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Calls to simplify SCEP after almost 5,000 farmers exit
Calls have been made to simplify the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) as almost 5,000 farmers, nearly one-quarter of all accepted participants, have either been removed from the scheme or withdrawn. Eoin Ryan, ICSA suckler chair, has said...
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FLYING FORM
Eddie O’neill from Ballinadee ploughs with a 1967 David Brown 1200 tractor and three-furrow plough at the De Courcey Classic and Vintage Club members’ tillage day in Garrettstown on Saturday.
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PLOUGHING THEIR OWN FURROW
Francis and Liam Brennan and Leonard and Harry Hovenden from Ballylinan at the Laois Ploughing Match on the lands of the Duggan family in Durrow on Sunday.
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FAMILY GUYS
Barry and Francis Murray, from Tulsk, Co Roscommon, were ringside at the organic sale held at Drumshanbo Mart on Saturday.
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HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL IFA turns to farmer pressure as bid to remove Murrin fails politically
After failing to dislodge Bord Bia chair Larry Murrin through political channels last week, the IFA is now turning to a farmer pressure in an effort to force movement in the long-running saga. The IFA will hold a major public meeting in Claremorris on...
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PROTESTS CONTINUE
Up to 80 farmers and more than a dozen tractors lined the road outside Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon’s constituency office in Newbridge, Co Kildare on Sunday during an Ifa-organised protest calling for the removal of Bord Bia chair Larry
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Bluetongue travel restrictions to stay in place
Current restrictions on cattle and sheep moving to and from Northern Ireland for breeding or production are not likely to be lifted in the immediate future, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed. Under the current restrictions, cattle and sheep...
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IFA to continue protest against Bord Bia chairman
An IFA protest outside Bord Bia’s offices, which started yesterday amid ongoing calls for the chairman of Bord Bia to resign, looks set to continue, with the farm organisation saying it will remain “until this matter is resolved”. Farmers’ anger stems...
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Questions raised as Bord Bia’s chair’s business sells Brazilian beef
● Farming organisations have raised concerns about Brazilian beef sourcing by a business run by the Chairman of Bord Bia. IFA President Francie Gorman said he is “very concerned” about the statement made by Dawn Farms in response to media queries...
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