2,285 Longford farmers to share €17.7m Basic Payment Scheme allocation
03/12/2020
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03/12/2020
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2,285 Longford farmers to share €17.7m Basic Payment Scheme allocation
IFA deputy president candidate Brian Rushe
Fur farming won’t be missed by anyone with even a scintilla of compassion for animals such as the mink (pictured), says a reader this week
Seamus Hannon, Head of Sales, Niamh Jinks, Insights and Marketing Manager, Karen McGarty, Communications and Brand Manager
A reader has insisted a recent €120,000 payment made to Longford farmers under the Sheep Welfare Scheme was 'no windfall'
IFA national livestock chairperson, Brendan Golden, said factories are actively seeking in-spec cattle for the lucrative supermarket trade in the UK
Journalist, columnist and author Jim O’Brien and (right) the cover of his new book Matters of Great Indifference
ICSA presidential election candidate Sean McNamara on his farm in Lismacaffrey
This year’s Teagasc National Beef Conference moves online with a series of three virtual events to take place across three days, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 1 - 3 at 8pm each day.
Courses offered to farmers will help make them more aware of safety on the farm
Former Longford garda to remain in Mountjoy over refusal to stay away from controversial Roscommon farm
Retired Longford garda and property owner remanded in custody over failure to vacate controversial Roscommon farm
Longford farmers are being told by ICMSA chiefs that there may be value in shopping around between factories for best prices
Teagasc is holding a nationwide series of phone-in advisory clinics to help landowners who are thinking about forestry
Daragh Barden
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Granard Municipal District Cllr Turlough 'Pott' McGovern (Independent)
Ballymahon's Enda Farrell crowned overall Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year winner
Daragh Barden, the new Manager of Mohill Mart
The Department of Agriculture has plans to implement mandatory TB testing for cattle 30 days before they move out of herds with a high risk of TB.
Sean McNamara, Sheep chair of ICSA
The land for sale in Naas
ICSA suckler chairperson wants Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue to extend the deadline for submitting dung samples under the BEEP-S scheme due to the unavailability of sampling kits
From 28th January 2022 the blanket use of antibiotic tubes on dairy cows at drying off will be banned
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Longford native Liam Rosemond, his wife Sandra and their daughters Megan, Emma, Sarah and Sophie
Framespace Solutions are to create 100 new jobs in Longford between now and the end of next year
The late Michael (Mickey) Smith, Bracklon, Meathas Troim, Edgeworthstown, Longford
Cathaoirleach of Longford County Council Paul Ross out doing his Christmas shopping
Woman who fell in branch of Dunnes Stores awarded €83,000 in damages
Someone has hit the National Lottery jacpot
Deaths in Longford - Wednesday, December 2, 2020
James Clarke (Clonguish, left) who is running against the outgoing officer Gerry Hagan (Killoe Emmet Og) in a contest for Central Council representative on the Longford GAA Executive for 2021
The late Catherine Duggan Gurteen, Ballymahon, Longford. Picture: RIP.ie
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