WITH the new CAP just around the corner in 2023, farmers have been invited by the Dept. of Agriculture to attend one of a number of...
THOUSANDS of farmers across the West of Ireland should have received 70% of their Basic Payment (BPS) this week, the Dept. of Agriculture has confirmed to...
ANGRY farmers hit out during last week’s Galway IFA at the Dept. of Agriculture over what they described as their ‘heavy handed tactics’ in docking BEAM...
FRANCIS FARRAGHER looks at different aspects of what’s proposed for agriculture in the FF, FG and Green Party Programme for Government. WEST of Ireland farm leaders...
A PROPERLY funded environmental scheme – with annual payments of up to €10,000 per farmer – must be part of the new CAP (Common Agriculture Policy),...
A COMBINATION of limited land availability, dairy expansion plans and young farmers seeking to match land with entitlements are the main drivers of a buoyant leasing...
GRAIN farmers in Galway – and across the western region – are counting the cost of what has been described as ‘a disastrous harvest’ following record...
AGRICULTURE Minister, Michael Creed has been accused of ‘giving with one hand and taking with the other’ after it emerged that for the first time ever,...
