McConalogue proposing €20,000 for every pig farmer
Agriculture Minister and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue is to seek Cabinet approval for pig farmers to be given a once-off payment of 20,000 euro each. Minister McConalogue is proposing seven million euro is divided among the 300 pig farmers across the country, due to the rising cost of feed and…
New REPS scheme a ‘complete sham’, says IFA leader
IFA President Tim Cullinan says the Department is now drip-feeding out details of the ‘REPS-2’ Scheme. However, he described it as a ‘complete sham’ compared to the original Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS). The Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue told the recent AGM of Sligo IFA that the pilot scheme…
IFA says forestry will grind to a halt unless licence backlog is dealt with
The IFA President Tim Cullinan has claimed the announcement by Minister Pippa Hackett that the EU has approved an extension of the forestry programme for 2021 will have no real impact unless the licensing backlog is addressed. Cullinan says that we have a minister announcing grants to encourage forestry while…
Fund to help beef finishers
A 50 million euro support fund to support beef finishers has been launched. About 42-thousand farmers will be eligible to apply for the money, which is capped at 100 euro per animal and 100 animals per farm. While it won’t compensate the industry for the entirety of it’s losses during…