Beef Prices, Good Samaritan and Cap Requirements – Agri Week
0.52 The National Chairman of the Beef Plan movement, Leitrim farmer Patrick Rooney has raised major concerns today in relation to the current beef prices being offered by factories to farmers. Grant Thornton have admitted recently to the Beef Task Force yesterday that it doesn’t have the authority to access…
Regulator for Beef industry & Bog issues in North Leitrim – Agri Week
Agri Week February 25th 2021: 01.28 Gerard Pilkington the Vice Chairman of the national Beef Plan movement talks to John Lynch about the importance of creating a role for a beef regulator in Ireland. 16.21 Cllr Padraig Fallon talks about reports of peat earth and debris from the…
Pressure mounting on McConalogue to appoint regulator for beef industry
Pressure is increasing on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to appoint an independent beef regulator. The Beef Plan Movement have reiterated their calls in recent days for the establishment of such a position. The Beef plan movement says the introduction of a regulator…
Young farmers spent more than €186m in local economies since 12015
It’s emerged that more than €112 million in grant aid was provided under TAMS II – Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme, the majority of these provided at 60% grant aid. This demonstrates the level of investment by young farmers on their farms since 2015. This means young farmers have spent…
Calls to allow safe in person trading of livestock
Calls are being made from a number of farming organisations to allow some form of in person trading of livestock to take place. There are also appeals for an urgent upgrade of broadband facilities in rural marts such as in the north west. It comes after hundreds of animals had…
Agri Week October 15th 2020
On this week’s edition of Agri Week: The IFA President Tim Cullinan, welcomes the recent results from a vote in the European Parliament that emphasises that the EU-Mercosur agreement cannot be ratified as it stands. The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has hardened its position in…
British/US food trade deal would ‘decimate’ Irish agriculture
Concerns have been raised over a possible British and US trade deal that would negatively affect farmers in the north west. According to Midlands/North West Sinn Fein MEP, Chris MacManus, Ireland is ‘sleepwalking’ into Brexit as he says Britain is dropping food standards to secure a US trade deal. There…