Beef
Lime usage expected to double in coming years
It is envisaged that lime usage on Irish farms will double over the coming years. Moreover, this enhanced usage level...
Beef
It is envisaged that lime usage on Irish farms will double over the coming years. Moreover, this enhanced usage level...
Beef
Johnstown-Castle-based, soil fertility specialist, Mark Plunkett, has been confirming the benefits of enhanced lime usage that has been recorded across...
Tillage
Groups representing food producers in different sectors across the EU have said that a decision to set new limits on...
Tillage
Tillage farmers will be using any breaks in the weather over the coming days to get on with the job...
Tillage
Gene editing, under the auspices of a new research project, looks set to fast-track the impact of potato breeding programmes....
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued guidance for sprayer operations to comply with the EU...
Horticulture
While people may be busy attending St. Patrick’s Day parades, March 17 has a different meaning for some potato farmers...
Tillage
Teagasc has said that potato growers must soil test to secure the use of added phosphate fertiliser this year. Without...
Rural Life
The average cost of a typical full Irish breakfast is higher now than it was 12 months ago, according to...
Tillage
A procedure known as ‘dynamic realignment’ could help secure seed potato supplies for Irish maincrop growers, according to the Irish...
Tillage
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is to seek immediate compensation from the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM)...
Tillage
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president, Francie Gorman, has been given a clear mandate by potato growers to organise protests outside...
Agri-Business
The body representing the all-island Irish whiskey industry is lobbying members of the US Congress for enhanced protections for the...
Agri-Business
An exemption to the crop diversification element of the good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) 7 for 2024 has been...
Dairy
Both the output prices and input prices in the agriculture sector declined in the 12 months to January 2024, according...
Tillage
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers....
Tillage
Agronomists are indicating that it may be more economical to manage thin winter cereal crops with reduced input, rather than...
Agri-Business
Dairygold has become the first dairy processor in Ireland to sign a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA) with one of...