TEAGASC has outlined a 10-step programme to help beef farmers reduce their carbon footprint over the coming years as part of agriculture’s contribution to the cutting...
THE help of two Galway senators in securing amendments to the Climate Action Bill over recent weeks has been acknowledged and welcomed by local IFA representatives. While...
FORMER IFA President, TJ Maher, made front page headlines in the Connacht Tribune edition of January 12, 1973, when he addressed the Athenry Mart social of...
THE ‘hay weather’ might have arrived this week but up until now it has been a strange early Summer mix of cloud, lower than average temperatures...
The Galway Wool Co-operative – a group of 40 innovative sheep farmers aggrieved at the sharply falling price of wool on the traditional route to market...
THERE’S going to be winners and losers with the new CAP agreed last weekend – with each individual farmer having to look closely at how the...
A BUOYANT cattle trade looks set to continue through the Summer with marts reporting a very strong demand for stock – and especially so for quality...
AN extinct breed of sheep – written off as not hardy enough for the challenging Connemara landscape – has now officially re-emerged after a quarter of...
