Rural Life
A farm outside Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary, sowed the seeds of a fascination that led to the making of a film on the Voyager space programme.
Beef
Farmers are still unable to opt out of “voluntary” levies when completing cattle tag order forms, despite the Department's intervention.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that farmers will soon be able to opt-out of paying ICBF levies on cattle tag order forms.
The ICBF received an average of €830,000 a year in the last decade from contributions made by farmers purchasing cattle tags.
