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  • Weekly Club Notes – Feb 1st 2019

    Weekly Club Notes – Feb 1st 2019

      ***Kindly Sponsored by Pa’s Bar, Upperchurch*** UNDER 21 FOOTBALL Our under 21 footballers claimed victory last Tuesday night in their mid championship clash with Boherlahan Dualla. Full time score in Templtouhy was 1-4 to 0-6. MINOR FOOTBALL The minor footballers play the next round of the mid championship this Sunday Feb 3rd at 12…

  • LATEST KOMATSU WA100M LOADER HITS IRELAND

    LATEST KOMATSU WA100M LOADER HITS IRELAND

      Komatsu has launched its latest version WA100M Dash 8 compact wheel loader on the market here with agricultural contractors, farm users and bulk grain and feed merchant users firmly in their sights. Farm-fit in terms of its general dimensions, accessible mechanics, and all-round durability and maneuverability, it is described by Birdhill-based distributor McHale Plant…

  • Busy Silotite Stand at FTMTA Show

    Busy Silotite Stand at FTMTA Show

    The Silotite stand at the 2019 FTMTA show in Punchestown, Co. Kildare attracted a lot of attention from livestock farmers and baled silage contractors from the Republic and Northern Ireland. Present on the stand were Armagh man  Lloyd Dawson, Sales Director RPC bpi agriculture, Paul Johnson, Area Manager for Northern Ireland,  Vicki Coleman from the…

  • New era for Ireland’s leading snack-food manufacturer

    New era for Ireland’s leading snack-food manufacturer

    Ireland’s leading snack food manufacturer has announced its name change to Tayto Snacks. The company, previously known as Largo Foods, will henceforth be known as Tayto Snacks, in homage to the strength, longevity, and recognition of its flagship brand. Headquartered in Ashbourne, Co. Meath adjacent to its 80,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility, the company employs almost…

  • Royal County Farmer on the Pigs Back

    Royal County Farmer on the Pigs Back

    The late Jack Marry was a well-known legend in pig farming and operated several very successful farms, producing up to 55,000 pigs a year. He was regarded as one of the most successful pig meat producers in Ireland. This tradition has been carried on by his three sons Gareth, Colin and Jonathan who each manage…

  • IFA CALLS FOR ACTION ON TEAGASC’S CLIMATE ROADMAP

    IFA CALLS FOR ACTION ON TEAGASC’S CLIMATE ROADMAP

    IFA Environment Chairman Thomas Cooney has said that Teagasc’s climate marginal abatement curve published 250 days ago, needs to be acted upon by the Government and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action as a matter of urgency. In June of last year, Teagasc published a scientific report which identifies the potential to reduce greenhouse…

  • ‘Hoping’ for a safety net at the bottom of the Brexit cliff is not enough – IFA

    ‘Hoping’ for a safety net at the bottom of the Brexit cliff is not enough – IFA

      Speaking at this morning’s All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit in Dublin Castle, IFA President Joe Healy reinforced the devastating impact that a no-deal Brexit would have on Ireland’s agricultural sector. He outlined the crisis that is already underway in the beef sector and restated his call for mitigation measures to be put in place…

  • BEEF SECTOR FACES €800m ‘DIRECT HIT’ FROM BREXIT

    BEEF SECTOR FACES €800m ‘DIRECT HIT’ FROM BREXIT

    Speaking at an IFA lobby of TDs and Senators on the beef crisis in Dublin today, IFA President Joe Healy said a hard Brexit would devastate Ireland’s €3bn beef and livestock sector. He said, “IFA estimate the imposition of WTO tariffs in a hard-Brexit will impose a direct cost on the beef sector of €800m per…

  • LAMB TRADE REMAINS STRONG – IFA

    LAMB TRADE REMAINS STRONG – IFA

    IFA National Sheep Chairman Sean Dennehy said the lamb trade remains strong with factories paying €5.50 to €5.60/kg to get stock and top prices of €5.70/kg paid for larger lots. He said moves by some plants to lower quotes and stall the strong rise in prices was meeting strong resistance from feeders. He said compared…

  • FIRMER DAIRY MARKETS JUSTIFY AT LEAST MAINTAINING BASE MILK PRICE

    FIRMER DAIRY MARKETS JUSTIFY AT LEAST MAINTAINING BASE MILK PRICE

    IFA National Dairy Chairman Tom Phelan today (Monday) said lower global milk production and the quasi emptying of SMP intervention stocks had led to generally firmer global dairy markets, further reinforced last week by a 6.7% increase – the 5th consecutive lift – in the GDT price index. This justifies, at the very least, Irish…