Agri-Business
Hundreds attend first national meeting of INHFA
Over 350 farmers attended the first of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) series of nationwide meetings last Thursday...
Agri-Business
Over 350 farmers attended the first of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) series of nationwide meetings last Thursday...
Agri-Business
A new national farming organisation is being set up and it aims to represent marginalised and low income farmers. It...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture has said in recent days that on many of the issues raised by the hill-farmers representatives,...
Environment
Following a meetings with hill farmers in recent weeks, The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said his Department is trying to...
Sheep
With scanning starting to commence on lowland flocks throughout the country, initial reports suggest a bumper lamb crop could be...
Environment
Over 2,000 hill and commonage farmers have turned out today to march on the Taoiseach’s office in Castlebar in protest...
Environment
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney is insisting on imposing regulations in regard to hill and commonage farmers participating in...
Environment
Minister for Agriculture has been called on to allow flexibility in the implementation of his new rules for farmers to...
Environment
Commonage farmers have given the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, until December 1 to respond to their request for a...
Environment
Independent MEP Marian Harkin organised a series of meetings in Brussels for hill and commonage farmers with senior officials of...
Environment
Whether they appreciate it or not the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine are now in danger of presiding...
Environment
Ireland is facing massive fines from the European Commission due to what that the Department calls ‘widespread undergrazing’ of commonage...
Sheep
A number of industry stakeholders are coming together to improve returns in the hill sheep sector according to Sheep Ireland....
Environment
Having listened very carefully to the concerns expressed by hill-farmers and their representatives over the new GLAS scheme, the Minister...
Environment
Hill and commonage farmers are threatening to withdraw their goodwill allowing access to hills, commonages and walkways unless the Minister...
Environment
Despite the unnecessarily obdurate attitude of the Department of Agriculture in dealing with hill farmers over commonage issues, it would...
Environment
Speaking in the Dáil on Friday of last week Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesman Éamon Ó Cuív said that there is a disaster...
Environment
A mass walk-out by farmers took place at last nights information meeting for commonage farmers hosted by the Department of...