European Parliament Vote On CAP Cannot Be Ignored – Healy
IFA President Joe Healy said the vote in the European Parliament this week on the EU Budget shows there is strong momentum to reverse the cuts proposed by the Commission. Joe Healy said IFA would be continuing its campaign to deliver a CAP Budget that supports farmers. “Our members have been busy lobbying […]
Mixer Wagon Rental Scheme Luanched To Support Irish Farmers Affected By Drought
Summer 2018 has proved very challenging for Irish farmers. Unpredicted drought conditions have resulted in extreme difficulties for farmers feeding their livestock, and many have been forced to incorporate a range of different forages and concentrates into their animal’s diets. In response to this, KEENAN is giving farmers who do not own or have access […]
Agri Aware Appeals For Support For Irish Farmers This Christmas
89% of the public believe that Irish farmers provide quality, safe, traceable food at an affordable price for Irish consumers 90% of the public think legislation should be introduced to ensure that farmers receive a fair price from supermarkets for their food 95% of consumers believe Irish farmers play a key role in […]
IFA Meets Agricultural Development Board On Brexit Impact For Sheep
IFA National Sheep Chairman John Lynskey said the lamb trade has settled this week with supplies back following the Eid festival, and factories are paying €4.85 to €4.95/kg to get lambs. He said top prices of up to €5.00/kg were paid. On weights, he said more farmers were securing weights to 22kgs and a […]
Offaly Farmers Asked To Remain Vigilant For Water Pollution
Inland Fisheries Ireland has issued an appeal to farmers in Offaly to remain vigilant during the summer months when harvesting silage and spreading slurry to avoid water pollution and the loss of nutrients to water. There were 31 separate fish kills across the country last year, with eight of those directly attributable to agricultural activities. […]
Stay Safe With Livestock
The Farm Safety Week team is challenging farmers to think about improving livestock handling systems to make them safer and more efficient. Many farmers never stop to consider why animals behave as they do and, more importantly, what this behaviour could mean to their personal safety. Animal-handling practices are often learned from watching others […]
Farmers Urged To Make Their Farms Safer Places To Work And Live
The start of the fifth annual Farm Safety Week UK & Ireland is an initiative led by the IFA in Ireland, aiming to reduce the number of accidents on farms that continue to give farming the poorest safety record of any occupation in the country. Farm Safety Week is supported by a number of […]
Farmers join Environmentalists To Back Bill To Ban Fracking
As an Oireachtas Committee began hearings on a draft law to ban fracking, today the IFA is joining local groups, environmentalists, water specialists and student campaigners to call for the Bill to be passed without delay. Hildegarde Naughton TD, the Chair of Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action, received a petition from the groups, signed by […]
Minister Creed Must Address Sluggish GLAS Payout – IFA
IFA Rural Development Chairman, Joe Brady has described the pay-out of GLAS payments to farmers to date as sluggish, and called on the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to ensure that all 38,000 farmers are now paid the promised 85% payment without any further delay. Joe Brady said that while the commencement of GLAS […]
Farmers, Friars and Frontiers: the archaeology of the Ballyhoura Hills
An exciting travelling exhibition outlining archaeological research in the Ballyhoura Hills area was launched yesterday, Tuesday 19 March, in Kilmallock Library. The exhibition focuses on Bronze Age farmers, Iron Age frontiers and the medieval friars, reflecting the research projects carried out in the area by The Discovery Programme: Centre for Archaeology and Innovation. The Discovery […]
