AT THE 57th annual general meeting of the Irish Farmers’ Association in the RDS in Dublin recently, IFA president John Bryan said a successful outcome to the negotiations for the CAP post-2013 was vital to achieve the planned growth in the Irish agriculture and food sector, which is crucial to our economic recovery.
CARLOW FINE Gael TD Pat Deering welcomed the EU agriculture commissioner Dacian Ciolos to the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture recently but also put a number of pertinent questions to him regarding CAP and other key issues.
ICSA members from around the country gathered in the Ashling Hotel in Dublin recently for the organisation’s AGM.
THE VINTNERS’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) has called for a debate on rural isolation.
AT A recent show and sale in Tullamore, Adamstown Evelyn claimed top prize in the in-calf section.
IRISH CATTLE and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) sheep chairman Paul Brady has warned those who received a dog this Christmas to carefully consider the potential consequences to the farming community.
AGRICULTURAL cuts in the budget were described as a direct hit of €50m on farm incomes and flying in the face of the contribution agriculture is making to jobs and exports in the economy.
AS PART of its participation in the Interreg Ivc BIO-EN-AREA Project, the South-East Regional Authority hosted a seminar on Energy Crops, Agricultural & Livestock Biomass recently at the cereals research building in Oak Park, Carlow.
TRADE was brisk at Tullow Livestock Sales recently as the Irish Limousin Cattle Society hosted its annual show and sale.
The ICSA recently welcomed a delegation from Canada to discuss the issue of global trade prospects.