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McConalogue urges farmers to update bank details ahead of Ulster Bank and KBC exit

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is urging Irish farmers to update their bank details. Farmers who bank with KBC or Ulster Bank must contact the Department of Agriculture with new account details ahead of the banks' exit from the ...

04 Oct 2022 at 13:35

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Egg producers under pressure as costs hit margins

IFA national poultry Chairperson, Nigel Sweetnam, is calling on retailers to pass back 2c per egg immediately to be ringfenced for producers to help alleviate the cost pressures on farms. IFA held an emergency meeting of egg producers in Cavan ...

23 Aug 2022 at 08:00

Longfordleader

Longford ICMSA say aspects of Minister McConalogue’s speech were ‘disingenuous’

The President of ICMSA has again criticised Minister McConalogue for what Pat McCormack says is a completely disingenuous message on the ‘voluntary’ nature of Government policy. Citing remarks made by Minister McConalogue at the Tullamore ...

21 Aug 2022 at 09:05

Longfordleader

Better farm prices wiped out by input costs

Last week's CSO figures show that better prices for farm commodities are being wiped out by unprecedented increases in the cost of inputs. Even though prices paid to farmers are up nearly 30%, the hike in input costs is running at 40%. ...

21 Aug 2022 at 09:04

Longfordleader

CSO figures show pressure on farm families

IFA President Tim Cullinan said the latest CSO figures show the gap is widening between the cost of inputs and what farmers are getting. Output prices are struggling to keep pace with the surging price of inputs. “For the first time ...

27 Sept 2022 at 10:54

Longfordleader

World Ploughing comes home!

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D. has welcomed competitors from across the globe who took part in the World Ploughing Contest last week. The National Ploughing Championships took place in ...

27 Sept 2022 at 09:01

Longfordleader

Irish pig farmers losing money for 400 days

IFA Pigs Chairman Roy Gallie said the supply of pigs is drying up fast. If processors want to secure a supply of Irish pigmeat into the future, they must increase the price paid to Irish pig producers. “Every day that goes by, ...

26 Sept 2022 at 09:03

Longfordleader

Minister has to come clean on his climate plans

IFA President Tim Cullinan said the Minister for Agriculture has to come clean on the Department’s position on how sectoral emission ceilings for agriculture will be achieved. His comments come after it emerged that the ...

04 Oct 2022 at 11:03

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Taking the first step to reducing emissions on your farm

The EPA report released on the 21st July was stark. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from Agriculture (as well as other sectors) continues to rise. For 2021, emissions from Agriculture increased by 3% to 20.5 MTCO2eq ...

15 Aug 2022 at 11:04

National News

Citizens’ assembly on agriculture the wrong model, says farming group

A proposal to set up a citizens’ assembly on agriculture and food production is “ill thought-out” and “the wrong model”, according to a farming group. Irish Labour Party Cork East TD Sean Sherlock said that a ...

06 Aug 2022 at 12:00

Farming

National Conference on Women in Agriculture to take place

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has today (Tuesday September 20) announced a National Conference on Women in Farming will take place. Speaking at the National Ploughing ...

20 Sept 2022 at 17:38

National Ploughing

Minister McConalogue full of praise on return of 'phenomenal' ploughing event

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue declared the National Ploughing Championships a "phenomenal event" at Ratheniska on Tuesday. He noted that it wasn't the first time that it had been held in ...

20 Sept 2022 at 17:01

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