Basic Payment Scheme payments begin
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue has announced the start of advance payments under the 2021 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) including Greening. The scheme is estimated to be…
Budget a non-event for farmers, says Harkin
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says budget 2022 was a non-event for those in agriculture. Deputy Marian Harkin was reacting to yesterday’s budget in the Dáil She says the CAP Budget this year has already failed to…
Brexit a factor in agri haulage and labour shortage
A Sinn Féin MLA is claiming that the current labour shortages in agri-food and haulage are a direct result of the Brexit delivered by the Tories and the DUP. The Fermanagh & South Tyrone MLA,…
Belcoo chicken farm fire ‘one of worst incidents to have happened in the area’
A local councillor has described a fire that killed about 16,000 chickens on a farm near Belcoo, Co Fermanagh as ‘one of the worst incidents of its kind’ that he could remember happening in the area.…
Suckler farmers must not lose out in carbon emissions, climate battle
There has been renewed calls for protection of the suckler herd. It comes amid concern in some quarters that suckler and dairy farmers are being pitted against each other in the debate about reducing the…
Agri Week — October 7th 2021
In this week’s Agri Week: Fire safety and prevention on the farm with Damien MacSharry of Sligo Fire Service; Sligo IFA Chairperson Kathleen Henry makes the case for more money for ANC payments; and Leitrim…
Sligo IFA chairperson urging good attendance at Roscommon protest this Friday
Sligo IFA chairperson Kathleen Henry is calling for a good turnout at tomorrow’s IFA rally in Roscommon town, starting at 12.30. It is one of four such rallies being held across the country under the…