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US secret agents are dressing up as Irish farmers during the G8
Local residents have said they’ll stick out because their tractors are brand new.
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Local residents have said they’ll stick out because their tractors are brand new.
Tom Hayes’ statement would appear to place him at odds with the education minister.
This follows tough negotiations by the Irish Presidency and strong protests here.
The demonstration was held against proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy.
EU agricultures ministers are meeting at Dublin Castle this morning for further discussions on CAP reforms, while members of the Irish Farmers’ Association plan to protest in the city today.
The transport subsidy was extended earlier this month, to help farmers suffering from food shortages following the harsh winter.
The average income on a family farm fell by 15 per cent last year according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey published today.
The fodder will help farmers suffering from food shortages for their livestock following the unseasonally cold winter.
Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney urged farmers to seek help if they cannot cope.
The survey results, for the 12-month period from June 2011 to June 2012, showed an overall increase of 6pc in cereals.
The first white-tailed eagle chicks have been born in Ireland after 100 years – but the Irish Farmers’ Association is calling for more monitoring.
The fodder crisis has seen the IFA set up a fund so that it can transport huge amounts of fodder to farmers so that they can feed their animals.
When a group of farmers realised that health and safety was a big issue on their farms, they took things into their own hands – and won an award for their work.
The IFA President said this might be the first of many more shipments of fodder.
Farmers involved in agricultural accidents tell their stories to warn others of work hazards.
IFTA Rising Star winner, Gerard Barrett, says people in Ireland don’t talk enough about how they feel – which can lead to tragedy. In making his award-winning movie, Pilgrim Hill, for just €4500, he lifted the lid on loneliness experienced by country farmers.
The money will be used to reduce the price of imported fodder.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny admitted that some farmers were experiencing difficulties with fodder shortages because of the recent bad weather but ruled out setting up a special task force on the issue.
Fianna Fáil’s Éamon Ó Cuív has said that farmers are now paying up to €80 for a bale of silage and have been “dramatically let down.”
A temperature of ground -11°C was noted at Finner in Donegal overnight, that’s a record for this time of year.
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Thousands of dead pigs found in a Shanghai river have cast a spotlight on China’s poorly regulated farm production.
MEP Liam Alyward said the vote is just the beginning of the reform and now is the time to work on giving countries flexibility within the policy.
Hundreds braved the weather to picket outside Dublin Castle.
An Taisce has called for a vote by the European Parliament Agricultural Committee scrapping penalties to be reversed.
Yesterday farmers held a rally outside Minister Simon Coveney’s constituency office in Cork.
Last year, 21 people died in farm related incidents, mainly injured by equipment and livestock.
The Minister was speaking about proposed CAP payment reforms.
However the Irish Farmers’ Association said the proposals “still represent unacceptable cuts for thousands of Irish farmers”.
It suits big food retailers to push cheap products, but the end result is an insult to the Irish farmers who worked so hard to build up the industry, writes Seamus Sheridan
Addressing the associations AGM, Bryan said farmers were angry by budget cuts announced by the minister.
Today the farmers also commemorated the more than 157,000 colleagues who have had to abandon their farms since 2009.
Here are the things we learned, shared and loved today.
The Irish Farmers’ Association says possible cuts to the EU budget could have a material impact on CAP funding.
German farmers had taken a successful case to the European Court of Justice in 2008 arguing that publishing the information was a data protection breach.
Are you concious of what you put in your basket or trolley? And if you buy organic, why?
The annual calendar in aid of Bóthar excels itself this year with feather-dusting farmers and baths in a barrel.