Category: Farming
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IFA MEETS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON DETAILS OF THE NEW €10 PER EWE SHEEP SCHEME
An IFA National Sheep Committee delegation, led by Chairman John Lynskey, discussed details of the new €10 per ewe sheep scheme with senior officials from the Department of Agriculture in the Irish Farm Centre in Dublin this week. John Lynskey said the new €10 per ewe scheme is a very positive development for the sheep…
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“Minister Naughten to visit Thurles’ Premier Green Energy site,” McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has welcomed the decision by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment Denis Naughten to visit the Premier Green Energy site in Thurles today. Deputy McGrath was speaking ahead of the Minister’s visit to the business that focuses on the development of sustainable and renewable environmental and waste management…
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ACTION BY EU COMMISSION CRUCIAL FOR MUSHROOM SECTOR BESET BY CURRENCY PRESSURES POST-BREXIT
IFA President Joe Healy has called on the EU Commission to provide support for mushroom producers who have been badly hit by the duration and extent of the sterling depreciation arising from the UK decision to exit the EU. Joe Healy said, “The sudden and sustained depreciation of sterling, which is as a direct result…
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IFA Calls On Factories To Reverse Beef Price Cuts Based On Strong Uk Market Returns
IFA President Joe Healy has called on the meat factories to reverse the beef price cuts and restore some level of confidence to producers. He said that based on the market returns from the UK, it is clear the factories could easily reverse some of the price cuts of recent weeks and increase returns to…
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Oireachtas Members Get Strong Message From IFA Officers That Farm Income Must Be Supported In Budget ‘17
Addressing Oireachtas members in Dublin today (Tues) as part of IFA’s pre-Budget campaign, IFA President Joe Healy said next month’s Budget is a major test of the Government’s commitment to farm families who are under serious income pressure after a year of low product and dreadful weather conditions. IFA officers who met TDs & Senators…
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Urgent Government Action On Dairy Farm Cash Flow Support Needed – O’Leary
Speaking at the IFA’s second regional Dairy Farm Income meeting in Carrick on Shannon last night (Monday), IFA National Dairy Chairman Sean O’Leary said the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed must show far greater urgency in matching funding and utilising the €11.1m EU aid package and the state aid concessions to support dairy farmers’ very…
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IFA welcomes GLAS payment assurance for commonage farmers
IFA Hill Committee Chairman Pat Dunne has welcomed the assurance given by Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed that commonage farmers will get their 2016 GLAS payment at the same time as all other GLAS farmers, within the next six weeks. Pat Dunne said that the delay in getting the online system up and running for…
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Definite dairy market recovery must be leveraged to address cash flow crisis on farms
IFA National Dairy Chairman Sean O’Leary today (Wednesday) said multiple indicators are now confirming that the dairy market recovery is very much underway. EU and global output is back, demand is picking up in China and other markets, and prices continue to lift. Mr O’Leary urged all in the industry to make every effort to…
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Minister must intervene to ensure CCPC investigates ABP/Slaney deal
IFA President Joe Healy has called on Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to immediately intervene with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) to insist that they seek the referral of the ABP/Slaney case from DG Competition in Brussels back to Ireland for investigation so that serious issues around competition in the sale of cattle are…
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HEALY CALLS ON MINISTER CREED TO ESTABLISH TILLAGE FORUM TO ADDRESS INCOME CRISIS
IFA President Joe Healy has called on Minister Creed to urgently establish and convene a National Tillage Forum, including key industry stakeholders to devise an action plan to address the serious and deepening income crisis in the tillage farming sector. Joe Healy made his call in an address to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture…