This Week's Top Stories May 12th
It has been a week dominated by politics over grocery prices, warnings about the producer, retailer relationships that exist in Ireland and some interesting financial results from key local players.
On Monday
Agriland reported:
The results of survey, that a deer cull was needed: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/deer-cull-needed-according-to-consultation-survey/
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) had awarded a former receptionist in a veterinary practice €15,600 in an unfair dismissal case.
Land that is being used as part of a “functional farm” should be excluded from the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT), according to a TD
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On Tuesday
Agriland reported:
Gardaí had arrested and charged the driver of a tractor in Co. Tipperary this week after it was found that the motorist had been disqualified from driving.
Farmers are worse off in 2023 compared to where they were 18 months ago because input costs are “outstripping” the increase in food prices
Major tractor manufacturers are enjoying a sales boom
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On Wednesday
Agriland reported
That “turkeys don’t vote for Christmas” as a heated Dáil debate highlighted food price inflation and grocery bills
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Pre-tax profits at Tirlán increased to €52.2 million in the first year of its transition to a 100% farmer-owned cooperative
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All the action from the first day of the Balmoral show:
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On Thursday
Agriland reported
The first meeting meeting of the Food Vision Tillage Group and the challenges which lie ahead for tillage farmers
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has contacted around 8,000 farmers after potential agri-scheme application issues were detected on their land parcels through a satellite inspection system.
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The cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by 13.1% this year, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
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On Friday
Irish sheep farmers deserve to receive their fair share of the Brexit compensation fund, according to the Regional Group of TDs.
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Fertiliser prices have declined again in March, down 5.9% on February according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
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TDS clash in Dail as rural housing issues hit the top of the agenda