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EXTENSION OF SPREADING PERIOD LOGICAL DECISION - IFA
|  | |  | | | IFA President Padraig Walshe has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith to extend the fertiliser spreading period to Septmeber 28th as the logical response to the severe fodder shortage, which is being experienced on farms across the country. This extension will allow farmers spread fertiliser as soil conditions improve, rather than rushing to meet a date set out in the ridiculous calendar farming nitrates regime.
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| GOVERNMENT MUST SUPPORT FARMING THROUGH WORST CRISIS IN A GENERATION TO SECURE FUTURE EXPORTS AND JOBS IN AGRI- SECTOR
| | | | | | IFA President Padraig Walshe has presented Government with alternative savings in the Department of Agriculture budget, which will more than meet the targets outlined in the Bord Snip Report, whilst also maintaining funding for our vital farm schemes, which are critical to the development of the sector into the future.
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TAOISEACH AGREES TO EXAMINE IFA ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO BORD SNIP CUTS ON AGRICULTURE
| | | | | | Following a meeting with Taoiseach Brian Cowen in Athlone this afternoon, IFA President Padraig Walshe said the Taoiseach had agreed to examine closely the alternative IFA plan to the Bord Snip cuts. He said IFA has identified annual savings of 27%, or €439m, in the Net Department of Agriculture budget, which can be achieved between 2010 and 2012, while maintaining funding for all vital farm schemes.
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| IFA PRESIDENT SETS OUT KEY REASONS FOR FARM FAMILIES TO VOTE YES TO LISBON
| | | | | | IFA President Padraig Walshe has launched the IFA’s YES to Lisbon campaign in Dublin today, setting out five reasons why farm families should support the referendum on October 2nd.
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