Agri-Business
New farming organisation targets 20,000 farmers
A new national farming organisation is being set up and it aims to represent marginalised and low income farmers. It...
Hill Farming
Environment
Thousands of farmers march on Castlebar over 'unfair' GLAS
Over 2,000 hill and commonage farmers have turned out today to march on the Taoiseach’s office in Castlebar in protest...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Environment
Minister accused of discrimination against hill farmers
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney is insisting on imposing regulations in regard to hill and commonage farmers participating in...
Environment
IFA hill committee calls for flexibility in GLAS implementation
Minister for Agriculture has been called on to allow flexibility in the implementation of his new rules for farmers to...
Environment
'Inflexible' rules pose threat to hill farmers says MEP
The Department of Agriculture is unnecessarily imposing conditions on the participation of hill and commonage farmers in the new EU...
Environment
Hill farmers to hold meeting on SFP and GLAS this week
The Hill Farmers for Action Group has organised a commonage information meeting for Thursday, November 20, at 8pm in Peacockes...
Environment
Hill Farmers for Action take their case to Brussels
Independent MEP Marian Harkin organised a series of meetings in Brussels for hill and commonage farmers with senior officials of...
Sheep
Efforts underway to improve returns on hill sheep farms
A number of industry stakeholders are coming together to improve returns in the hill sheep sector according to Sheep Ireland....
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Environment
‘GLAS proposals adapted significantly in light of hill farmer concerns’
Having listened very carefully to the concerns expressed by hill-farmers and their representatives over the new GLAS scheme, the Minister...
Environment
Hill, commonage farmers call for face-to-face meeting with Minister
Hill and commonage farmers are threatening to withdraw their goodwill allowing access to hills, commonages and walkways unless the Minister...
Environment
Ó Cuív highlights plight of hill farmers
Speaking in the Dáil on Friday of last week Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesman Éamon Ó Cuív said that there is a disaster...
Environment
Common sense agreement vital for hill farmers says MEP
The agreement reached between the Department of Agriculture and the Hill Farmers Action Group concerning access to the new GLAS...
Environment
'Hill Farmers should not be penalised because of unworkable proposals'
Hill farmers should not suffer because proposals in relation to the implementation of the new Rural Development Plan (RDP) are...
Environment
Hill farmers' public meeting next week
The recently-formed Concerned Hill Farmers Action Group will host a public meeting in the Castle Court Hotel, Westport on Wednesday,...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Other
‘Concerned Hill Farmers Action Group’ launched
A national protest group has now been officially formed to campaign for changes to the new Rural Development Programme (RDP), Tubercurrry...
Agri-Business
Fianna Fail to host meeting on CAP reform in Achill
Fianna Fáil’s Agriculture spokesperson Éamon Ó Cuív is urging local farmers in the Achill area to come to a public...
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Teagasc Hill Sheep Conference 2014
The Irish Hill Sheep sector plays an important role in the economic health of rural economies and the maintenance of...