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...
DATA collected by Teagasc from almost 900 farms across the country in 2018 has confirmed the difficulties most farming enterprises faced last year due mainly to...
GALWAY farm representatives have expressed ‘serious disappointment’ at the outcome of talks between the meat plants, the Minister for Agriculture and the main farming organisations. Kevin...
PROPOSALS for a new TB eradication regime with increased controls and costs to farmers will be strongly opposed by the IFA, according to Galway IFA Animal...
JULY turned out to be a pretty much ideal month for farming with up to 25 dry days in places while the bulk of the rainfall...
PROTESTS outside meat plants organised by the Beef Plan Movement (BPM) are set to ‘continue indefinitely’ unless the meat industry commits to increasing cattle prices to...
A study by NUI Galway and Teagasc researchers has pinpointed some of the problems – and solutions – in relation to the transfer of the family...
