Department of Agriculture

No Donegal farmers or landowners faced penalties or reductions in payments last year for burning during the closed season. The…

THERE has been an alarming rise in the number of dead animal carcasses that have been dumped in Donegal this…

THE carcasses of 19 dead sheep were found by anglers in south Donegal. Anglers find nineteen dead sheep dumped in…

Twenty-eight sheep, believed to have been stolen, were recovered during an operation in Donegal this morning. Twenty-eight stolen sheep recovered…

A PUBLIC consultation on the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the draft Agri-Food Strategy to 2030 has been unveiled today.  Public…

Donegal farmers have been warned about the consequences of starting gorse fires. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine…

SEVEN dead sheep have been found in a forestry near Killygordon. Seven sheep found dead in Donegal forestry was last…

MINK farm owners in Ireland, including one in Donegal, have been told that their mink will be culled over concerns…

MINISTER for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue says a full review is underway after his Department advised that all sanitary products from…

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today issued an advisory to farmers ahead of the incoming extreme cold…

Donegal County Council is urging farmers in Donegal who are concerned about breaching regulations concerning the spreading of slurry to…

The Department of Agriculture is unnecessarily imposing conditions on the participation of Donegal hill and commonage farmers in the new…

A Donegal couple have contacted the Gardai and the Department of Agriculture after discovering a large hornet in their back…