Person: Thomas Honner

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Entrepreneur of the Year to head young farmer awards judging panel

Macra na Feirme announced yesterday that Dr Edmond Harty, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012, will head the judging panel for the FBD Young Farmer of the Year Awards.

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Macra’s Reserve fears

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Nitrates Directive sparks fury

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Young farmers urged to re-check Parent Partnership eligibility

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Govt accused of 'selling out' on farmers over nitrates

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Quota changes make it easier for partnerships

Milk quota for young farmers

SOME co-ops are unable to find enough young farmers to take the 25% of the restructuring milk quota which is set aside for young farmers, said Macra na Feirme national president Thomas Honner.

Thu, 07 Apr, 2005

New Macra na Feirme president unveiled

A Co Louth farmer is the new president of Macra na Feirme.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2005

Macra presidential race nears close

Dublin: The campaign to succeed Thomas Honner as the next president of Macra na Feirme will reach a climax this weekend.

Sat, 02 Apr, 2005

Single payment is big issue for Macra candidates

BALLOT papers for the Macra na Feirme presidential election have been issued to the 250 clubs eligible to vote.

Thu, 17 Mar, 2005

Clerical officer wins Boi/Macra award

A CLERICAL officer with North Tipperary County Council was one of the three winners in the Bank of Ireland Business Banking-Macra na Feirme national leadership awards competition.

Wed, 16 Feb, 2005

Late transfer of farms remains a problem

An analysis of the ages of farmers who applied to be treated as new entrants under the single farm payment scheme shows that the late transfer of farms is still a problem in Ireland.

Tue, 08 Feb, 2005

Macra bursaries for top leaders

Six finalists will be in contention for three top prizes of travel bursaries worth 2,000 each in the Macra na Feirme Bank of Ireland Business Banking national leadership awards in Dublin on February 11.

Fri, 04 Feb, 2005

Milk quota programme welcomed

Dublin: A new milk quota restructuring programme announced yesterday by Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan involves significant changes to the present scheme.

Thu, 23 Dec, 2004

Honner welcomes farming category

Macra na Feirme national president Thomas Honner has welcomed the inclusion of a category for new entrants to farming in the National Reserve under the Single Farm Payment regime.

Sat, 18 Dec, 2004

Macra pioneer attends anniversary dance

MORE than 60 years after he first set foot on local farms as an agricultural advisor, 87-year-old Dr Harry Spain was given a standing ovation from farmers and Macra members at the 60th Anniversary Dinner of Kilmallock Macra.

Thu, 09 Dec, 2004

Ferris calls for R&D in farm sector

WHILE the farm lobby welcomed the thrust of the Budget yesterday, Sinn Féin’s Martin Ferris said it did little to address the needs of Irish agriculture.

Fri, 03 Dec, 2004

Competition Authority victimising farmers, says Macra

MACRA na FEIRME national president Thomas Honner has described the Competition Authority as a 'cabal' preying on easy targets while being reluctant to tackle big business.

Mon, 29 Nov, 2004

Too late for Irish GM ban

IRELAND cannot ban GM crops, and the key issue now for the government is to lay down rules for co-existence of conventional and GM crops, said Macra na Feirme national president Thomas Honner, after a meeting with European commission official Gijs Berends, who deals with GM foods in Commissioner David Byrne’s cabinet.

Thu, 11 Nov, 2004

Clubs battle for Macra honour

FOUR of the 12 clubs that have qualified for the national final of the AIB-Macra na Feirme club of the year competition at the end of this month are from Cork.

Thu, 11 Nov, 2004

Macra plea to government

MACRA na Feirme president Thomas Honner called on the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that young farmers get a fair deal under the single farm payment regime.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2004

Farm industry’s warm welcome for Mary

THE farm lobby last night warmly welcomed the appointment of Mary Coughlan as the country’s first woman Minister for Agriculture and Food.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2004

New brooms in 2005

MACRA na Feirme have kicked off a year of electioneering among farmers.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2004

‘Honner’s Army’ can help run shows

GET more young people on board, urged Macra President Thomas Honner , when he recently performed the official opening of the Cappamore, Co Limerick Golden Jubilee Agricultural Show, jointly with Donal Kelly, Munster Vice-president IFA.

Thu, 16 Sep, 2004

Cappamore celebrates sun, shows and 50 years of success

CROWDS flocked to Cappamore, Co Limerick, yesterday, to celebrate a golden jubilee cocktail of shows, sunshine and success.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2004

Macra praises Walsh’s contribution

MACRA na Feirme president Thomas Honner has praised Minister Joe Walsh for making a huge contribution to Irish agriculture over the past two decades.

