A MINIMUM payment of €100 per finished animal is being sought by the IFA as ‘a central plank’ of the €50 million Beef Scheme, announced earlier...
FRANCIS FARRAGHER looks at different aspects of what’s proposed for agriculture in the FF, FG and Green Party Programme for Government. WEST of Ireland farm leaders...
A PROPERLY funded environmental scheme – with annual payments of up to €10,000 per farmer – must be part of the new CAP (Common Agriculture Policy),...
IT was back to business at Tuam Mart on Monday when they held their first public auction sale since mid-March – backed up a new online...
THERE are growing concerns in western farming circles this week over early-summer, drought-like conditions that have greatly stunted growth. With rainfall amounts continuing to be very...
A WORSENING bovine TB problem in parts of Galway will not be resolved until a controlled cull of the badger population is put in place, according...
By Serena Gibbons is Education Officer with Teagasc Galway/Clare THE delivery of the Galway/Clare Teagasc Education courses in February 2020 and the delivery as we enter...
ALMOST nine out of 10 farmers have no definite farm succession plan in place, according to the findings of the latest ifac National Farm Survey. The...
