INTEREST in degree-level courses in the fields of agriculture and food has risen by an average of 22 points this year’s round of CAO offers to leaving cert students.
THE deputy president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Eddie Downey, has called for the abolition of the National Consumer Agency following its statement that the Irish grocery market would benefit from the arrival of yet another multinational retailer.
AGRICULTURE minister Brendan Smith must move quickly to halt the decline in the national suckler cow herd, according to IFA national livestock committee chairman Michael Doran.
AS PART of National Heritage Week, Greenan Farm Museums and Maze is inviting all families to bring along their elderly relatives and grandparents to the farm for free on Sunday 22 and 29 August.
MORE THAN 2,000 sheep were on display for the recent annual show and sale at Baltinglass Mart.
IFA committee chairman Michael Doran believes that to achieve the beef and livestock growth targets of 20% (or €300m per annum) set out in the 2020 Food Harvest Report, the minister for agriculture Brendan Smith must take urgent action to halt the decline in the national suckler cow herd.
THE number of sheep owners in the area may have reduced in recent years, but competition remained every bit as competitive for the annual Tullow Sheepbreeders’ competition.
CARLOW Macra marked its 66th AGM recently with a changing of the guards.
GRAIN prices must make a recovery in order for tillage farming to survive, according to the IFA.
BIRDWATCH Ireland have this week hit back at criticism by ICMSA regarding the decision to appoint a representative from its organisation onto the European Economic and Social Council (EESC).