INHFA to host national public meeting in Sligo on fodder crisis
Sligo farmer Colm O Donnell, the national president of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, is calling on the Minister for Agriculture to act swiftly in putting a fodder aid package in place. He says the situation is getting worse and is reaching a crisis on many farms. Mr…
INHFA calls for politicians to support abolition of stamp duty rule
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association says the upper age limit of 67 years of age for stamp duty relief for close family farm transfers must be abolished. INHFA President Colm O’Donnell from Sligo says there’s a special clause for relief that applies to non residential transactions where a…
INHFA says the government is reneging on previous agreements
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association President says that the government is reneging on previous agreements. Following Budget 2018 speech on Tuesday by Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohue, farmers have been left annoyed by a number of issues. President of the INHFA, Colm O’Donnell says that an underspend of €5m…
INHFA’s new President says they are ‘hitting the ground running’
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Associations new President, Colm O’Donnell says they are ‘are a number of issues that need to followed up on for the remainder of 2017.’ The INHFA will be starting their new national network which will be rolling out over the coming months. The new…
The INHFA is calling on the Government to take action on changing legal burning dates
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association has called on the government to take action on changing the dates for legal upland burning dates. Under current regulations, burning of lands by farmers for cultivation is restricted to the months of September to February. The INHFA want to see…
More than 500 farmers attend INHFA meeting in Manorhamilton
A recent meeting of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association ANC campaign saw over 500 farmers pack into the Bee Park Centre in Manorhamilton. On the night Independent MEPs Marian Harkin and Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, Sinn Fein’s Matt Carthy and Sligo/Leitrim Fianna Fail TD Eamon Scanlon were also in…
INHFA continues campaign for farmers in disadvantaged areas
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association is continuing its campaign to double payments to farmers living in rural disadvantaged areas. Their calls are part if the organisations campaign on the Areas of Natural Constraint which are up for review by the Department of Agriculture as part of the CAP…