Environment
Demands for a certain type of product has had a dramatic impact on the herd profiles of suckler operations in hill farming areas, according to Fergal Monaghan.
Sheep
The number of active farmers in commonage areas reducing significantly over the last 10 – 15 years, according to ACA President Tom Dawson
After 900 farmers attended the Concerned Hill Farmers Group in Letterkenny last Friday night, commonage farmers are continuing their protest outside the Taoiseach's office in Castlebar.
The United Farmers Association (UFA) are calling on Minister Coveney to scrap the proposal to implement his collective agreement for farmers with commonage land
Commonage farmers will not accept collective agreements as a measure to gain entry into the new GLAS scheme, according to the recently-formed Concerned Hill Farmers Action Group.
Implementation of the new commonage framework is an ongoing process according to Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney.
Future agri-environmental schemes offer the opportunity for claimants with commonage land to receive slightly higher payments.
