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Macra records loss of over €400,000 for 2023
Amy Forde
Macra CEO Michael Curran told the organisation's AGM on Saturday that he would “be looking for my own P45” if another loss such as the one experienced in 2023 was recorded for 2024.
13 May 2024 News
Young Stock Podcast: a spring to remember and a spring to forget
On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Amy Forde speaks to John Keane of the Make the Moove initiative about mental health in rural young people.
12 May 2024 News
Up to €26,000 per dairy farm to tackle bird flu in US
The US Department of Agriculture has announced a number of supports to tackle the bird flu situation in dairy herds there.
Recall notice issued for raw milk made in Leitrim
The company is recalling all batches of its Lovely Leitrim Farm Fresh Raw Milk due to concerns with hygiene controls during production.
10 May 2024 News
Lakeland Dairies holds milk price for April
Buyers remain cautious and the market has been a little more volatile over the past month as a result, Lakeland Dairies said.
10 May 2024 News
West can get more money from CAP - Flanagan
"People will ask where will that money come from? It will come from the Golden Vale," Luke Ming Flanagan has said.
8 May 2024 News
My Farming Week: Seán Conneely, Bunatubber, Corrandulla, Co Galway
Seán Conneely farms with his father in Bunatober, Co Galway. Originally a suckler and sheep farm, they are converting to dairy.
8 May 2024 News
In pictures: our favourite reader photos of the week
What have you been up to on your farm recently? Send us your photos on ifj.ie/yourphotos.
8 May 2024 News
Man (80s) seriously injured after tractor and car collide in Cork
The incident occurred on Saturday 4 May on the N71 at Durrus Cross in Gortnacloona near Bantry, Co Cork.
5 May 2024 News
EU farm inputs 32% above pre-COVID-19 levels
The affordability of fertilisers has been improving as EU fertiliser production continues to recover, the European Commission said.
5 May 2024 News
CAP budget must go back to 2001 levels of expenditure - Ming Flanagan
Eleven of the 27 candidates running for election in the Midlands North West constituency attended an IFA debate on Thursday night. Here’s what they had to say on the CAP budget.
3 May 2024 News
Later completion dates for hill farmers in new sheep scheme
The INHFA said that where a farmer avails of the later completion date, it will mean their payment under the scheme will not be paid "until the end of December or early January".
3 May 2024 News