Agri-Business
2020 Young Farmer of the Year nomination deadline extended
The search for the 22nd Macra na Feirme FBD Young Farmer of the Year has been extended until Friday September...
Agri-Business
The search for the 22nd Macra na Feirme FBD Young Farmer of the Year has been extended until Friday September...
Environment
The National Rural Network (NRN) has begun its search for Ireland’s Biodiversity Farmer of the Year. The award, which is...
Rural Life
The search is on for the 22nd Macra na Feirme Young Farmer of the Year. Young farmers involved in dairy,...
Rural Life
Extending the Covid-19 education fund to students of agricultural colleges is a key request for Minister for Further and Higher...
Agri Politics
The newly-announced EU budget has been labelled as “overwhelmingly disappointing” by the national president of Macra Na Feirme, Thomas Duffy. Duffy...
Agri Politics
The new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dara Calleary, has been called on to make generational renewal one...
Beef
Yesterday, Tuesday, July 14, Bord Bia revealed finalised details of its proposal for a grass-fed standard for Irish beef – which...
Rural Life
The new government has been called on to ban the advertising of internal combustion engine cars from the end of...
Beef
During the third meeting of the Beef Market Taskforce today, Thursday, June 25, the differential of UK steer price and...
Environment
The “early success” of the Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme (ASSAP), and its approach, has been welcomed by Macra...
Rural Life
Comments around the acceleration of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan have been welcomed by Macra na Feirme –...
Agri Politics
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has been called on by Macra na Feirme to ensure young...
Agri Politics
Greater cooperation has been called for among rural young people to face the challenges brought about by Covid-19 at the...
Agri Politics
All rural TDs who are involved in government formation talks have been called on by Macra na Feirme to ensure...
Agri Politics
Analysis that milk prices could slump by up to 20% – coupled with the ongoing difficulty for beef farmers in...
Agri Politics
Consumers can either have cheap fruit and vegetables or pay a fair price to farmers and workers – not both,...
Agri-Business
Inspection interviews for the Young Farmers Scheme will be taking place over the phone for the foreseeable future, the Department...
Beef
Beef processors have been called on to not use the closures of food outlets as a reason to reduce beef...