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Farmers advised to be on guard for new scams

FARMERS and their families have been advised to be ‘extra vigilant’ as regards an alarming increase in online scams o...

Dairy and tillage: the big winners in 2022

THE average family farm income (FFI) on dairy farms of nearly €151,000 in 2022 was over 16 times greater than the ret...

Minister is asked to deliver on sheep supports

FUNDING for the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) needs to be nearly stepped up to bring into line with the rate of paym...

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Key changes to SUSI third level grant application rules

FARM families have been advised of key dates and positive changes to the SUSI third level education grants. Today – Thursday, June 8 – is the dead...

Galway tops suckler cow applications’ league table

THE fact that over 20,000 farmers have applied for inclusion in the new suckler cow scheme is a positive indication for a farming sector that’s con...

East Galway farm sells for €1.3 million

A SUBSTANTIAL holding of land in east Galway – described as one of the finest to come to the market in recent years – has been sold after auction f...

Calls to ‘revisit’ exclusion of sheep sector from Brexit reserve fund

MINISTER for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, has been asked to review a decision taken over recent weeks to exclude the sheep farming sector from...

Dairy sector driving land market

WITH the exception of Leitrim, Galway was marginally the cheapest county in the west and north-west to buy non-residential farmland during the cour...

MEP group will oppose EU plan on nature laws

A RESOLUTION adopted by one of the largest political groupings in the European Parliament – to reject the EU’s Nature Restoration Law – has been we...


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