Rural Development17 Jan / 2020
Michael Biggins has been elected as the new Chairman of the IFA National Rural Development Committee at a meeting in Dublin this week.
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Sheep15 Jan / 2020
IFA National Sheep Chairman Sean Dennehy and a delegation from the National Sheep Committee met with Meat Industry Ireland (MII) and the main sheep processing factories including Irish Country Meats (ICM), Kepak, Kildare Chilling and Dawn Meats in Dublin this week. “The need for a strong viable lamb prices and market prospects for 2020 were […]
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Dairy13 Jan / 2020
IFA National Dairy Chairman Tom Phelan today said Lakeland Dairies Co-op, by increasing their December price by 1c/l, had shown the way for other co-ops to follow. The Ornua PPI for last month had increased to a milk price equivalent to 32.3c/l incl VAT, nearly 2c/l more than the average paid by co-ops for November […]
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Dairy10 Jan / 2020
The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has not moved on any of the recommendations made by the independent review group on appeals, according to IFA Deputy President Richard Kennedy. It’s two years since the publication of the report of the Agriculture Appeals Act Review Committee. Richard Kennedy said it was established in response to genuine […]
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Environment & Rural Affairs10 Jan / 2020
The IFA is hosting an important half-day event on Tues, Jan 21st to rebalance the debate around climate action. Entitled ‘Climate Action in Agriculture – A Balanced Approach’, the event will feature one of the foremost experts in the world on the important role of farming in the climate debate, Dr. Frank Mitloehner from UC […]
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Cattle09 Jan / 2020
Speaking at the Beef Taskforce meeting in Dublin today, the IFA President Joe Healy told the main retailers that the unsustainable discounting of top-quality beef was a race to the bottom that has to stop.
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Farm Family09 Jan / 2020
IFA President, Joe Healy has written to Minister Jim Daly to request an urgent meeting on the status of the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill. “The Government approved the proposal to introduce a three-year cap on productive assets where a family member commits to working the asset in July 2018. However, 18 months later […]
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Cattle08 Jan / 2020
Brendan Golden has been elected as the new Chairman of the IFA National Livestock Committee at a meeting in Portlaoise this week. He will take over from outgoing Chairman Angus Woods at the Annual General Meeting on Monday, Jan 27th. Brendan Golden is suckler beef farmer from Killala Co Mayo, finishing mainly steer and young […]
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Environment & Rural Affairs08 Jan / 2020
IFA President Joe Healy said that Eden Animal Sanctuary, which funds expensive advertisements around Ireland and the UK as part of the Go Vegan World campaign, needs to publish where its money comes from. This ‘Sanctuary’ is a company limited by guarantee, it does not have charitable status and therefore is not subject to charity […]
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Environment & Rural Affairs07 Jan / 2020
Brendan Golden has been elected Chairman of the IFA National Livestock Committee at a meeting in Portlaoise today. He is the Mayo representative on the Committee.
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