LIVESTOCK farmers along the Western Seaboard counties have been advised this week of an increased livestock threat following an extremely wet late Summer and early Autumn...
ECONOMIC concerns have been identified in Teagasc research as one of the main stumbling blocks in the transfer of the family farm from one generation to...
A WEST of Ireland TD has hit out at what he described as RTE’s unfair and unbalanced coverage of climate change issues in relation to rural...
FARMERS participating in the Hen Harrier protection project – including 250 in the South Galway area – have been lauded this week by Agriculture Minister, Michael...
A DOUBLING of the funding for farm loans under the Future Growth Loan Scheme has been welcomed by the IFA – but they are seeking greater...
THE Galway Beef Plan Movement (GBPM) have this week promised a resurgence in their efforts and a higher profile in the coming months in their battle...
By Michael Donoghue, Teagasc THE 2019 dairy season is almost finished on most spring calving herds with four to six weeks milking left before drying off...
OUR soaking Autumn looks to put a real dampener on the acreage of winter corn sown in Galway and across the West for 2020 – although...
