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Friday, July 30, 2010
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IFA wants single agency recommendation acted on
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
THE CHAIRMAN of the IFA’s project team on flooding, Michael Silke, has welcomed the recommendations contained in the report prepared by the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment following the severe weather conditions last winter.
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Funding for vital farm schemes must be maintained
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
IFA PRESIDENT John Bryan has again called on the Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith to ensure that funding for vital farm schemes is maintained when the Cabinet discusses the forthcoming Budget.
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Knockcroghery farmer shortlisted in National Dairy Council quality milk awards scheme
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
DAIRY FARMER Seamus Murray from Racecourse, Knockcroghery was recently shortlisted for a visit by the national judging panel in the 2010 NDC Quality Milk Awards, the national competition which sets out to identify and reward top dairy farmer.
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Draconian penalties on map acre areas must be reversed says O’Beirne
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
ROSCOMMON IFA County Chairman, John O’Beirne has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith, to address the draconian penalties being imposed where his Department have deemed that the farmers have over-claimed land for Single Farm Payment and the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme.
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County officers resolve to fight to retain farm payments post 2013
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
AT A major IFA internal seminar in Tullamore to discuss CAP-post 2013, 400 IFA county officers heard first hand the major challenges facing Ireland in maintaining the CAP, and committed to resolutely defend the current system post-2013.
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IFA critical of ‘double standards’ on Brazilian beef
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
With the Brazilian Minister for Agriculture, Mr Wagner Rossi, holding meetings with EU Commission officials in Brussels, Mr James Gleeson, Vice-Chairman, IFA National Livestock Committee said the EU must bluntly tell Brazil that European consumers and producers are not prepared to tolerate double standards when it comes to beef imports.
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IFA takes nitrates campaign to constituency offices
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
ROSCOMMON IFA Environment Chairman, Mr Donal Greene, has announced the intensification of the nitrates campaign over the coming weeks, as all TDs and Senators will be lobbied by IFA members in their constituency offices.
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Training courses for young farmers
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
TEAGASC IS presently accepting applications from young farmers in Counties Roscommon and Longford and surrounding areas for the Advanced Certificate in Agriculture Training Programme which is due to commence at the Teagasc Centre in Roscommon in early October.
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Farmers furious over seat transfer to Birdwatch Ireland
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
ABSOLUTE FURY is being expressed by Roscommon farmers at the Government decision to ‘pull’ the ICMSA seat on the European Economic and Social Council and hand it over at the behest of Minister Gormley and the Green Party to a lady representative from Birdwatch Ireland.
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Nitrates regulations putting jobs at risk
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
IFA PRESIDENT John Bryan has described the current review of the nitrates regulations as a key test of the Government’s commitment to safeguard jobs and remove the impractical restrictions which impose unnecessary costs on farming and curtail the sector’s capacity to expand.
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