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ACRES scheme is the strictest of all in European Union

THE ACRES scheme is the most demanding of its kind across Europe and could impact negatively on how farmers respond t...

Appeal is launched for ‘young blood to step up’

THE country’s largest farming organisation has this week launched an appeal for ‘young blood’ to get involved in deci...

Plight of unpaid farmers needs urgent attention

A LOCAL councillor has called on the Dept. of Agriculture to put a provisional arrangement in place for a number of f...

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LESS will cost more for small farmers in Galway

SMALL-SCALE West of Ireland farmers could be forced into using the Low Emission Slurry Spreading [LESS] method from January 1 next, as part of new ...

Farming

More info needed on urea roadmap

THE Dept. of Agriculture and Teagasc need to make ‘a bigger and better effort’ to communicate with farmers on issues relating to the use of protect...

Farming

Brothers pass on the mantle as new regime takes over at Mountbellew Ag College

IT was the end of an era last month when the Franciscan Brothers officially signed over the Mountbellew Agricultural College to a new company and b...

Farming

Concern over delays to farmers’ ACRES payments

The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) is urgently seeking a meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie...

Farming

County Council Cathaoirleach wants supports for next generation rural farm families

The Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council, Albert Dolan, has called for critical reforms to rural planning policy, to ensure greater support for t...

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‘Twenty Years A-Growing’ for RSS

A SERIES of gatherings organised by Galway Rural Development to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Rural Social Scheme began last week in Mullag...


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