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CAP budget must go back to 2001 levels of expenditure - Ming Flanagan
Amy Forde
Eleven of the 27 candidates running for election in the Midlands North West constituency attended an IFA debate on Thursday night. Here’s what they had to say on the CAP budget.
2 May 2024 News
Mayo farm has nice four-bed bungalow
There is also a farmyard with a slatted shed and also a derelict house.
1 May 2024 News
New Malone dealer in Northern Ireland
Tyrone-based J Alexander and Son Agri Machinery Sales has just been appointed as an agent for the Malone Farm Machinery range of equipment.
Farming News: weather lifts cattle trade and red-hot demand for hill land
Listen now for the latest on the cattle price lift from this week’s weather, how CAP payments are driving demand for marginal land and a breakdown of Irish MEPs’ voting records on farming issues.
26 April 2024 Podcast
Opposition to Mayo forestry planting by French firm
Locals claim that 50% of the lands at Craggagh, between Balla and Kiltimagh, is already planted to Sitka spruce and other conifers.
24 April 2024 News
My Farming Week: Dessie Howley, Bonniconlon, Co Mayo
Dessie Howley, Bonninconlon, Co Mayo, farms with his wife Sharon and three children in north Mayo. They had a few surprises over the recent calving season.
24 April 2024 News
Cost benefits analysis needed on greenway funding - INHFA
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has called for cost benefits analysis on the greenway programme before the start of any new projects.
19 April 2024 News
Locals vow to halt Mayo's Murrisk greenway
Around 43 owners of private land, as well as 26 different commonage owners, will be impacted by the proposed greenway from Westport to Murrisk.
17 April 2024 News
Kilkenny contractor putting big numbers through three McHale Fusions
With two Fusion 4+s and a Fusion 3+, Peter Thomas Keaveney catches up with Kilkenny contractor Stephen Dunne who began round baling in 1998, and has grown his business significantly since.
17 April 2024 Farm machinery
On review: Malone's new clean cutting combo
Last summer, ahead of the launch of Malone’s new front mower, Peter Thomas Keaveney got the opportunity to put its front and rear mounted mowers combination through its paces.
17 April 2024 Farm machinery
Watch: breeding heifers hit €2,950 in Balla
Adam Woods reports from Balla mart’s general cattle sale in Mayo at the weekend.
16 April 2024 Markets
New Yorkers stunned by McHale
The Mayo baler brand is raffling off a Fusion 4 for local club Kilmaine GAA and set its sights on the Big Apple last weekend.
10 April 2024 Dealer