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2010-09-02 : MINISTER SMITH MUST MOVE ON AEOS PLANS

IFA Rural Development Chairman, Tom Turley has urged the Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith to immediately notify the 9,000 farmers who applied for the AEOS of their acceptance into the new agri-environmental scheme.

2010-09-01 : IFA CONGRATULATE PAUL KEHOE ON WINNING FBD YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR

IFA President John Bryan has congratulated Paul Kehoe from Co. Wexford on winning the prestigious FBD Young Farmer of the Year Award.

2010-09-01 : MAJOR IFA BEEF FINISHERS MEETING

Announcing details of a major IFA Beef Finishers meeting for Monday September 13th 2010 in the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, Co. Laois at 8.30pm, IFA National Livestock Committee Chairman Michael Doran said cattle farmers are not going to finish cattle and lose money again for the 2010/11 season.

2010-08-30 : DAIRYGOLD AND GLANBIA GRAIN CUSTOMERS SHOULD EXAMINE THEIR OPTIONS

IFA National Grain Committee, Noel Delany, said that growers supplying Dairygold and Glanbia should examine their options following on from their on-account price announcements over the last week, as these prices are up €20/t below what can be achieved on deals or from other grain buyers.

2010-08-29 : DAIRY INVESTMENT SCHEME MUST FACILITATE EXPANSION AND EQUIPMENT UPGRADE AS WELL AS YOUNG FARMERS - KIERSEY

IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Kevin Kiersey said the forthcoming Dairy Investment Scheme, which was first announced over a year ago, and which is to make €45m of EU funds available for on-farm investment should facilitate expanding farmers and those needing to upgrade equipment as well as young farmers. He said this would be essential if the Government 2020 target of a 50% expansion were to have any chance of being delivered.

2010-08-26 : GOVERNMENT AGRI-FOOD GROWTH TARGETS DEPEND ON POSITIVE OUTCOME TO NITRATES REVIEW – JOHN BRYAN

IFA President John Bryan has said that the outcome of the nitrates review has the potential to make or break the Government’s Food Harvest 2020 growth strategy for the agri-food sector, which is essential to national economic recovery, exports and job creation.

2010-08-25 : SEPARATE HERD NUMBER REQUIREMENT COSTLY AND UNNECESSARY - IFA

IFA Animal Health Project Team Chairman John Waters said the Department of Agriculture requirement for farmers to have separate herd numbers for each land parcel more than 20 miles from their home farm is bureaucratic, costly, inconvenient and unnecessary.

2010-08-25 : FARMERS FEARFUL OF GOODS ONLY REQUIREMENT ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

The IFA President John Bryan said “The Department of the Environment circular to County Councils on the requirement for a “Goods Only Declaration” when taxing small commercial vehicles has sent a shock wave through rural Ireland.

2010-08-25 : €155/T ACHIEVABLE ON DEALS FOR GREEN BARLEY - DELANY

IFA National Grain Committee Chairman, Noel Delany, said that up to €155/t (at 20% moisture, excl. vat) is achievable on deals for green barley with €10 over for wheat.

2010-08-24 : CO-OPS MUST MOVE FROM DISCUSSION TO ACTION - KIERSEY

At the latest IFA meeting held in Longford to discussion the necessary consolidation of the dairy industry, IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Kevin Kiersey said it was important that the strong positive consensus expressed by co-op board members about further consolidation of the industry would be rapidly followed up by determined action.

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