Opinion
Opinion: Farmers are at heart of rural communities, especially in snow
It amazes me at just how little is picked up by the general media about the vital role that farmers...
Opinion
It amazes me at just how little is picked up by the general media about the vital role that farmers...
Agri-Business
One in three farmers don’t know if they have enough cashflow to pay the bills for the next six months,...
Rural Life
The UK government has announced grants of up to £25,000 (€29,000) for farmers who have been severely impacted by flooding...
CAP / Schemes
A total of €76.5 million is to be paid out to more than 17,000 farmers who are participating in the...
Environment
The government has been urged to develop policies that ensure farmers can continue to produce quality food, and that Ireland...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers are being asked to “do more for the same payment” when it comes to the Knowledge Transfer (KT) Programme...
Dairy
Germany was the biggest producer of “drinking milk” in the EU last year, while Ireland was the third largest producer...
Agri Politics
The Taoiseach has said he will “explore any flexibility that might be available to Ireland” on the nitrates derogation when...
Agri-Business
A case of bluetongue virus was confirmed in a single cow in the southeast of England and farmers in the...
Agri-Business
A call has been made for the introduction of an “ad hoc” financial support mechanism by the EU for farmers...
Agri Politics
Farming is the “lifeblood of rural communities across Ireland,” the Minister for Finance told the Dáil today (Tuesday, October 10)...
Agri-Business
The government has confirmed that the flat-rate compensation measure for farmers will decrease from 5% to 4.8% from January 1,...
Environment
A changing climate could lead to a “greater scarcity of land”, Ireland’s budgetary watchdog has warned. In a new report...
Agri Politics
The executive vice-president for the European Green Deal, Maros Sefcovic, has told the European Parliament today (Tuesday, October 3) that...
Rural Life
Teagasc will hold a free webinar entitled ‘Maintaining your mental health in farming’ on Tuesday, October 10, from 10:00a.m to...
Rural Life
Two rural Irish singletons will begin a quest to find love tonight on RTÉ‘s new reality dating series ‘Love in...
Agri-Business
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien is to write to county managers about applications made by farmers...
Environment
The European Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, should have been invited to Ireland at a much earlier stage, according...