 2025
2025-05-27 08:00 - 16:30 | Warsaw, Poland
The network of National Contact Points for Cluster 6, CARE4BIO, invites you to participate in an on-site networking event in Warsaw on 27 May 2025 for the upcoming 2025 calls in Horizon Europe Cluster 6 ‘Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment’.

Rural Voices Seminar: Reimagining Community Development
2025-05-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
The next session of the Rural Voices series will feature Pat Kennedy, CEO and founder of eTownz, a company dedicated to supporting local development through structured frameworks and digital tools, who will share his vision for a more structured, modular and collaborative approach to community development.

Enhancing Soil Health: Join the SOILCRATES Living Lab Meeting
2025-05-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Doon Social Farm, Main Street, Doon, Co. Limerick
Are you a farmer, landowner, or agribusiness stakeholder in the Ballyhoura area interested in improving soil quality?

The SOILCRATES Ireland Living Lab (Counties Limerick, Clare & Tipperary) is part of the EU-funded SOILCRATES project, focusing on addressing Ireland’s agricultural and environmental challenges by promoting sustainable soil management, biodiversity restoration, and the integration of circular agriculture practices.
