Coveney extends imported fodder transport scheme

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Farmers queueing for Fodder in Drinagh.

Farmers queueing for Fodder in Drinagh.

MINISTER for Agriculture Simon Coveney has announced that he has extended the duration of the Imported Fodder Transport Scheme for one week. The scheme will now run until Friday 10th May.

 

The Minister also today confirmed that maize silage is eligible under the scheme. He said his Department has been working with the industry on this and said that large quantities of maize silage up to 6,000 tons are currently being sourced for early delivery to this country. Minister Coveney commended the Dairy co-ops for their work over the past two weeks.

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Farmers queue as UK hay arrives in Drinagh

April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Farmers queueing to collect hay at Drinagh Co-op.

Farmers queueing to collect hay at Drinagh Co-op.

THERE were long queues of Farmers at Drinagh Co-op’s main site recently as a new consignment of Hay arrived by truck from the UK.

 

The load was sourced by Drinagh Co-op in the UK to assist farmers in some way with the current fodder crisis.

 

Long queues snaked out of the yard as farmer’s desperate to provide feed for their starving cattle sought to get whatever help they can.

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Ian is Drinagh Co-Op quad bike winner

December 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

quad winner dec12Julie O’Sullivan, Drinagh Co-op branch manager, Castletownbere, pesenting the keys for a Honda Quad Bike to Ian Murphy, winner of the Animec Super Draw watched by his wife Collette and children Fionn, Sinead and Julie-Ann. [Read more...]

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Farmers get good advice in Schull

April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Pictured at a Teagasc/Drinagh Co-op Joint Programme Farm Walk on the farm of Aidan McCarthy at Airhill, Schull is farmer Aidan McCarthy speaking with Mount Gabriel as a backdrop. Pic: Denis Boyle

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