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IFA calls on Commissioner Hogan to safeguard Ireland’s sustainable food production

IFA Environment Chairman Thomas Cooney is calling on Commissioner Hogan to ensure that the good work of farmers, through initiatives such as Smart Farming, Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme and Teagasc’s carbon navigator, and the ambition to continue to reduce emission intensity in food products, are supported in the current EU discussions on ammonia and …

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IFA demands immediate Beef Price rise

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IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said the beef price situation has turned this week with supplies tightening rapidly and factories increasing prices to get numbers. He said prices have moved on with €4.00/kg the new base on steers and €4.10 base on heifers this week. He said these levels were being paid much more …

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Are you Roscommon’s biggest Spudlover?

News, Things to do

Bord Bia and GIY have launched a competition to dig up Roscommon’s biggest Spudlover and crown Ireland’s Top Tuber. Picture Credit: Patrick Browne GIYers and budding Spud growers are now invited to sow their potatoes and join in ‘SpudLove 2016’, an initiative which is encouraging Irish communities to fall in love with the spud all …

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Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme For GLAS Farmers

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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, has announced a new grant scheme to aid the conservation of traditional farm buildings on GLAS farms. GLAS is the new agri-environment scheme for Irish farmers, to which nearly 40,000 farmers have already signed-up, and this new element to that scheme will help ensure …

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IFA calls on Enda Kenny to intervene with EU on Mercosur

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IFA National Chairman Jer Bergin this week wrote to An Taoiseach Enda Kenny to express serious concerns about the engagement between EU and Mercosur negotiators in Brussels this Friday and the imminent exchange of offers between both sides. In his letter, the IFA Chairman highlighted the damaging impact a Mercosur deal would have on the …

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IFA calls for stop to further milk price cuts

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At a meeting of the IFA National Dairy Committee this week, dairy farm leaders from all over the country called for an immediate stop to any further milk price cuts, in the face of severe cash flow challenges on farms. The Committee members will contact co-op board members accordingly in the coming days, as boards …

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Drum seeks producers for new Country Market

Local News, Monksland Drum Cornafulla Bealnamulla, News

Country Markets Ltd and Drum Community Centre are seeking expressions of interest from producers who would like to become members of a new indoor country market to be located at the Centre. Country Markets Ltd support artisan producers all around the country and all produce sold in their markets is home produced. So, if you …

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IFA react to EPA Water Quality Results

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IFA Environment Chairman Thomas Cooney has described the latest EPA water quality results as an example of what investment and hard work can achieve. The results show that 93% of our bathing waters around the country are classified as being in either excellent or good condition. He said the outcome shows that the vast majority …

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IFA and Pieta House “Mind Our Farm Families” campaign

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The IFA has been working with Pieta House since 2011 to provide information and support to farmers and their families through the ‘Mind Our Farm Families’ phone line and counselling service. The 1890 130 022 phone line puts farmers who are feeling suicidal, or their families, in direct contact with a Pieta House trained therapist …

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New Research on Managing Organic Fertilizers

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Recent research from the Teagasc Agricultural Catchments Programme found that there was little evidence of livestock slurry in streams following the end of the ‘closed period’ for slurry spreading. This means that farmers either weren’t spreading slurry at this time, or were spreading it on the parts of their farms where it was less likely …

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ICSA alarm at tariff proposals in Mercosur talks

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ICSA president Patrick Kent has expressed deep alarm at progress on a Mercosur trade deal between the EU and South America, which includes proposals for a tariff rate quota for beef. “Our worst fears are beginning to crystallise with a proposal which would be utterly disastrous for the beef sector here. A tariff rate quota …

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“Tide is turning on cattle prices says IFA

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IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said the tide is turning on cattle prices with supplies tightening rapidly and factories increasing prices to get numbers. He said prices have moved on with some deals of €4 base on steers and €4.10 base on heifers paid for this week. Henry Burns said feeders needed to dig …

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ICSA slams Minister Kelly’s musing on property rights

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ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has expressed alarm at Minister Alan Kelly’s recent musings at the Forum on Housing and Homelessness suggesting that Article 43 of the Irish constitution, which deals with property rights, may have to be changed. “Changing an individual’s property rights would do nothing to solve the current homelessness problem and …

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ICSA challenges meat industry to come clean on insurance costs

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ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has reacted to the statement from Meat Industry Ireland which claims that factory “insurance” charges are in farmers’ own interest. Mr Phelan said that, in light of the statement from the meat industry, processors should now move to provide complete transparency on the amount of money collected and the amount …

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Castlerea Mart Price Report March 31st

Farming, Marts

There were 900 cattle on offer at Castlerea Mart yesterday (Thursday). Store cattle of all types continue to enjoy a very strong trade driven by strong farmer buying at the moment and also export demand. The heifer and dry cow sections reported a steady trade with prices similar to last week while in the calf …

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