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IFA will hold a major rally in the Bush Hotel Carrick-on-Shannon on Friday, December 2 next at 8pm. The aim of the event is to highlight the importance of Areas of Natural Constraint (ANCs); to improve payments and to protect areas in the upcoming ...

30 Nov 2016 at 19:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Farming must be at top of Brexit agenda

Brexit is the greatest threat to Irish farming in our lifetimes and there is a huge responsibility on Irish, EU and UK politicians to get the negotiations right, IFA President Joe Healy said last week. The IFA president was speaking at an event ...

15 May 2017 at 14:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Factories will be named and shamed

From January 1, 2019 the names of the factories who commit trim offences will be published each quarter on the Department’s website. “The farmers impacted will be informed and they will be fully compensated by the factories,” IFA said in a ...

21 Dec 2018 at 17:00

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TV Ad on sheep worrying needs to be backed by a budget

Reacting to the Department of Agriculture’s launch of its re-worked TV ad from the 1980s on sheep worrying, IFA Sheep Chairman Sean Dennehy said that while it is a welcome first step, the Minister for Agriculture must provide funding to ...

21 Mar 2021 at 19:00

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IFA labels farm machinery pranks on TikTok 'an accident waiting to happen'

...TikTok of people recording pranks while using farm machinery have been branded as “grossly irresponsible” by the IFA. Tim Cullinan, IFA President, has hit out at people who are recording the pranks with farm machinery. “This practice...

26 May 2020 at 12:58

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Longford Leader Farming: Exports to Turkey will help farmers

Farmers are set to benefit from live exports following ships sailing to Turkey last week. Padraic Gerety, Longford IFA Livestock Chairman, said another boat load of 3,300 cattle sailed to Turkey after a load of 1,900 cattle was ...

01 Nov 2016 at 09:00

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Full impact assessment needed for proposed Nature Restoration Law

Addressing the Joint Oireachtas Committee Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action on Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review recently, IFA National Environment Committee Chair Paul O’Brien said the ...

11 Apr 2023 at 09:56

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Longford farmers urged to submit BPS online applications

He also advised farmers that if they experience any difficulties in completing the application online to make direct contact with the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine. Mr Kennedy pointed out that in 2017 ...

15 Feb 2018 at 15:00

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Push for further talks on CAP and Rural Development Plan funding

Calls for discussions on CAP and the Rural Development Plan have been made by local IFA chief Andrew McHugh. The Longford IFA Chairman asked that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD ...

26 Jun 2014 at 16:45

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Longford Leader Farming: Farm organisations make proposals on Beef Compensation Fund

In his organisation's proposal, ICMSA president, Pat McCormack (pictured), said the fund should be open to all farmers who finish cattle and payable on animals slaughtered above eight months of age. “ICMSA has ...

30 Jun 2020 at 08:00

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‘Dogs kill for sport’ warns Longford sheep farmer

Last Tuesday night, local farmer Kevin Farrell went to his outfarm at Ledwithstown outside Ballymahon only to discover that his sheep had been attacked. One animal was dead and another was so severely injured ...

02 Feb 2018 at 13:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Department welcome National Reserve continuation

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has welcomed the recommendation made by the Direct Payments Advisory Committee regarding the continuation of the National Reserve in 2020. Following ...

01 Feb 2020 at 12:00

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