# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
The Department of Health said it may review its policy given its difficulty in sourcing cannabis product.
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# irish-farmers-association - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
Health Minister Simon Harris says he would like to see Irish farmers growing cannabis crops.
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# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 3 October, 2018
The IFA organised today’s protest to highlight that factories have cut cattle prices to “loss-making” levels.
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# irish-farmers-association - Sunday 16 September, 2018
The IFA has said the low prices offered in some shops are “unsustainable”.
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# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 25 April, 2018
The IFA has been contacted by around 200 farmers impacted by the issue so far this year.
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# irish-farmers-association - Thursday 22 February, 2018
The settlement relates to disputes over a severance package and a defamation case.
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# irish-farmers-association - Sunday 26 November, 2017
The bad weather throughout the summer has left farmers without sufficient amounts of fodder.
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# irish-farmers-association - Sunday 10 September, 2017
The Department of Agriculture has announced a compensation scheme of up to €15,000 for farmers affected.
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# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 23 August, 2017
The Irish Farmers Association says up to 4,000 sheep fall victim to dog attacks each year.
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# irish-farmers-association - Thursday 3 August, 2017
Thefts can be traumatic for farmers and their families. Communities are advised to work with local gardaí and watch out for suspicious activity.
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# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 5 July, 2017
The occupying farmers were seeking an urgent meeting with Minister Michael Creed.
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# irish-farmers-association - Saturday 22 April, 2017
The recent spell of dry weather has left firefighters battling gorse bush blazes, with farmers often blamed for starting them.
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# irish-farmers-association - Sunday 9 April, 2017
The IFA says if vulture funds come after farmers they’ll have to get to them through them first.
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# irish-farmers-association - Friday 27 January, 2017
The IFA has taken exception to a new promotion which gives away free carrots and potatoes.
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# irish-farmers-association - Thursday 5 January, 2017
The move will cause €50 million worth of damage and threaten 150 jobs, said the Irish Farmers Association.
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# irish-farmers-association - Saturday 10 September, 2016
Pieta House and the IFA are running a phoneline and counselling service.
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# irish-farmers-association - Monday 22 August, 2016
Buyers are being urged to ensure dealers are reputable before they buy any farm vehicles or machinery.
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# irish-farmers-association - Monday 18 April, 2016
The IFA are worried that hill walkers could have accidents on their lands.
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# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 6 January, 2016
The organisation’s president Eddie Downey and general secretary Pat Smith stood down last November.
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# irish-farmers-association - Tuesday 1 December, 2015
The former IFA president said it was his choice to resign last week.
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# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 25 November, 2015
Pat Smith stood down last week over controversy about his pay packet.
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# irish-farmers-association - Tuesday 24 November, 2015
The move comes after revelations about general secretary Pat Smith’s generous pay package.
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# irish-farmers-association - Friday 20 November, 2015
The group’s president has admitted the sum was “not sustainable and unacceptable”.
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# irish-farmers-association - Monday 10 August, 2015
Farmers saying they are being paid less than it costs them to produce the commodity.
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# irish-farmers-association - Thursday 5 March, 2015
Wasn’t it the year of something else already?
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# irish-farmers-association - Saturday 21 February, 2015
But do people really care what meat makes its way into their lasagne?
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# irish-farmers-association - Monday 10 November, 2014
In the latest development, farmers are holding a 48-hour protest at meat factories around the country.
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# irish-farmers-association - Saturday 8 November, 2014
Farmers are calling for prices paid to them for beef to be increased to close the gap between Irish and UK prices.
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# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 29 October, 2014
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
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# irish-farmers-association - Tuesday 28 October, 2014
The action is the first since 2000 when the courts ended up imposing large fines on the IFA over its actions in blockading some factories.
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# irish-farmers-association - Friday 15 August, 2014
The Association of Craft Butchers said some butchers might be supplied with imported meat, passed off as Irish.
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# irish-farmers-association - Sunday 3 August, 2014
Calm down, alright? We should be okay.
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# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
John Bryan is expected to run for Fine Gael in the European elections this summer.
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# irish-farmers-association - Thursday 24 October, 2013
An Oireachtas committee has expressed “serious concerns” about the increasing use of own-brand products by supermarkets and retailers.
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# irish-farmers-association - Wednesday 23 October, 2013
An Oireachtas Committee has also called for a code of conduct in the groceries sector that would be enforced by a supermarket ombudsman.
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# irish-farmers-association - Thursday 29 August, 2013
The retailer came up with the idea after recognising potential weaknesses in paper based traceability systems following the pigmeat dioxin crisis.
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# irish-farmers-association - Friday 23 August, 2013
Mashed, roasted, boiled, fried, chips…
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# irish-farmers-association - Thursday 15 August, 2013
After two Cork beaches were forced to close because of suspected agricultural runoff, one group wants a cattle buffer zone around bodies of water.
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# irish-farmers-association - Monday 24 June, 2013
There’s a load of bull on Kildare Street today. Literally.
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# irish-farmers-association - Friday 10 May, 2013
The fodder will help farmers suffering from food shortages for their livestock following the unseasonally cold winter.
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