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McConalogue 'really pleased' with number of submissions to €56m fodder scheme

The Minister for Agriculture has praised the high number of submissions by Irish farmers to a €56 million scheme incentivising the growth of hay and silage. Speaking today (August 31), Minister Charlie McConalogue said he was "really pleased" with ...

31 Aug 2022 at 16:06

National News

Online applications for 'crucial' €56m fodder support scheme now open - McConalogue

The online application system for the Irish government's €56 million Fodder Support Scheme is now open. That's according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which made the announcement over the weekend. The scheme was approved ...

20 Jun 2022 at 14:45

National News

OPINION: Potato shortages, flooded fields and no fodder - will someone please think of the farmers!

They're not the words that any Irish person wants to hear - but we may be looking at a shortage of potatoes in the near future. According to farmers, a major potato shortage is looming this autumn, which can entirely be attributed to the ...

12 Apr 2024 at 12:49

National News

€30 million Fodder Support Scheme launched to help farm families

The 2023 Fodder Support Scheme will ensure there is adequate fodder for livestock in a time of uncertainty, the Agriculture Minister has said. Following on from September’s announcements around Budget 2023, the Minister for Agriculture, ...

02 Nov 2022 at 15:44

Farming

A quarter of Limerick farmers don’t have enough fodder

A SURVEY of 364 Teagasc clients, carried out during January, showed that 27% of farmers don’t have sufficient feed to meet their livestock’s requirements until the planned end of the winter housing period. Of this 27% - 12% of farms ...

11 Feb 2019 at 15:00

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Limerick farmers urged ‘not to suffer in silence’ with health and wellbeing of concern

LIMERICK farmers were urged “not to suffer in silence” at a specially organised drought and fodder meeting in Boher. Farmers’ health and wellbeing is of concern said Majella Moloney, Limerick/KerryTeagasc regional advisory manager. ...

27 Jul 2018 at 19:00

Weather

Motorists endure tough driving conditions as rain lashes Limerick

MOTORISTS are being warned to expect tough driving conditions this Friday as rain lashes through Limerick. Downpours began falling across the city and county from early morning, with the April showers proving difficult for ...

06 Apr 2018 at 10:20

Farming

Fodder crisis: ‘I didn’t sleep for 48 hours’ reveals Limerick farmer

TO PARAPHRASE the words of Gerry Adams, the fodder crisis “hasn’t gone away you know”. While the national media spotlight has disappeared, locals across County Limerick continue to struggle. The situation was beginning to ...

19 Apr 2018 at 15:00

Farming

Fodder crisis: Shannon Airport to cut silage for Limerick farmers

SHANNON Airport has pledged its support to farmers battling the current fodder crisis by offering to repeat its intervention of 2013 when it harvested silage from its 400 acre site. The airport’s operations team will ...

10 Apr 2018 at 19:02

Farming

Limerick farmers at wits’ end over lengthy winter

IT’S AN ILL east wind that blows no good and all week farmers from east and west Limerick have been queuing up for imported fodder. There is something very sick as this is the second time in five years that the ...

13 Apr 2018 at 06:00

Farming

WATCH: Shannon Airport's silage cutting a 'Godsend' for Limerick farmers

THE HARVESTING of up to 1,000 silage bales began at Shannon Airport this Friday to help farmers in the midst of the fodder crisis. IFA president Joe Healy described it as a “godsend”. Contractors rolled onto ...

20 Apr 2018 at 18:09

Farming

Phones 'hopping' as Limerick farmers look for fodder

TWO loads of UK fodder that arrived in Dairygold’s Cappamore store on Thursday evening was loaded and gone in minutes. A third load is due in this Friday. Con Berkery, manager of Dairygold co-op Cappamore, ...

06 Apr 2018 at 10:53

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