Agri Week: Cap Proposals blasted for sucler & Beef Farmers. Agricultural Road Rage Rampant. Forestery Fiasco on licences processing
The IFA Livestock Chairman blasts the Cap Proposals aimed at Suckler and Beef farmers Should the drivers of agricultural vehicles on our roads be more considerate of other road users? And still trying to tell the wood from the trees we hear why the Joint Oireachtas Agriculture Committee…
Septic Tank inspections to commence in Leitirm
Septic tank inspections are to be carried out in Co. Leitrim. People will be contacted in advance of an inspection by Leitrim County Council; if you are not contacted, an inspection will not be carried out. In July of last year, A report by the Environment Protection Agency found more…
Local farm leader moves to ease BSE concerns
A leading farm official in the north has moved to ease concerns for the Irish Beef Market following the discovery BSE in a fourteen year old cow. As a result of the discovery the export of Irish beef to China has been temporarily suspended. The Department of Agriculture…
Fianna Fáil & Independent’s need to do more to end farming injunctions
Farmers are refusing to leave the St Stephens Green area of Dublin City Centre. The Agriculture Minister came to the picket line early this morning and also sat down with five of the farmers at the Department in the last hour. Farmers had said they would remove the…
Farmers need to consider beef agreement
A plan is on the table to keep Irish beef on shop shelves. But the deal, hammered out during weekend talks, depends on the pickets being lifted at meat plants around the country. The agreement outlines an extension of age limits on cattle, the introduction of a beef…