FARMERS in the Shannon Callows area are facing into another crisis period through the late spring and early summer period with thousands of acres of land now under water after the incessant rains of March. Even with fine weather, it will be at least two months from now before the Callows will be fit for […]
SEVENTY new trails in the national rural Walks Scheme are to be developed over the coming year or so with farmers across the West of Ireland being asked to ‘take a look’ at what’s on offer. The scheme – first introduced by then Gaeltacht Minister, Éamon Ó Cuív in 2008 – already has 80 trails […]
IT’S not pie in the sky anymore when it comes to farmers being energy self-sufficient . . . now it’s a case of looking at that great light in the sky! From this week, farmers can now apply for an enhanced grant rate of 60% – with an investment ceiling of 90,000 – for solar […]
MERCHANTS and co-ops have been told this week ‘to bite the bullet’ and to put in place a fair policy as regards fertiliser prices for this year. Many fertiliser outlets are understood to have significant stocks in place since last year – purchased at a time when product was close to the peak of the […]
EXCESSIVE paperwork and unreasonable conditions could put off a cohort of farmers from joining the new suckler cow scheme which starts this year, a farm leader has warned this week. Connacht IFA Chair, Pat Murphy, told the Farming Tribune that he didn’t see the reasoning behind applicants having to be in the Bord Bia Quality […]