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Wholesale Price Index for June 2022 – CSO

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released the June 2022 Wholesale Price Index on 22 July, 2022. Commenting on the release, Jillian Delaney, Statistician in the Prices Division, said: “Prices in several food categories produced by Irish manufacturers were significantly higher in June 2022 compared to the same month last year. Some of the most notable annual increases were: Dairy products 49.1%Meat and meat products 14.5%Grain milling, starches and animal feeds 11.7%Food…

Double-standard at play in Ireland’s emissions debate – ICMSA

Pat McCormack, president of The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), has commented on the “brazen double-standard at play in Ireland’s emissions debate”. There is, he says, a “deafening silence” when it comes to aviation emissions in comparison to the fixation on farming. Mr McCormack added that the silence was “even more deafening when contrasted with the non-stop hectoring and criticism directed at farming in general and dairy farming,…

Minister announces investment in farm safety

Martin Heydon, T.D, Minister of State with responsibility for Farm Safety at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, last week announced the provision of funding to Teagasc for the procurement of 18 farm machinery simulators for use in agricultural colleges. Making the announcement Minister Heydon said: “My priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our farmers, and this investment of over €1.25 million in 18 agricultural machinery…

New Brian Ballard works on show at ArtisAnn

Esteemed Irish artist Brian Ballard RUA presents a show of recently completed paintings at the ArtisAnn Gallery from 25 July, 2022. Born in Belfast, Ballard trained at the College of Art, Belfast and then at the College of Art, Liverpool. He still lives in Belfast but spends long periods of time living and working in his house on the remote and rugged island of Inishfree, off the coast of Donegal.…

North Sligo Agricultural Show competitions

North Sligo Agricultural Show 2022

The North Sligo Agricultural Show will host its 74th event this year at the Grange, County Sligo. The annual happening will be held on Saturday, 30 July, 2022. Each year the Committee tries to cater for their extensive groups and spectators and exhibitors by putting together the best displays possible. For the morning of The North Sligo Agricultural Show 2022 a programme comprising of cattle, sheep, horses, ponies, poultry, and home industry…

Anaerobic digestion plant under construction

A pilot-scale anaerobic digestion plant currently under construction at Teagasc Grange is due to be commissioned this year. The plant will produce biogas using grass silage and cattle slurry. Anaerobic digestion is a multi-step process whereby organic waste and residues are converted into biogas by a group of microorganisms in an anaerobic environment. Biogas could be used as any of the three energy vectors – electricity, transport and heat. In…

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Sherry FitzGerald – Ballycannon Kilcock Co Kildare – 18/8

Sherry FitzGerald Brady O Flaherty brings to auction a property at Ballycannon Kilcock Co Kildare on 18 August, 2022. Lot: 1 Residence and Yard on approx. 14.02 hectares / 34.6 acresLot: 2 Approx. 5.06 hectares / 12. 5 acresLot: 3 The entire Residence and yard on approx. 19.08 hectares / 47.1 acres An absolutely outstanding approx. 47.1 acre / 19.08 hectare residential farm in a highly desirable and convenient location,…

Strong export demand for European wheat

While MATIF Dec 22 wheat prices recovered earlier last week on the back of strong export demand for European wheat, native grain prices increased but will likely finish on a similar note to the previous week, according to the IFA. The prospect of a deal being signed on 22 July, 2022 for grain export corridors in the Black Sea has re-exerted downward pressure on MATIF markets. On Wednesday 20 July,…

AIB reverses decision to withdraw cash services

Following a major political backlash, Allied Irish Banks (AIBG.I) on Friday, 22 July, 2022 shelved plans to drop cash services in 70 of its 170 branches. The decision was based on reaction over its likely impact on small businesses and rural communities, according to Reuters. The bank, which is 63% owned by the government and is the country’s largest mortgage lender, announced the plan on Tuesday, 19 July, 2022 saying…

Browse Merrion Square Gallery on Sundays

Merrion Square Open-Air Art Gallery takes place every Sunday using the external railings of the beautiful Georgian Square in Dublin’s city centre to mount artworks. Founded in 1985, this weekly event is organised by Dublin City Council and provides a pleasant opportunity for visitors to not only view paintings but to meet with the artists and learn about their work. Artists are only licensed to exhibit original paintings, so you can…

