THE announcement of the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme (ANC) – formerly known as the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (DAS) and before that as Headage – has...
A ‘COMMITMENT’ from the Government that there will be further cuts in the farming budget this year needs to be complemented with a number of initiatives...
GALWAY farmers are set to achieve an injection of over €17 million in Disadvantaged Areas Payments, DAS, announced on Wednesday by the Minister for Agriculture, Simon...
A PROPOSED change in the stocking rate requirements for 2014 could further slash funding for hundreds of Connemara farmers who operate a summer grazing cattle system,...
