Tractor and farm machinery inspections on the way
Farmers are being warned they need to have their tractors and machinery in proper condition. Starting this Tuesday, the Health and Safety Authority will be carrying out an intensive inspection campaign with a focus on…
Religious festivals boost lamb sales
Two very different religious festivals are giving a boost to the lamb trade. One is, of course, is Easter, during which lamb is popular on dinner tables. The other is the Muslim festival of Ramadam,…
Leitrim councillor calls for Glyphostate to be banned
Leitrim County Council is to contact Health Minister Simon Harris and the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to call for a ban on the use of Glyphostate or “Round Up” as a desiccant on the…
Doherty calls for “fair deal” for farmers
Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty is urging the Government to stop dragging its heels and to implement long awaited changes to the Fair Deal Scheme for farming families and small business owners. Under the…
Call for GLAS to be reopened to farmers
A Donegal TD says the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme or GLAS scheme must be reopened to farmers. Fianna Fáil’s spokesperson on Agriculture said it should particularly apply to farmers who have their Agri-Environment Option Scheme…
Local election candidate raises concerns over comments made by Coillte Executive
A local election candidate in Leitrim has criticised comments made by a Coillte Executive. A conference was recently held in Carrick on Shannon where Ciarán Fallon compared the Sitka Spruce as the ‘friesan cow of…
Beef farmers already suffering massive losses because of Brexit
Brexit has already cost Irish beef farmers 100 million euro. That was the grim fact confirmed to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture by the IFA President Joe Healy recently. The IFA has calculated that…