Call for forestry companies to help pay for road maintenance
Thousands of rural jobs are forecasted in the forestry and timber industry as the supply from Irish forests is set to double over the next 16 years. That’s the view of Forest Industries Ireland, a…
IFA launch “Peer to Peer farm safety initiative”
Farmers in the north west are being warned to be aware of the day to day dangers that exist on farms. The warning is being issued to coincide with the IFA’s “Peer to Peer…
IFA open meeting in Sligo this Monday evening
The IFA president is calling for more detail from the Minister for Agriculture about what will happen in relation to EU aid if there is a hard Brexit. It’s after Minister Creed says he intends…
With dry weather, calls to lift ban on slurry spreading now
There have been calls for the Minister for Agriculture to immediately lift the ban on spreading slurry. The 15th of January is the date the ban is set to be lifted in the southern half…
Major farm meeting scheduled for Sligo on Monday next
Farmers from the North West are being encouraged to addend an important CAP/ANC meeting in the Sligo Park Hotel on Monday next January 7th. he meeting will commence at 8 p.m. and there will be…
IFA man urges farmers to consider forestry
The new chairman of the of the IFA’s Forestry Committee has encouraged farmers to explore the possibility of running forestry enterprises on their farms. Vincent Nally, who was recently appointed to his new role, has…
North’s farmers fear massive hit from Brexit
Those involved in the agri-sector in Fermanagh and Tyrone have been warned to expect a very different landscape after Brexit. Fermanagh and Omagh District Councils recently held their first Brexit committee meeting. Fermanagh Sinn Fein…