Rural Life
Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings up 1.7% in first three months of 2024
Agri-Business
Irish livestock hauliers feel targeted for extra inspections – Collins
biodiversity
Farming for Nature launches biodiversity mentorship programme
Dairy
ICMSA welcomes 5c/L support from Carbery
Forestry
Coillte to ‘work through’ options to redesign peatland forests
Coillte has said it will engage with stakeholders, including Galway County Council, to “work through” potential options to deliver on…
Machinery
Kverneland brings two new butterfly sets to market
Kverneland has added two more butterfly mower conditioners to its range this season, with the introduction of the 5387MT and…
CAP / Schemes
Ming: Are CAP changes designed to manipulate farming vote?
An Irish MEP has questioned if a proposal to simplify the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is designed to manipulate the…
Agri-Business
Dairygold Co-op in bid to erect solar PV panels on 6.6ha site
Dairygold Co-Operative Society Ltd. has applied for planning permission to erect solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on a 6.6ha site close…
Dairy News
DAFM urges farmers to use bulls ‘more resistant to TB’ for breeding
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is encouraging farmers to consider using bulls that are more resistant…
Beef
Advice: Actions to take as weather improves
With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across…
Beef
Youngest bull takes top price at Kilmallock Hereford Sale
The Irish Hereford Breed Society hosted its annual show and sale at GVM Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, on Friday, April 19….
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…