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People should think long and hard before giving a gift of a dog for Christmas.

The 104th annual Mountbellew Agricultural Show will take place on September 13.

At a meeting of the IFA National Sheep Committee in Dublin this week, James Murphy from Inistioge, Co Kilkenny was elected to the position of IFA National Sheep Committee chairman.

The IFA President Padraig Walshe has said that the future of the €400 million sheep sector in Ireland is dependent on securing a new €30 per ewe Sheep Maintenance Payment as part of the CAP Health Check negotiations.

Few farmers in Carlow and Kilkenny, and indeed throughout Ireland, believe a number of Government members and TDs who have been saying that the recent CAP health check has been a good deal for the Irish farming community.

Few farmers in Carlow and Kilkenny, and indeed throughout Ireland, believe a number of Government members and TDs who have been saying that the recent CAP health check has been a good deal for the Irish farming community.

SuperValu has announced the arrival of Irish Free Range Hill Lamb to selected SuperValu stores. The supermarket chain is the first retailer in Ireland to have Irish Free Range Hill Lamb in stores and to offer the new Bord Bia LQAS quality assured logo.

The Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith has been accused of trying to backtrack on his promise to allocate unused funds to the Irish sheep sector.

After leaving a number of sheep farmers sitting in the cold outside

Many farmers throughout Carlow and Kilkenny and indeed throughout Ireland, will be glad to see the back of 2008, because it was a horrible year to be involved in farming.