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New CAP aims to improve gender balance

MEASURES in the new CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) to increase and improve women’s participation in farming have be...

Looking into the future

CHANGING times in farming and fears about the future has prompted Galway IFA to hold a series of meetings across the ...

Huge cow cull could be in the pipeline

WESTERN farm leaders have expressed alarm at reports that the Government could be considering a massive cull of the s...

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Changes agreed on TB testing regime

A PROPOSED six-months testing requirement for all bovine animals moving herds will now only apply to cows and males over 36-months old, following d...

IFA up in arms over Bord Bia ‘sheep vacancy’

A GENDER equality issue is holding up the appointment of a farm representative to the sheep section of Bord Bia over recent months, according to Ga...

Farmers will only pay for one test in a year

ANY farmer who has to have a second TB test in the one year – now to be required under new EU regulations for older animals – must not be left bear...

IFA leader calls for conciliatory approach to determining route for cycle/walkway

A more flexible and practical approach to the proposed Galway to Athlone greenway should be adopted – rather than “bombarding” it through agricultu...

Flexibility and budget worries over direction of new scheme

THE new ACRES (Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme) due to be rolled out on January 1 next is ‘restrictive and complicated’ according to West of ...


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