Rural Life
Environment
Kelleher: Proposed change to Nature Restoration Law welcome
Machinery Focus
Machinery Focus: Dawn of the self-propelled forage harvester
Machinery
Increased automation should drive agri response to climate change
Environment
How food waste can boost domestic fertiliser production
Property
54ac in Rosslare guided at €12,000/ac
54ac in Rathshillane, Tacumshane, Rosslare, Co. Wexford, is far from an average parcel of land for it comes with an…
Dairy Technical
Farm roadways: What are your cows telling you?
Farm roadways have a vital role to play on grass-based dairy farms because well designed and laid out roadways allow…
Sheep News
Sheep kill: Supply crosses 1.1m head – up 3% to date
The cumulative sheep kill in the first 21 weeks of this year has crossed 1.1 million head – up 3%…
Rural Life
New white-tailed eagle chicks born in Co. Clare
A National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) programme has been hailed a success after five new white-tailed eagle chicks have…
Agri-Business
New funding for agri-food tourism projects
A producers network in Co. Tipperary, which includes cheesemakers, fruit farmers and butchers, are among a group of agri-food tourism…
Pig/Poultry
Outbreak of bird flu at Belfast reserve – RSPB NI
Belfast’s Window on Wildlife (WOW) nature reserve, which is home to birds and wildlife from all over the world, has…
Tillage News
Europe’s potato industry falls victim to extreme weather
Extreme weather incidents are serving to rock Europe’s potato industry to its very foundations. Last year was actually the second…
Rural Life
Potential of social farming for communities highlighted
The potential of social farming for rural communities was highlighted by agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue at an open day in…
Dairy Technical
Reseeding: Grazing paddocks for the first time
Reseeding has a vital role to play on farms that use grass as the main source of feed, with reseeding,…
Beef
Beef production in Europe is down – Rabobank
Consumer demand for beef continues to be under pressure because food price inflation remains high in the European Union (EU),…
Rural Life
‘Faraway Fields’ brings home harsh reality
An Offaly farmer and a Sligo forester feature in ‘Faraway Fields – The Hardest Harvest’ produced by Whitehorn Films. This…
Environment
Meadows can store 500% more carbon than pure grassland
The National Biodiversity Data Centre and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) are appealing to farmers to…
Rural Life
Midleton open farm in agri-tourism expansion mode
The family behind an open farm in Midleton, east Cork, is in expansion mode as it responds to customer demand…