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 WORSENING bovine TB problem in parts of Galway will not be resolved until a controlled cull of the badger population is put in place, according...
FARM or contractors’ employees who engage in – and record pranks with farm machinery on social media – should be sacked, according to IFA President, Tim...
THE IFA are on ‘red alert’ that outgoing Transport Minister, Shane Ross, may try in ‘one last dying kick’ to push through a Compulsory Purchase Order...
A REGIONAL farm labour database is being set up this week aimed at linking farm families affected by a COVID-19 illness with an available relief worker....
MARTS across the western region continue to report a buoyant trade for all types of cattle with ‘intense competition’ at the ringside for stock. According to...
FARMERS and householders in the Shannon Callows area of East Galway and surrounding counties are ‘hoping and praying’ that the heavy rainfall predicted for this weekend...
POTENTIAL cuts in the EU’s agricultural budget for the 2021 to 2027 period could have catastrophic consequences for farming in the West of Ireland, it was...