Notifications for Checks by Monitoring CbM Protein Aid Scheme Straw Incorporation Measure

Protein and Straw schemes – notifications for CbM now issuing

Notifications for Checks by Monitoring (CbM) under the 2022 Protein Aid Scheme and the Straw Incorporation Measure are now issuing. More updates are anticipated in the next few months. This was announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue on Thursday, 21 July 2022. Checks by Monitoring is an ongoing automated use of satellite and other data sources to check agricultural activity on all land parcels declared…

Plumbridge Livestock Sales – On-Farm Retirement Machinery Sale – 29/07

Plumbridge Livestock Sales will hold an on-farm retirement machinery auction via LSL Auctions on Friday 29 July, 2022, at 7pm. This will be at 5 Creeduff Road, Killen, Castlederg, BT81 7TE, for Mr Caldwell Smyth who has sold his farm. Genuine well-kept machinery and tools being sold for no fault. Online bidding available (subject to coverage). Viewing from 2pm on day of sale. Items include: 2011 Massey Ferguson 5455 c/w…

Bank of Ireland interest rate changes

The European Central Bank last week confirmed that it is implementing a 0.5% interest rate increase. As a result, Bank of Ireland is announcing a number of interest rate changes. Mortgages Tracker mortgage rates will increase for all tracker mortgage customers by 0.5%. For most customers, this change will take effect from 10 August, 2022. Bank of Ireland will write to all tracker mortgage customers confirming the new interest rate,…

Fiona Cawley exhibition to open 27 July, 2022

Kinvara artist Fiona Cawley presents an exhibition of her work at Fox’s of Kinvara. This event will run for three weeks from 27 July, 2022. As an emerging artist she recently had a solo show in the Ballina Arts Centre called “A Shared Space”. Cawley has been selected for exhibitions such as Cairde Visual. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Art Summer Show, was an invited…

Beef trade steady; lamb supplies tighten – IFA

The beef trade steadied this week with some signs of strengthening, according to IFA Livestock chairman Brendan Golden. He said supplies of finished cattle are tight and demand in our key export markets is good. Factories are anxious for cattle and paying 10c to 20c/kg above quotes to close out deals. In addition, factories are paying €4.80-5.00kg for steers and €4.85-5.05kg for heifers. Y bulls R/U are making €4.70-5.05kg while…

Pig welfare inspections aim to identify risk factors

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett updated the Seanad last week regarding pig welfare inspections and commercial pig farms in Ireland. This was during a Green Party motion on animal welfare. The minister commented that the DAFM had implemented several specific actions over the last two years to progress full implementation of the pig welfare directive. “Since 2020, the DAFM has…

Growers should analyse performance of winter barley crop

With the winter barley harvest almost wrapped up, growers should make a point of recording all the details of the experience to analyse performance while the memory is fresh. While some of the later-harvested crops yielded well, many of the earlier-harvested crop performed very poorly. Where crops were poor, try to figure out why this happened from listening to reports from around the country, advises Teagasc Tillage Specialist Shay Phelan.…

Prices of Ireland homes up 3.8% in Q2

The sale price of homes in Ireland rose by 3.8% on average between March and June 2022, the largest three-month gain in nearly two years, according to the latest Daft.ie Sales Report. The average listed price nationwide in the second quarter of 2022 was €311,874, up 9.5% on the same period in 2021 and just 16% below the Celtic Tiger peak. The rural-urban gap in housing inflation continues to narrow,…

Farmers must take steps to manage fire risk

With the recent dry weather significantly increasing the risk of fires on tillage farms, Teagasc Tillage Specialist Shay Phelan advises farmers to put measures in place to be able to prevent and extinguish fires if they occur. All fields, including grass fields and hedges where there is dead or decaying material has the potential to burn if the conditions are right. 10 ways to manage the fire risk: Make sure…

