Tag: farming
Farmers’ face-off with Euro hopefuls
GALWAY farmers have been asked to turn out in force for a face-to-face meeting with European Election candidates in the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris...
Teagasc man’s advances in cattle breeding science brings him gold
PROFESSOR Michael Diskin – who has been in charge of the Teagasc, Mellows Campus, in Athenry for 14 years – is the 2018 winner...
Summit on beef will be a ‘sell-out’
THE threat to the future of suckler enterprises across the country – and especially so in the West of Ireland – is expected to...
Sucklers not the problem with GHGs
IRISH cattle, sheep and tillage enterprises should not be made scapegoats of in terms of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) figures, on the basis that the...
IFA survey highlights ‘no-origin’ meats on shelves
A GALWAY IFA ‘spot-check survey’ of supermarkets across different parts of the city and county earlier this month showed that many of them didn’t...
Timber output is set to double in size over next 20...
ONE of the country’s biggest sawmills – the Murray Timber Group in Ballygar – are predicting major growth in the industry over the coming...