EXCESSIVE paperwork and unreasonable conditions could put off a cohort of farmers from joining the new suckler cow scheme which starts this year, a farm leader...
A CONNEMARA sheep shearer is one of the stars of a new documentary series that begins next week on TG4 – focusing on the work on...
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...
FARMERS in Galway have been told that the noxious ragwort weed will be treated on road verges during the coming weeks. It has been stated that...
Sheep farmers across County Galway have been warned about opportunist thefts of in-lamb ewes – they have been warned to keep their gates and doors locked....
OVER 10,700 farmers in Connacht and Clare are set to receive a pay-out of over €15.4 million in the BEEP-S scheme before Christmas. A total of...
CLOSE on 13,500 Galway farmers should be getting an early ‘Christmas Box’ this week with the final tranche of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) monies being...
THE IFA claimed this week that they have received clear commitments from the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael party leaders – one of them in all...
