Agri-Business
Rural Life
One heifer killed and more injured following dog attack in Wicklow
Dairy News
DAFM urges farmers to use bulls ‘more resistant to TB’ for breeding
Beef
Advice: Actions to take as weather improves
Beef
Youngest bull takes top price at Kilmallock Hereford Sale
Agri-Business
FCI appeals for carbon tax increase on agri-diesel to be postponed
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has urged the government to postpone an increase in carbon…
Rural Life
HSA farm inspection campaign ‘deferred’ until May 7 – Heydon
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, told the Dáil today (Wednesday, April…
Agri-Business
Under 10% of ‘Ploughing 2023’ ticket sales were ‘at the gate’
Under 10% of tickets for the 2023 National Ploughing Championships were purchased ‘at the gate’, with the vast majority purchased…
Rural Life
Teagasc advice helplines saw ’15 calls per day’ – minister
Two phone helplines set up by Teagasc to provide advice to tillage and livestock farmers on how to manage their…
Rural Life
FAO: Food insecurity the ‘new normal’ since Covid-19
Food insecurity and malnutrition have become a “new normal” according to the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of…
Machinery
Zetor to offer 170hp in new four pot range of tractors
This year will see Zetor make some significant changes to its model line up, as well as its naming of…
CAP / Schemes
TAMS applications drop by almost 60% in tranche 3
The number of applications made by farmers under tranche 3 of new Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) is down…
Agri-Business
MEPs agree to CAP review as proposed by EU Commission
MEPs have today (Wednesday, April 24), voted to approve a review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as recently proposed…
Dairy
Lakeland Dairies to ‘be on the ground in Europe’ to fight for derogation
Lakeland Dairies’ senior management intend to be “on the ground in Europe meeting MEPs over the next few months” to…
CAP / Schemes
DAERA provides clarification on transition to new farm payment
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has provided clarification on how the department intends to take forward…
Agri-Business
Solar PV: Exports from farms to grid ‘curtailed’ in some counties
In several counties across Ireland, the amount of electricity generated through solar PV that can be exported from farms to…
Agri-Business
Tirlán and Baileys mark 50 years with launch of third academy
Tirlán and Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur are celebrating 50 years in partnership by opening applications for their third successive Sustainable…
Environment
DAFM to contact farmers after mountain fires in Carlow
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said it will be in contact with farmers whose land…