STARK warnings have been issued this week that ongoing protests outside meat plants by one splinter farming organisation could jeopardise the whole future of the Irish...
GRAIN farmers in Galway – and across the western region – are counting the cost of what has been described as ‘a disastrous harvest’ following record...
CLOSE on 250,000 people are expected to throng the Carlow village of Ballintrane near Fenagh for next week’s National Ploughing Championship that run from Tuesday through...
CHANGES have been called for this week in the BEAM (Beef Exceptional Aid Measure) scheme – the deadline for applications has been extended to midnight on...
AGRICULTURE Minister, Michael Creed has been accused of ‘giving with one hand and taking with the other’ after it emerged that for the first time ever,...
MANY parts of Galway have recorded their heaviest August rainfall in 2019 since records began . . . with Athenry the wettest place in Ireland during...
SEVERAL hundred bog owners who joined the Turf Cutting Cessation Scheme are still waiting for their 2019 payments which are now running about two to three...
AN agricultural consultant has advised farmers planning to draw down aid from the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) to be aware of the terms and conditions...
