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FARMING IS PART OF THE CLIMATE SOLUTION, AND THE NEW CLIMATE BILL MUST TREAT IT AS SUCH
29 Sep / 2020
IFA President Tim Cullinan said the upcoming Climate Action (Amendment) Bill must facilitate farmers to be part of the climate solution. In the Programme for Government, the Government committed to introducing a new Climate Action (Amendment) Bill, including a new Climate Action Council. “I am convinced that changes in Agriculture Ministers during the […]

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Cattle
IFA ACKNOWLEDGES MOVES ON PGI, BUT MORE IS NEEDED
23 Sep / 2020
Following today’s Beef Taskforce meeting, IFA President Tim Cullinan acknowledged moves to address concerns raised by IFA.

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Forestry
FORESTRY APPEALS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE FIT FOR PURPOSE
23 Sep / 2020
IFA Farm Forestry Chairman Vincent Nally said the Cabinet decision to amend the Agricultural Appeals Act must deliver efficiency in the forestry appeals system that makes it fit for purpose. “Farmers with a crop to harvest have become very frustrated with the appeals system and the backlog,” he said. Mr. Nally said that […]

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Sheep
IFA CALLS FOR ROLLOVER OF SHEEP WELFARE SCHEME
22 Sep / 2020
IFA National Sheep Chairman, Sean Dennehy has called on the Department of Agriculture to continue the Sheep Welfare Scheme, which is due to conclude in December 2020. Sean Dennehy said, “With 34,000 flock owners, sheep farming is the second-largest sector in terms of farm numbers. The Sheep Welfare Scheme has been positive and effective; sheep […]

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Farm Business & Credit
REMINDER THAT DEADLINE FOR COVID-19 PAYMENT BREAK IS NEXT WEEK
22 Sep / 2020
IFA Farm Business Chair Rose Mary McDonagh has reminded farmers that applications for the COVID-19 Payment Break close on Wed, Sept 30th.

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Animal Health
CORK FARMERS HOLD TB LETTER PROTEST
21 Sep / 2020
A delegation of farmers led by IFA Animal Health Chairmen, John Kingston, (Cork Central) and Derry Scannell, (West Cork) today highlighted farmer anger towards the recently issued Dept of Agriculture’s TB Herd Risk letters. In protest, the delegation burned the letters outside the Department of Agriculture offices in Clonakilty. “All correspondence issued by the Department […]

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Grain
VALUE OF TILLAGE SECTOR KNOCKED DOWN BY 15% AFTER DIFFICULT HARVEST
19 Sep / 2020
IFA Grain Chairman Mark Browne said tillage farmers have endured a torrid season. ‘A wet Autumn/Winter was followed by drought conditions in late spring, culminating in a very difficult harvest,’ he said.

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Cattle
IFA TO MEET DEPARTMENT ON PGI APPLICATION
18 Sep / 2020
IFA President Tim Cullinan and Livestock Chairman Brendan Golden will meet the Department of Agriculture today to discuss the PGI application for ‘Irish Grass-fed beef’. ‘We wrote to Minister McConalogue last week seeking an assurance that he would engage with IFA and farmers before lodging any PGI application with the EU. The Minister gave us […]

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Cattle
IFA PRESIDENT ELECTED FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT OF COPA
18 Sep / 2020
In today’s COPA Presidency elections in Brussels, IFA President Tim Cullinan was elected first Vice President of the representative group of European farmers COPA.

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Farm Business & Credit
CREDIT GUARANTEE SCHEME HAS TO BE EXTENDED AND EXPANDED – IFA
18 Sep / 2020
IFA Farm Business Chair Rose Mary McDonagh has called on the Government to seek an extension of the EU Temporary Aid Framework, to enable the COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme to be extended beyond the end of the year.

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