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Longford farmers advised on National Liming Programme

The new National Liming Programme was launched on the 15th March by the Department of Agriculture to support farmers to deal with input costs and help reduce the demand for Artificial Fertiliser. This programme will remain open until the 20th April. ...

11 Apr 2023 at 06:56

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Longford Leader Farming: TB forgotten but not gone

TB is still a major problem on Irish farms today. Recent statistics tell us that there has been almost 4,500 herds restricted in the last year with over 21,000 reactors resulting. Traditionally, areas such as the North East and Wicklow were always ...

08 Dec 2020 at 08:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Trying to make sense of the Climate Action Plan

The Climate Action Plan is aiming to reduce our total national emissions by 51% by 2030. Each sector of the economy has been allocated a budget and two of those are relevant to farmers namely Agriculture and Land Use, Land use Change & Forestry ...

22 Nov 2021 at 17:00

Farming

Longford Leader Farming: Environmental advice on suckler farming efficiency

There are over 6000 cattle farms in Roscommon and the majority of those have suckler cows. There is a theory that suckler cows are bad for the environment and that they are not profitable. But I would argue that in general they are reared on ...

10 Jul 2020 at 16:00

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Teagasc Longford hosting Spring beef grass walk on farm of County IFA Chairperson Gavin White

TEAGASC LONGFORD are hosting a Spring Beef Grass Walk on the farm of Gavin White, Abbeyshrule, Co Longford on Tuesday, March 8 at 11am. Gavin is hosting the walk and the topics to be covered will include managing fertiliser costs, spreading slurry, lime...

07 Mar 2022 at 13:28

Farming

Meeting to discuss worsening fodder crisis

The organisation’s president Joe Healy said the deepening fodder problems would have to be addressed by the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed and pointed to the blasé response from the Minister in the Dáil during a debate on the matter ...

02 Dec 2017 at 16:00

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Longford agri land fetches up to €7,900 per acre

Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) auctioneers and valuers say land prices remained resilient last year despite the threat posed by Covid and are predicted to rise by 4% on average this year, underpinned by a rise in farm ...

03 May 2021 at 16:03

Farming

Dealing with drought conditions on Longford farms

From a situation where we had nearly continuous rainfall for eight to nine months, we now have a period of drought with I have never witnessed before in my lifetime. The closest I have come to it was in 1976 but I was too young to ...

06 Aug 2018 at 15:00

Farming

Teagasc highlights male farmer health burdens ahead of Men's Health Week

Teagasc, through its research, advisory, education, training, and media programmes, supports Men’s Health Week 2021, running from Monday, June 14 - Sunday, June 20 and are keen to highlight some notable findings. While males ...

10 Jun 2021 at 16:54

Farming

Longford farmers share benefits of partnership

New entrants face common barriers such as: access to land, labour, capital, housing, markets, knowledge and the networks needed to acquire these resources. The NEWBIE network offers a unique platform by bringing together ...

09 Nov 2019 at 14:00

Farming

Over two thousand Longford farmers avail of BPS payments worth €11,570,951

Some 2128 farmers in Longford have received a total of €11,570,951.50 through advance payments of the Basic Payment Scheme, Fine Gael General Election Candidate Cllr Micheál Carrigy has said. Cllr Micheál Carrigy said: ...

23 Oct 2019 at 15:40

Farming

Longford Leader Farming: IFA to roll out farm safety initiative

2019 will see the rollout of IFA’s peer-to-peer farm safety learning initiative. IFA’s Health & Safety Executive William Shortall said, “There were 15 farm fatalities in 2018, which is a stark message that we have ...

26 Jan 2019 at 23:03

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