Agri Politics
The Irish Family Farm Group (IFFG) has begun contacting farmers around the country to support "an inclusive farm lobby group".
"There are insufficient supports for suckler farmers in Budget 2021," according to the Irish Family Farm Rights Group.
The IFRG has reiterated calls for a new farm environmental scheme, similar to REPS, and a €300/head Suckler Cow Welfare Scheme.
The Irish Family-Farm Rights Group (IFRG) held the first in a series of public farmer petition meetings last Thursday night in Kilkenny Mart.
The Irish Family-Farm Rights Group (IFRG) has welcomed support from other organisations to two key proposals for farm sustainability.
Beef
Proper attention must be paid to all of those actually responsible for the four movement rule, according to the IFRG.
A farm lobby group has said at present there can be no unity in Irish agriculture due to "undue influence of unrepresentative voices".
Agri-Business
Farmers are "ashamed" to ask their children to take over the family farm as a result of an "unjust" CAP system, the FRG's Tommy Gunning said.
Calls have been made for a postal survey to be carried out as part of the current CAP post-2020 consultation process.
The cost of keeping a suckler cow is driving farmers out of suckling, according to Thomas Gunning from the Irish Family-Farm Rights Group.
Farmers are being put under pressure from all angles and are not receiving a fair price for their produce, the FRG's Thomas Gunning has said.
Over 7,000 farmers nationwide have signed a petition in opposition to the 4-movement rule for cattle enforced by meat processing plants.
