Gardaí seeking to wrap up agri scam
Gardaí in the north west have issued warnings of a number of fraudulent transactions targeting Agricultural businesses over the last week. The fraud involved an individual who contacted businesses to place an order of…
New CAP deal will present challenges for farming bodies
Talks around the new CAP deal will be difficult and challenging for farm organisations, according to the Agriculture Minister and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue Discussions will now get underway to finalise a national plan for…
New Cap deal will not help climate change
The new Common Agricultural Policy is a total and utter fudge’ regarding climate change, according to a Midlands North West MEP EU agriculture ministers yesterday backed a provisional agreement that was struck on Friday.…
McConalogue says CAP deal is ‘good for farm families’
EU farming ministers have accepted the provisional deal struck on Friday in relation to reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. It brings the proposal a step closer to becoming law. According to the EU, the…
Learn from the Starrett family in Donegal, NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Award winners
Dairy farmers from the north west are encouraged to log on to a virtual event taking place tomorrow (Tuesday). The event will be staged on the Starrett Family farm in Lifford, in Co Donegal. The…
North west farmers to benefit under new CAP decisions
In farm news this evening there is significant developments on talks in Brussels on the Common Agricultural Policy. The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association says the negotiations are going to have a favourable outcome…
Sheep farmers accuse factories of trying to pull the wool over their eyes
A leading local farm official is expressing concern this evening at what he says is the alarming drop in prices for lambs. Sheep farmers are claiming that prices have reduced by as much as 20…