Environment
'Factory demands taking traditional beef breeds off commonages'
Demands for a certain type of product has had a dramatic impact on the herd profiles of suckler operations in...
Commonage
Sheep
'Number of active farmers on commonage declining'
There is anecdotal evidence that Department inspections on commonages and marginal lands are leading to significant reductions in the eligible areas...
Environment
Commonage protest continues in Castlebar
After 900 farmers attended the Concerned Hill Farmers Group in Letterkenny last Friday night, commonage farmers are continuing their protest...
Sheep
Collective agreements – a dangerous precedent, says UFA
The United Farmers Association (UFA) is calling on Minister Coveney to scrap the proposal to implement his collective agreement for...
Sheep
Commonage farmers won’t accept collective agreements as over 1,700 attend meeting
Commonage farmers will not accept collective agreements as a measure to gain entry into the new GLAS scheme, according to...
Sheep
‘Implementation of Commonage Framework an ongoing process’
Implementation of the new commonage framework is an ongoing process according to Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney. Responding to a...
Sheep
'Collective commonage land to receive more payments in new RDP'
Future agri-environmental schemes offer the opportunity for claimants with commonage land to receive slightly higher payments than a non-commonage farmer...
