Including Mart Reports, announcements from Farming organisations and much more.
Following an appointment process overseen by KPMG, and a meeting of the organisation’s Executive Council today (Wednesday),Damian McDonald has been announced as the new IFA Director General. Picture Credit: Seb Daly/Sportsfile The 44 year old is currently the CEO of Horse Sport Ireland, the Governing Body for the sport horse sector in Ireland. Prior to …
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Embrace FARM are to host an Accident Support Group Meeting for bereaved families, survivors and witnesses of farm accidents from the Galway, Mayo and Roscommon area. The meeting will be held in the Corralea Court Hotel, The Square, Tuam at 8pm on Friday November 25th and Embrace FARM hope to meet new families that they …
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IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said there are clear indications that the cattle trade is firmer this week and may be turning a corner. Meanwhile IFA National Sheep Chairman John Lynskey has said there is more stability in the lamb market this week and clear indications of more buoyancy in the mart trade for …
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Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has called on the Minister for Agriculture to take immediate action in a number of areas to address farmers in difficulty. Commenting on the Grain Crisis Michael Fitzmaurice said that there has been a “deafening silence” since Government representatives met industry stakeholders last month. He has urged Minister Creed to apply …
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IFA Animal Health Chairman Bert Stewart has said the potentially increased costs for national bovine identification tags further strengthen the IFA case for immediate and meaningful Department of Agriculture financial supports towards the cost of tags and BVD testing. Bert Stewart said indications coming from suppliers that costs for national bovine ID tags will increase …
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Roscommon food and drink producers are being encouraged to attend Bord Bia Farmers Market skills training workshops which are being held around the country during November. Picture Credit: Colm Mahady / Fennells The ‘Skills Training for Selling at Farmers Market workshops are open to new and existing members of the food market network. They have …
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The Irish Farmers’ Association and Sky Ireland have signed a new affinity deal for IFA members. The partnership will offer members 20% off when joining Sky TV and 20% off bundle upgrades. IFA Member Services Chairman, Jer Bergin, said, “This is a great addition to the range of existing savings offered by IFA Member Services …
Calling all young people between the ages of 17 and 35 from Ballaghaderreen, Tibohine, Frenchpark, Lisacul, Edmonstown, Gortaganny and surrounding areas…Macra na Feirme needs you. Roscommon Macra na Feirme are holding an Information Night this Friday, October 14th, at 9pm in Durkin’s Bar, Ballaghaderreen. Macra na Feirme is an organisation for young people between the …
Farming organisations have welcomed the majority of announcements on the sector in yesterday’s Budget. IFA President Joe Healy said Budget 2017 responded positively to IFA’s farm income campaign with significant measures on low-cost loans, increased funding for farm schemes, the reversal of cuts to Farm Assist and flexibility on income averaging to help deal with …
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has urged Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to make a case in the Budget for a top up payment from national resources in tomorrow’s Budget for “the forgotten farmers.” This term relates to a group who who missed out by not meeting the criteria to qualify under the National Reserve or Young Farmer …
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On October 27th, IFA President Joe Healy will lead a commemoration in Bantry to honour those who took part in the Farmers’ Rights Campaign. October 7th marked the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Farmers’ Rights Campaign in 1966. Sixteen farmers led by NFA President Richard Deasy embarked on a march from Bantry, County …
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Roscommon County Council is hosting two free Workshops aimed at providing better habitats for Bees as part of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan. Irish bees, crucial in the pollination of our plants, trees and vegetables, are in decline. This is because we’ve drastically reduced the areas where they can nest and the amount of food our …
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has called on Minister Michael Creed to extend the October deadline for slurry spreading given the severe weather experienced over the past few months, which has severely curtailed spreading activity. This was one of the issues which Eugene Murphy discussed with IFA officials during the IFA pre-budget briefing in Dublin …
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Large numbers of beef farms attended the Teagasc National Beef Conference which took place today, Tuesday, October 4th, in the Hodson Bay Hotel. Picture Credit: Clare Frances Photography The theme for the conference was putting “Practice into Profit” and speaking at the opening of the conference, Teagasc Director, Professor Gerry Boyle said: “Teagasc through its …
Roscommon IFA will host a Financial Information Meeting for farm families in Hannon’s Hotel this Wednesday, October 5th at 8.30pm. Roscommon IFA County Chairman John Hanley said “2016 has been a very difficult year for farm income across many sectors. The purpose of the IFA Financial Information meetings is to provide farmers with information on …
