Agri Week: Rewilding the north west. New fishing regulations on weighing of catches. Factory Fiction Quotes for lambs.
1.44 With a national agenda for rewilding large areas of our country gathering pace through proposals outlined in the EU Biodiversity Strategy. The Irish Natura Hill Farmers Association have pointed to recent fires in Killarney National Park as an insight into the potential dangers of what they maintain is a…
Sheep farmers urged to drive hard bargain when selling lambs
The IFA National Sheep vice-chairman is urging farmers to be careful of price quotes from factories for lambs. Demand for lamb is outweighing supplies and, as a result, factories are paying well above quoted prices to secure numbers. However, the practice of quoting prices which fails to reflect the market…
Agri Week: Importation of lamb meat from UK. Dog Poo testing in Leitrim & Driver theory tests for agri contractors
01.11 Sheep farmers and farm officials have strongly criticised the import of lamb by Irish Country Meats (ICM), which is claimed is a clear attempt to undermine prices for sheep farmers. Kevin Comiskey a local farmer and a member of teh national sheep committee discusses the development. 07.11 Leitrim County…
Sheep cert required to boost cross border sales
A leading farming official in the north west is calling for an all- Ireland sheep health certificate. Leitrim farmer and IFA official Kevin Comiskey says given the fact that Brexit has resulted in the border is in the Irish Sea, it will leave a large shortage of breeding stock…
Agri Week September 10th 2020
On Agri Week this week we have a feature interview with the Leitrim farmer Kevin Comiskey as we gauge his reaction to an advisory letter he received from the Department of Agriculture in relation to culling his herd over TB concerns. Kevin’s reaction has gone viral. Also on…
VIDEO: Leitrim farmer distraught after being advised to cull herd
A Co. Leitrim farmer has voiced his anger at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine after receiving a TB Herd History Record Statement which advised him to cull all of his animals in his herd. See video below. Speaking to Ocean FM Kevin Comiskey, a well know framing…
Remembering the late Tommy Drugan, Drumkeeran
Tributes are being paid this evening to the late Tommy Drugan. The Drumkeerin-based farming official and community activist was deeply involved with the local GAA Club, and drama group, and he was also chairman of the local IFA branch. Des McHugh is the Leitrim IFA chairman; he says the passing…