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 a number of speakers from the IFA on hand to discuss matters such as Brexit,…
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 experience of combining agriculture and forestry. He has identified a number of changes he wants to…
Teagasc review figures highlights difficulties for farmers
The annual Teagasc review figures which were released today will come as no surprise to those involved in the Agricultural Sector. The report confirms that 2018 was a difficult and challenging year for farmers and any recovery projections for 2019 are dependent on factors outside of farmer’s control. …
Variety of issues hit cattle prices during the past year
Following a recent EU Commission meeting in Brussels, the IFA National Livestock Vice Chairman, Brendan Golden says the Committee has managed to work through a number of issues of huge importance for Irish beef and livestock farmers. A number of issues were discussed at the meeting, including cattle prices, imports…
Farmers not happy with ANC map urged to make appeals
The IFA is calling on the Minister for Agriculture to set up an appeals process without delay to deal with areas not included in the latest map of ANCs, or areas of natural constraint. IFA Deputy President Richard Kennedy said the process of ANC classification has thrown up some anomalies.…
Anti forestry protest taking place today
An anti forestry protest is due to take place this afternoon organised by the IFA. Concerns have been raised over the last number of weeks in relation to the amount of forestry that is currently happening in County Leitrim with reports suggesting that this could increase. Councillor Mary Bohan highlighted…
Farmers taking water from rivers face new regulations
Farmers taking large volumes of water from rivers are set to be slapped with regulations under new laws next month. Environmental legal experts are suggesting that licences will soon be needed to take water from the nation’s rivers and that by the middle of November, a database will be…