Category: Farming

  • 5 WAYS BELOW COST SELLING HITS VEGETABLE PRODUCERS

    5 WAYS BELOW COST SELLING HITS VEGETABLE PRODUCERS

    While promotions have always been a part of retail sales, the practice of below cost sales has brought a new and potentially terminal threat to the Irish fruit and vegetable sector. Vegetable growers cannot continue in an environment where their produce is constantly being used by retailers as ‘loss leaders’ and being offered to consumers…

  • Factories hitting sheep farmers with lower prices

    Factories hitting sheep farmers with lower prices

    SHEEP FARMERS FRUSTRATED WITH FACTORIES ON PRICE, WEIGHTS AND CLIPPING CHARGES – IFA IFA National Sheep Committee Chairman John Lynskey said sheep farmers are getting very frustrated with the meat factories over their imposition of unfair clipping charges and their attempts to impose restrictive carcase weights. In addition, he said all sorts of moves are…

  • BEEF TRADE STEADY WITH FINISHERS NEGOTIATING DEALS

    BEEF TRADE STEADY WITH FINISHERS NEGOTIATING DEALS

    BEEF TRADE STEADY WITH FINISHERS NEGOTIATING DEALS – IFA IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said the cattle trade is steady, with supply/demand finely balanced and finishers digging in hard and negotiating deals above the base price of €3.80 for steers and €3.90 for heifers. Angus Woods said some cattle are moving today above these…

  • Bird Flu found in Tipperary

    Bird Flu found in Tipperary

    The Department of Agricultutr has confirmed the second case of avian flu in Ireland in 2017. The H5N8 strain of avian influenza or bird flu was confirmed in the last week in a swan in Borrisokane, Co Tipperary. It’s the third case detected in wild birds in Ireland since the current outbreak of H5N8 began…

  • IFA Slams Sheep Factories for imposing new charges

    IFA Slams Sheep Factories for imposing new charges

    IFA OUTLINES STRONG OBJECTION TO UNFAIR FACTORY CLIPPING CHARGES ON LAMBS IFA National Sheep Committee Chairman John Lynskey said the move by the two major lamb factory groups to impose clipping charges across the board on all lambs under the cover of the clean livestock policy is totally wrong. He said factories are taking advantage…

  • US Vulture Funds snapping up Irish Farms

    US Vulture Funds snapping up Irish Farms

    Rural Ireland must not become a carcass for US Vulture Funds Independent TD Mattie McGrath has expressed his deep concern at reports that US based Cerberus Capital Management is set to ramp up repossessions of several hundred farms in rural Ireland. Deputy McGrath was speaking after the Irish Independent Farming Section broke the news that…

  • Beef Trade Finely Balanced As Farmers Demand Price Increase

    Beef Trade Finely Balanced As Farmers Demand Price Increase

    IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said the beef trade is finely balanced. He said the full sale and clear out of the chills during the holiday period has left a strong demand for in-spec stock. In addition he said the strong demand for cows indicates in-spec prime cattle are scarce and factories need the…

  • All GLAS Payments must now be made

    All GLAS Payments must now be made

    IFA Rural Development Chairman, Joe Brady has called on Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to ensure that all 10,000 farmers awaiting GLAS payments receive those payments immediately. Joe Brady said many of these farmers have incurred significant costs in compliance with the scheme through a combination of planner fees and actions to comply. Farmers are…

  • IFA Hopeful of Milk Price Increases in 2017

    IFA Hopeful of Milk Price Increases in 2017

    FIRST EU MMO DAIRY PRICE REPORT OF 2017 AUGURS WELL FOR FURTHER MILK PRICE INCREASES – O’LEARY Today’s first publication for 2017 of the EU Milk Market Observatory’s report on the average EU dairy commodity prices suggests that the upward price trend is continuing into the New Year. This, IFA National Dairy Chairman Sean O’Leary…

  • IFA Slams Minister over GLAS payment delays to farmers

    IFA Slams Minister over GLAS payment delays to farmers

    MINISTER CREED MUST ADDRESS SLUGGISH GLAS PAYOUT – ALL 38,000 FARMERS NEED IMMEDIATE PAYMENT IFA Rural Development Chairman, Joe Brady has described the pay-out of GLAS payments to farmers to date as sluggish, and called on the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to ensure that all 38,000 farmers are now paid the promised 85% payment…