IFA explores targeted payments for sheep with EU Commission’s Rural Development...
At a high level meeting with senior Rural Development officials from DG Agri in Brussels last week, IFA National Sheep committee chairman, John Lynskey,...
IFA appeals to dog owners to keep their pets under control
Speaking following a Sheep Farmers Meeting in Cork last week, IFA National Sheep Chairman John Lynskey has warned dog owners to keep their pets...
Macra welcomes Glanbia MilkFlex Fund announcement
Macra welcomes the launch of the Glanbia Milkflex fund which is an innovative initiative involving collaboration between Glanbia Co-Op and the Irish Strategic Investment...
IFA Dairy Forum submission majors in on farmer support strategy for...
IFA National Chairman Jer Bergin said the IFA Submission to the Dairy Forum focuses on measures that would make a rapid impact on farmers’...
€100m dairy farmer loan scheme launched
Glanbia Co-operative Society have launched a new €100 million loan scheme for dairy farmers. The fund will offer loans where the repayments will change according...
Cork veg and potato growers hold protest outside Lidl and Aldi...
Addressing a protest at Lidl and Aldi stores this week North Cork IFA, chairman Billy Cotter, accused the retailers of gross hypocrisy by slashing...
Castlelyons grower claims Glanbia grain award
Dermot McAuliffe, from Castlelyons, was honoured with the overall Glanbia Quality Grain award for 2015, at the annual event held in Kilkenny on Thursday,...
New CEO appointed to Moorepark Technology Limited
Castletownroche-native John Hunter has been appointed as the new CEO of Moorepark Technology Limited (MTL). He joins the company from Tipperary Co-op where he...
Cork farmer goes in search of new livestock in the ninth...
Cork farmer Frank Murphy will feature in the ninth episode of UTV Ireland’s highly successful fly-on-the-wall rural series, ‘Rare Breed: A Farming Year’, on...
Cork East general election candidates put through their paces at IFA...
Cork East general election candidates set out their stall on agriculture and rural issues at a debate hosted by IFA in Fermoy last week.
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