IFA President John Bryan has welcomed the move by the European Parliament in Strazbourg yesterday in support of the Bove Report resolution to tackle the dominant position and unfair practices of the multiple retailers and ban below cost selling of grocery products
IFA National Rural Development Chairman Tom Turley has urged the 20,000 farmers who will receive letters this week from the Department of Agriculture outlining that there are errors in the Single Farm Payment application to respond immediately so that vital farm direct payments can be made on time. In many instances the issues are minor and can be very easily rectified.
IFA Rural Development Chairman, Tom Turley has urged the Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith to immediately notify the 9,000 farmers who applied for the AEOS of their acceptance into the new agri-environmental scheme.
Announcing details of a major IFA Beef Finishers meeting for Monday September 13th 2010 in the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, Co. Laois at 8.30pm, IFA National Livestock Committee Chairman Michael Doran said cattle farmers are not going to finish cattle and lose money again for the 2010/11 season.
