Rural Development22 Jun / 2018
IFA Rural Development Chairman Joe Brady has called on the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to allow farmers who have the traditional hay meadow measure in GLAS to cut their meadows now rather than have to wait until July 1st.
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Rural Development22 Jun / 2018
Ahead of next week’s EU Summit to discuss Brexit, IFA President Joe Healy visited the border between Norway and Sweden yesterday to examine the impact on business and trade when crossing a land border between a country inside the EU and one outside.
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Sheep21 Jun / 2018
IFA National Sheep Chairman Sean Dennehy said lamb supplies are not that plentiful with factories having to pay well above quoted prices to get supplies.
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Dairy21 Jun / 2018
IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Tom Phelan has pointed out that the slight softening shown by the two June GDT auctions does not change the fact that international dairy commodity prices are continuing their recovery.
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Farm Business & Credit21 Jun / 2018
IFA President Joe Healy has welcomed as a first step an amendment to the Vacant Site Levy legislation, which will ensure farmland will not be liable for the levy, as long as the land was owned and farmed by the farmer prior to its being zoned as residential.
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Cattle21 Jun / 2018
IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said factories are struggling to buy cattle at the lower quoted prices this week and having to pay at least a base of €4.15 and €4.25 for steers and heifers to get adequate numbers.
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Cattle21 Jun / 2018
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has confirmed to IFA that he has moved to provide permanent monitoring of carcase trim in the meat factories by Department of Agriculture technical officers.
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Cattle20 Jun / 2018
Cattle supplies are not meeting market demand – have a look at what the factories are paying this week.
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Potato20 Jun / 2018
More of the outdoor new season crop has appeared on the market this week. However, yields continue to disappoint even where irrigation was applied.
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Pigs20 Jun / 2018
Irish pig prices remain unchanged for yet another week following a weekly kill of 68,586. Quotes from the main export plants remain unchanged at €1.40c/kg.
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