Agri Politics
Healy-Rae: Government to make no changes to mart restrictions for 4 weeks
The government will not be making any changes to current Level 5 restrictions for marts for a minimum of four...
Agri Politics
The government will not be making any changes to current Level 5 restrictions for marts for a minimum of four...
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s sole reliance on an online system is “unsustainable”, according to TD and...
Agri-Business
Associated Livestock Marts (ALM) has issued a reminder of its commitment to the agricultural industry and farmers amid ongoing Level...
Agri-Business
The online sale of livestock at some marts across the country has resulted in better prices for some farmers, according...
Agri Politics
The Irish Cooperative Organisation Society (ICOS) has requested the government to bring about “as speedy a return as possible” of...
Agri-Business
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has called for allowances to be made for 25 people to physically attend...
Opinion
The latest restrictions under level five where a person cannot go into the ringside to bid on an animal is...
Agri Politics
A detailed submission has been sent to the Minister for Agriculture to resolve the difficulties for farmers and marts operating...
Agri-Business
According to the government’s own website, 40% of marts across the country have a poor broadband service which requires upgrading,...
Agri-Business
An independent TD has said that she is “yet to receive any indication” from Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine...
Beef
“The only aspect of food production that has been shut down is the one where farmers themselves have control,” according...
Beef
Following on from the disruption to mart services on Saturday (October 27), there are calls now for flexibility on the...
Agri-Business
Calls are mounting for a change of restrictions in marts following the chaos at the weekend, even after the government...
Rural Life
Those who drew up the recommendations for the latest mart restrictions have no understanding of how marts operate, according to...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that, “in the interest of protecting those in the agri-sector...
Agri-Business
Farmers should be reassured that their local mart is open for business next week, according to the Irish Cooperative Organisation...
Agri-Business
A large number of mart online systems crashed yesterday (Saturday, October 24), with four marts sending all livestock home and...
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has been asked to meet with representatives of marts and put...