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Shear delight: Kilkenny sheep farmers share €266,000 payment

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2020 0

Some 260 sheep farmers across Kilkenny will share a combined €266,883 payment under year four of the Sheep Welfare Scheme. Details of the local payments were announced by Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan this week. It is part of a €14.7 million spend under the scheme which will be shared among the country’s 18,000 sheep […]

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The big cheese! Check out Kilkenny food giant’s amazing new $470m plant in US

By Kilkenny Now 21st October 2020 0

Operations got underway today at Kilkenny-based Glanbia’s new state-of-the-art cheese and whey plant in the US. The local food giant released these pictures (above and below) of the US€470 million facility in St Johns, Michigan, this morning to mark the occasion. Commissioning operations at MWC will take place over the next eight months. When fully […]

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Warning to Kilkenny farmers and landowners leasing land for wind farms

By Colin Bartley 11th October 2020 0

Kilkenny farmers and landowners are being urged to be fully aware of what they are signing up to if they make arrangements with renewable energy companies to lease land. Ifac, Ireland’s leading farming, food and agribusiness professional services firm, is encouraging all landowners in Kilkenny to make certain that they understand their tax responsibilities and […]

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Glanbia reveals latest milk prices it will pay Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 15th September 2020 Post a comment

Glanbia will pay its Kilkenny milk suppliers 30.60 centre per litre (cpl) for August. The diary giant confirmed it will pay local farmers 30.60, including VAT, for August creamery milk supplies at 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein. This is a 0.5 cpl increase from the July milk price. Farmers will also receive a 0.42 cpl […]

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Expensive equipment being targeted in spate of burglaries on county Kilkenny farmyards

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2020 Post a comment

Gardai are asking Kilkenny residents to be on the look out for people selling farming equipment at knocked down prices, following a spate of farmyard thefts over the last week. An expensive Ifor Williams trailer was taken from a yard in Burnchurch, Cuffesgrange earlier last Thursday morning. He noticed the trailer had disappeared when he […]

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Glanbia reveals price it will pay Kilkenny dairy farmers for June’s milk

By Kilkenny Now 14th July 2020 0

Glanbia has confirmed it will pay its Kilkenny milk suppliers 30.10 cent per litre for June. The company confirmed it will pay a base milk price for February of 29.68 cpl (including VAT) for creamery milk at 3.6% fat and 3.3% protein. This is an increase of 1.48cpl from the May base price. Farmer members […]

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Glanbia reveals prices it will pay Kilkenny milk farmers for April as it confirms it is open for business

By Colin Bartley 15th May 2020 Post a comment

Kilkenny-based Glanbia will pay local farmers 28.42 cent per litre for milk supplies in April. Glanbia Ireland (GI) will pay a base milk price for April of 28 cpl (including VAT) for creamery milk at 3.6% fat and 3.3% protein. This is a reduction of 1 cpl from the March base price. Kilkenny members will […]

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BREAKING: Kilkenny’s Iverk Show cancelled due to coronavirus

By Colin Bartley 30th April 2020 0

Ireland’s longest-running agricultural show is the latest major event to succumb to the coronavirus pandemic. The Iverk Show which is held every year in the Showgrounds in Piltown and attracts more than 20,000 visitors through its gate, has made to the decision to cancel this year’s event, which was due to take place on Saturday, […]

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Sheep killed by loose dogs on county Kilkenny farm

By Colin Bartley 25th February 2020 0

A sheep has been savaged and killed and another badly injured in a dog attack on a county Kilkenny farm. The incident happened at a farm in Ballinalackan, close to Ballyraggett early on Sunday morning and is the latest in a line of attacks on livestock in the area. One sheep died after it ran […]

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Kilkenny man wins biodiversity award at Young Farmer of the Year competition

By Colin Bartley 2nd December 2019 0

A Kilkenny farmer has been named Young Biodiversity Farmer of the Year. Alan Doyle, a drystock farmer from Gowran, was awarded the title at the FBD Young Farmer of the Year Awards. Alan won his awards after demonstrating a passion for farming, which protects the environment and enhances biodiversity. Alan has 170 ewes and 23 […]