Tag: farming
€1,700 was tops at Mountbellew dairy herd sale
THERE was over an 80% clearance of the Mountbellew Ag. College’s dispersal sale of dairy cows on the Bank Holiday Monday with a top...
Flexibility needed on GLAS hill plans
‘MAXIMUM flexibility’ must be shown by the Dept. of Agriculture as regards the implementation of Commonage Framework Plans, details of which had to be...
Rural cash not being spent by Councils: Ó Cuív
RURAL and Community Affairs Minister, Michael Ring, has been asked to put measures in place to ensure that local authorities spend the money made...
Land stamp duty to stay at 6%
IT looks like being a case of ‘try again’ at next year’s Budget as the IFA attempts to get the stamp duty rate on...
Preparing for the tasks of winter
BY ANTHONY O'CONNOR
OCTOBER heralds the housing of stock, feeding fodder and treating stock for parasites etc. The days shorten, darkness descends earlier. Most farm...
Relief as Ophelia passes without trouble
FARMERS in the West appeared to have emerged largely unscathed from the impact of ex-hurricane Ophelia that hit Ireland through the course of Monday...