Sheep farmers need support to counter huge shearing costs – IFA

The Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA) national sheep committee chair Kevin Comiskey has highlighted the fact that weeks have passed since the Wool Feasibility Study was published, yet farmers are entering another clipping season without any government support. As such, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Minister of State Pippa Hackett has been called on to support sheep farmers in combatting the enormous cost of shearing. The study recommended…

Dublin among 50 Best Cities in the World for Arts and Culture

Dublin has been listed among the 50 Best Cities in the World for Arts and Culture in Big 7 Travel’s inaugural list released to “help encourage art-centred tourism and shed light on an industry that suffered heavily due to the pandemic.” About Dublin, the global travel website states: “For a city spread across just 115 sq. km, Dublin punches well above its weight when it comes to arts and culture.…

Kilmacanogue Horse Show welcomes competitors of all abilities

The Kilmacanogue Horse Show will be hosted at the Enniskerry Horse Farm in Monastery, Enniskerry, by kind permission of Mary and Syl Fenelon Bourke. This 50th anniversary version of the event will take place on 23 July, 2022. The Kilmacanogue Show is a great local institution and welcomes competitors of all abilities. It has a great following amongst the riding schools and clubs in the area. The organisers look forward to welcoming…

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Murtagh Bros – Ballykeeran, Athlone, Co. Westmeath – 21/07

Murtagh Bros brings to auction a property at Ballykeeran, Athlone, Co. Westmeath on 21 July, 2022 at 15:00. Lot: 1Attractive c. 7 acres of Agricultural land, overlooking Lough Ree with superb road frontage. See the catalogue: Here: Register to bid: Here. Contact Murtagh Bros on: +353 44 934 2512. LSL Auctions, LSL News.

New organic farming rates proposed

Senator Pippa Hackett, the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, yesterday announced proposed new enhanced rates for farmers participating in the organic farming scheme. These are subject to approval by the European Commission as part of the ongoing discussions on approval of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan, and would apply from 1 January, 2023. Announcing the new rates the Minister said: “The budget proposed for…

Potato market report – 20 July, 2022

Home consumption and retail sales have taken a hit over the past week due to soaring temperatures. But Met Éireann predicts cooler temperatures at the weekend. According to the Irish Farmers’ Association, queens continue to be lifted in the north east and volumes are now available in retailers. Again, sales took a hit last week but cooler temperatures forecast should improve this. Crops are very dry due to the high…

Housing for All updates – Quarter 2

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, together with Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien T.D., Minister of State Peter Burke T.D and Minister of State Malcolm Noonan T.D recently shared a report on progress of the implementation of Housing for All, including the launch of a new €50m Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: “Housing for All provides a comprehensive plan, and record levels of funding to tackle…

‘Meat and Potatoes’ at Crawford Gallery

‘Meat and Potatoes’, a current exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery this summer, is described as “eye-catching, thought-provoking and mouth-watering in equal measure”. Bringing together works by historic and contemporary artists who have used food as their muse in myriad ways, the exhibition will be organised into three primary sections – BREAD, MEAT and POTATOES – which will be presented as staples in the history of food-focused art as well…

Emissions cuts for farmers still to be finalized

Ireland is committed to halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and net zero emissions by 2050. The Government has agreed to a carbon budget in the lead up to 2030, but as yet, details have not been agreed for farming. Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has confirmed that legally binding targets for emissions cuts will be signed off before the end of July, 2022. He comments that this “is…

Biomethane tractor offers alternative to diesel

New Holland’s biomethane T6.180 tractor, revealed at the recent Balmoral Show, is reportedly the first of its kind in Ireland. The model offers Irish farmers an alternative to diesel-fuelled tractor models. With the price of diesel up 40% in a year, this biomethane version attracted a fair amount of attention. It is as powerful as its diesel counterpart, but reduces running costs up to 30%. The new tractor is modelled…

Signpost Series Webinars to diarise

Teagasc is hosting a series of weekly Signpost Series of environment webinars aimed at the Irish agri industry. The next one is on 22 July, 2022, beginning at 9.30am. You need to register online to participate. This webinar forms part of The Signpost Series and will focus on the ecological value and condition of Irish uplands. The guest speaker is ecologist Caitriona Douglas, National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). Register: Here You…