A REGIONAL farm labour database is being set up this week aimed at linking farm families affected by a COVID-19 illness with an available relief worker....
TURF-CUTTING on Irish bogs has been given the go-ahead over the coming weeks after the National Parks and Wildlife Service decided that it was an agricultural...
MART managers and staff across the county are busy this week preparing operating protocols for approval by the Dept. of Agriculture that will allow for the...
FARMERS have been strongly advised this week to have a contingency plan prepared in case they – or members of their family – fall ill with...
WEST of Ireland politicians have been asked to listen to the concerns of local suckler farmers who are now facing into a ‘runaway crisis’, according to...
BEEF farmers were the main borrowers from Credit Unions last year taking out average loans of nearly €22,000 over a payback period of five-and-a-half years, according...
MARTS around the region are hoping to continue operating over the coming weeks and have thanked customers and farmers for their co-operation in regard to precautionary...
FARMERS across the western region are to be canvassed for their views on how to best support the sector over the coming years with both new...
