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Dear Editor,

Farmers in County Kilkenny have delivered a clear message to Government TDs following a 50 per cent cut in the funding for the promised AEOS Scheme.

A conference on strengthening local economic activity is to take place in the Parade Tower at Kilkenny Castle on May 27 and 28.

Kilkenny man John Bryan has called on the Government to abandon the green carbon tax on farm diesel, which comes into effect next weekend. The IFA believes that the introduction of the new tax will reduce farm incomes by two per cent.

Kilkenny IFA chairman Joan Fitzpatrick said the new Agri-Environment Scheme to replace REPS, which was launched recently by the Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith, falls short of expectations and some farmers will be very disappointed that their payments will reduce under the new scheme.

A Kilkenny farming woman has defied the odds and become the first female chairperson of the Kilkenny IFA this week.