THE new agri-environmental scheme – part of which is due to start being rolled out this Autumn – has been given a frosty reception by farming...
THE new Government is ‘absolutely committed’ to a new €1.5 billion REPS scheme that will recognise and reward the environmental role of farmers in the West...
FARMERS across the western region are to be canvassed for their views on how to best support the sector over the coming years with both new...
BY ANTHONY O’CONNOR AVOID been left feeling ‘baa-d’ and counting the cost of returning a sheep census form late. Fill your form now and return it...
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,...
