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Galway farmers get €24min ACRES

OVER €24.27 million has been out to Galway farmers in the ACRES environmental scheme since December, according to fig...

New Dog Control Group is a step in the right direction

THE establishment of a new national Dog Control Group has been welcomed by farm and IFA representatives as the lambin...

Delayed payments no longer acceptable to farmers

A REPEAT of the delays that dogged farm payments since last September must never be allowed to happen again by the De...

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Eight months of rainfall takes its toll on farming

WE’VE endured one of our wettest eight-month periods of weather since records began, according to figures taken from the Athenry, Met Éireann rainf...

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Caoimhe drew the crowds to Flynns’ Tractor Run

THERE was a huge turnout for last Sunday’s Tractor Run from Lackagh in aid of Crumlin Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House. The Tractor...

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Worries as EU Nature Law gets go-ahead

THE controversial EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL) which was passed by the European Parliament on Tuesday could have major implications for farmers ...

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A very sluggish start to fertiliser sales across the west

OUR prolonged spell of wet weather has not only saturated our soils but it has also dampened any early spring demand for fertilisers. Most merch...

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Surge in grass growth but land is far too wet for either grazing or heavy machinery

FARMERS across Galway and the West of Ireland are coming under increasing pressures as slurry tank levels rise while land continues to remain satur...

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Conamara’s Mace Head was windiest place across the country during Isha

ALTHOUGH we had a drier than average January field conditions across the West of Ireland continue to be categorised as ‘saturated’ by Met Éireann. ...


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