HSE slammed over ‘casual slur against farm families’
Speaking on the widespread coverage given to allegations that ‘farming families’ were deliberately keeping elderly relatives in public hospital to avoid having to engage...
30% failure rate locally in Agricultural Inspection Programme
30% of farms inspected by Cork County Council in the Fermoy Municipal District were issued with warning letters in 2016.
As part of the Agricultural...
Tillage Forum must reconvene urgently to implement crisis fund for grain...
IFA President Joe Healy has welcomed the strong support in the Dail for IFA’s campaign for emergency aid for grain growers seriously affected by...
Regional Veterinary Laboratories are a vital support for farmers
Stating that the Department of Agriculture Regional Veterinary Laboratory services are highly regarded and a vital support for farmers throughout the country', IFA Animal Health...
Bord Bia figures shows our ‘unique exposure to Brexit’
Commenting on the Bord Bia report that estimates that Irish food exporters to the UK have lost €570 million through falls in the value...
IFA Grain Protest at Dáil Éireann
Kevin O'Keeffe TD met up with North Cork IFA officers at the IFA grain farmers protest at Dáil gates in Dublin on Wednesday.
Overdrafts restructured into term loans to be included in new Agri...
Macra na Feirme has called on the Strategic Banking Corporation Ireland (SBCI) and the pillar banks who will administer the new agriculture cash flow...
‘Room for further price increases on December milk’ – O’Leary
Speaking at the January meeting of North Cork IFA County Executive, IFA National Dairy Chairman Sean O’Leary said the first GDT auction of 2017,...
IFA calls for major push on Live Export Trade
Speaking at a Bord Bia/Department of Agriculture seminar for live exporters recently, IFA President Joe Healy called for a major national diplomatic initiative to...
Minister launches 2017 as Year of Sustainable Grassland
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, officially launched 2017 as the ‘Year of Sustainable Grassland’. This initiative will see...