Tue, 17 Aug, 2004

Level of serious accidents too high

FARMERS sometimes need to be reminded that they are not supermen or wonder women and that they should not sacrifice safety on their farms for the sake of getting a job done more quickly.

Tue, 10 Aug, 2004

Stockjudging competition finals

The 2004 Bord Bia-Macra na Feirme national beef and sheep stockjudging competition finals will take place next Wednesday on the farm of Garrett Behan in Ballyfinn, Portlaoise, Co Laois.

Thu, 08 Jul, 2004

Brosnan appointment welcomed

Dublin: Farm leaders yesterday welcomed a decision to appoint former Kerry Group boss Denis Brosnan as an independent adviser on the nitrates directive.

Thu, 01 Jul, 2004

Boherlahan-Dualla wins Macra debate

Wexford: A team from Boherlahan-Dualla Macra in south Tipperary won the 2004 Macra na Feirme national debating competition in Wexford Town.

Thu, 13 May, 2004

New EU states comprise 30% of horticulture workers

BORD GLAS has revealed 30% of the migrant workers in the labour intensive Irish horticulture industry come from the new EU member states.

Wed, 05 May, 2004

Housing guidelines designed with elections in mind, say opposition

THE new guidelines on one-off houses will not solve the rural planning problems and were only designed to give the Government a boost in upcoming local elections, opposition politicians said yesterday.

Fri, 05 Mar, 2004

Pressure on milk, farm input prices

YOU can’t underestimate the changes in dairy farming after the Fischler reforms, says Corkman Frank O’Mahony, vice-chairman of Macra’s Agricultural Affairs Committee.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2004

Truckers still road raging over farm-type vehicles

THE Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has denied that it called for a ban on tractors on national roads, and has criticised Macra na Feirme for not taking a stronger stance on road safety.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2004

Direct payment will impact on restructured schemes

THE maximum price for restructuring milk quota remains at 31c per litre (1.41 per gallon) in 2004.

Thu, 01 Jan, 2004

No changes in leasing prices for 2004 demanded

DON’T change the restructuring and temporary leasing prices of 31c/litre and 4c/litre in 2004, IFA Dairy Committee Chairman Michael Murphy told the Milk Quota Review Group last Monday.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2003

Macra charges fury

WEXFORD Macra has kicked off the debate in the county on proposed new construction charges by local authorities.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2003

Macra president welcomes budget

MACRA na FEIRME national president Thomas Honner has welcomed the announcement in the budget that certain income from long-term land leasing will be exempt from tax.

Thu, 11 Dec, 2003

Honner calls for ‘positive discrimination’

THE CAP Mid Term Review suits the 45% of farmers aged over 55, without successors, Macra national president Thomas Honner told the 2003 Macra national conference in Louth.

Thu, 27 Nov, 2003

Honner a model success

WATERFORD Macra members recently took to the catwalk for their Monster Fashion Show, and it was an outstanding success, boosted by national president, Thomas Honner, who proved a great hit as a model with everyone who attended.

Thu, 20 Nov, 2003

Macra makes pre-Budget requests

The reintroduction of roll-over relief and improving tax incentives for long-term land leasing head up the demands of Macra na Feirme’s pre-Budget submission.

Wed, 05 Nov, 2003

VAT refunds review

THE method used in establishing the VAT refund rate for non-registered farmers is to be examined by a working group being set up by Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2003

Full decoupling of payments welcomed

FULL decoupling of all European Union direct payments to farmers for cattle, sheep and arable crops was announced yesterday by Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh.

Mon, 20 Oct, 2003

Walsh: Decoupling will be in by 2005

The Minister for Agriculture, Joe Walsh has revealed that all direct payments for livestock and certain crops will be fully decoupled between now and 2005.

Sun, 19 Oct, 2003

Tipp farmer shakes his way to a world record

A Co Tipperary farmer shook his way to a world record at the National Ploughing Championships at Ballinabrackey, Co Meath, yesterday.

Thu, 25 Sep, 2003

Walsh backs call for farming body

AGRICULTURE MINISTER Joe Walsh has supported calls for a unified body to represent farmers.

Wed, 24 Sep, 2003

Higher prices for dairy farmers urged

Securing viable milk prices for dairy farmers into the future in the light of CAP reform and the WTO must become the industry’s overriding objective.

Thu, 18 Sep, 2003

Trade talks collapse ‘not end of road’

THE sudden collapse of the world trade talks in Cancun, Mexico, was not the end of the road, Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh claimed yesterday.

Tue, 16 Sep, 2003

Farmers concerned about WTO talks

Macra na Feirme has expressed concern on behalf of Irish farmers ahead of this week's World Trade Organisation negotiations in Cancun, Mexico.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2003

Young Farmer of the Future

A HIGH level of technical and business skill is needed to master farming.

Thu, 04 Sep, 2003