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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Minister Smith confirms €580 dairy payment
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
MINISTER for Agriculture, Brendan Smith, has confirmed that, as expected, the emergency dairy compensation fund will be paid on a flat-rate basis to all milk producers active in the 2008/2009 milk year.
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Government criticised for axing REPS farm scheme
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
SENATOR Paudie Coffey, Fine Gael’s Environment spokesperson in the Seanad, has hit back at the Government’s decision to discontinue the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS).
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No recession when it comes to Iverk Show
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
This year’s Iverk Show is set to be as good, if not better, than recent years and organ-isers are turning their backs on the recession and ploughing ahead with plans for the September 3 event.
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Crisis talks held with banks
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
DAIRY farmers haven’t escaped the recession and along with every other industry, agriculture also entered crisis talks with the banks.
With no immediate upward turn in milk price, the ICMSA convened a meeting with representatives from banks, co-ops and agricultural advisory and consultancy stakeholders to discuss credit, loans and possible widespread rescheduling or deferral.
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Smith welcomes increased export refunds for dairy products
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
THE Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, has welcomed the decisions to increase export refunds for butter, skimmed milk powder and whole milk powder and to accept into intervention all quantities of butter and skimmed milk powder offered, while maintaining the intervention purchase prices.
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Fears over dairy farm crisis
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
IFA President Padraig Walshe has met with EU Agriculture Commissioner Marian Fischer Boel to highlight the severity of the current dairy farm income crisis, and to persuade her of the need to take more creative action to support the sector.
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Open day to offer advice and tips in coping with the recession
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
QUESTIONS will be answered on the future and current status of the agriculture sector at Teagasc Moorepark in Fermoy, County Cork on Thursday, June 18.
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Financial support for sheep farmers
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
SHEEP farmers had reason to celebrate recently as it was announced that they will be “the substantial beneficiaries from the allocation of some €25 million in unused CAP funds from 2010”.
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It’s a cut too far for furious farmers
Friday, April 28, 2006
A LARGE contingent of Waterford dairy farmers were among up to 600 Glanbia milk suppliers who gathered in Kilkenny this week to protest over the company’s latest price cut for their produce.
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Farming concerns taken up directly with Minister
Friday, February 17, 2006
THE Waterford branch of the ICSA had a very “interesting and positive” meeting with Minister for Agriculture and Food, Ms Mary Coughlan, TD, according to Waterford County Chairman Ed Phelan.
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