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A busy week as Athenry Mart gets back into full swing with three sales

IT might have been a week behind schedule . . . but it was a case of ‘all’s well that ends well’ when the sheep and c...

Minister queried on fodder shortage

A WEST of Ireland TD has urged the Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, to respond to indications of a poss...

Mart hopes to be back to normal next week

REPRESENTATIVES of Athenry Mart are to meet later today (Thursday) with Dept. of Agriculture officials in an effort t...

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Only a quarter of Callows farmers in receipt of flood compensation as promised

CLOSE on 250 disgruntled Shannon Callows farmers turned for a meeting in Shannonbridge on Monday night last in an effort to highlight what they des...

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Members pay more as IFA costs rise

INCREASED staffing costs, inflation and the need to stay independent of any Government aid, have been put forward as some of the reasons why IFA me...

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Nine sheep killed in a series of dog attacks at Cortoon

INVESTIGATIONS are being conducted into three separate dog attacks in the North Galway area which has resulted in nine sheep being savaged to death...

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Teagasc puts practical steps in place to help reduce harmful GHG emissions

DAIRYING is considered to be the most intensive and efficient farming enterprise across the country but they are also coming under scrutiny in term...

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Good riddance to a rain sodden ‘23

IT won’t come as any major surprise to anyone that we’ve endured one of our wettest years in history, with 2023 rainfall in parts of the West of Ir...

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Livestock injuries increase on Irish farms

MORE farmers are suffering  injuries from livestock – as well as trips and falls – while machinery related incidents are dropping, according to the...


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