THE Government must ‘pull out all the stops’ to clear all payment backlogs over the coming weeks and at worst by the end of the year,...
THE Dept. of Agriculture need to introduce ‘a yellow card’ penalty system for farmers who ‘come out the wrong side of inspections’, instead of imposing sizeable...
BVD tissue tagging will continue to remain a reality for farmers for the next year or two at least – as small pockets of the infection...
A PLEA has been made this week by Shannon Callows farmers and local residents for remedial works to start immediately in a bid to prevent a...
THE Dept. of Agriculture has been asked to revisit the whole issue of fallen animals and the costs of collection currently being borne by farmers. According...
THE IFA, Crimestoppers, the Gardai and DoneDeal have joined forces in a renewed bid to curb the problem of theft and fraud on Irish farms. Since...
THE prospects for the autumn store cattle sales have improved following the shock waves caused by the UK Brexit decision last June, according to close observers...
GALWAY sheep farmers are hoping that the first drop in lamb prices that started to click in last week won’t continue through the month of August....