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Back to the days of the beet harvest in autumn

THESE photos – researched by Connacht Tribune staff photographer, JOE O’SHAUGNESSY – capture the spirit of the beet h...

No sign of any let-up in demand for cattle at the ringside

DESPITE an increase in numbers through the factories in late October – as compared to previous weeks – the cattle tra...

Over €15m in Eco payments made to Galway’s farmers

OVER 10,500 Galway farmers have received advance payments under the Eco-Scheme over the past week, sharing a pot of €...

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TB ‘compo’ ceilings not aligned with cattle prices

FARMERS with TB reactors, are in cases, losing well over €1,000 a head in compensation payments given the current high level of cattle prices in Ir...

€40m BISS boost for Galway’s farmers

A TOTAL of 10,621 Galway farmers last week received an advance payment [70%] of just over €40 million over the past week – averaging out at €3,766 ...

Beef farmers to ‘take the hit’ on Mercosur deal

DESPITE a raft of political assurances from Government Ministers and a former Irish EU Commissioner on the Mercosur Trade Deal, farm leaders – both...

School tours now part of bog project near Mountbellew

SCHOOL tours for national schoolchildren now form part of ‘the curriculum’ for Galway’s Living Bog at Carrownagappul, Mountbellew. The new educa...

Potential of forestry and trees will be outlined at meeting in Ballinasloe

OPPORTUNITIES for farmers and landowners to plant new forests will be the focus of “Let’s Talk Trees” – a public information meeting in the Shearwa...

Early days of October were the wettest since November 2009

ABBEYKNOCKMOY weather recorder Brendan Geraghty had his wettest three-day rain period at the start of October since the infamous flooding of Novemb...


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