Dairy Focus
Ger and Enda Armstrong are milking 137 cows in partnership in Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, with a strong focus on breeding and grassland management.
Sheep
A Co. Wicklow man who has the title of New Zealand's top junior sheep shearer said he takes "every competition as it comes".
Agri-Business
Putting off decisions about farm transfer can "create significant legal, financial and family difficulties", Teagasc said.
Beef
Latest beef kill figures show that young bull supplies are on par with this time last year despite...
Dairy
A board member of the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) has announced his resignation.
Machinery
A fleet of unmanned John Deere tractors have been deployed in south Florida by US Sugar to work across its 255,000ac.
Series
Over the coming week, the Teagasc DairyBeef 500 team will publish a two-part feature series on Agriland, with practical on-farm videos.
Just three companies of a ranked 23 reported methane reductions for 2024 or 2025, with Danone leading the way.
Mental Health
A fully funded mental wellbeing coaching programme run in partnership with horses and aimed at the farming community is returning this summer.
Tillage
A new study from Rothamsted Research has helped to identify microbial compounds with the potential to become future fungicide leads.
Grass
From mid-May onwards, average milk protein has been sitting at 3.53%, a figure we need to maintain throughout the mid-season.
New beef carcass performance data shows some trends in carcass performance and age at slaughter of dairy-beef cattle when grouped by CBV.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued an update on the various scheme payments made to farmers this week.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) is urging farmers to avail of free...
Environment
Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, Timmy Dooley and CEO of...
The 11 pedigree rams that were reported stolen near Cootehill, Co. Cavan last week have been located in Oram, Co. Monaghan.
A new series celebrating Ireland’s women in agriculture will launch next week, Agriland’s Women in Ag series is proudly supported by FBD.
N.Ireland
The UK government has been warned about the impacts that post-Brexit arrangements are having on the Northern Irish veterinary sector.
Kverneland has introduced a new 6m folding coulterbar f-drill model to its portfolio of power harrow drill combinations.
Farmers "deserve practical support rather than being continually blamed for the country's climate challenges", according to one senator.
The Irish Wildlife Trust has expressed its "outrage" following confirmation of a fish kill in the River Glyde, Co. Louth.
Rural Life
Rural pubs are a "social anchor" and the government must do all it can to support publicans, according to Aontú Senator Sarah O’Reilly.
Thurles Mart hosted its weekly calf sale on Wednesday, June 3, with 173 calves on offer - up from the 130 calves in the previous sale.
Pig/Poultry
The global supply of terrestrial animal source food, driven mainly by egg, poultry and pig meat, has experienced a significant increase
The opening of the Fuel Support Scheme for Specialist Horticulture has been announced today...
EU authorities have told officials in Italy to seize assets worth up to €175,000 in relation to alleged fraud involving veterinary funding.
Leo O’Connor’s Kerry farm hosted hundreds of primary school children as part of the National Dairy Council’s (NDC) education campaign.
An Irish MEP has called on the EU to agree a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that provides a way...
UK
Falkland Estate confirmed that it has slaughtered 271 cattle on its farm after failing a Scottish government inspection for non-compliance with regulations.
Forestry
The volume of roundwood removals increased by 18% last year, new forestry figures from the CSO show.
The benchmark measure for world food commodity prices remained broadly stable in May, according to the FAO.
The ICSA has claimed that a new repot showing a decline in Irish beef production makes the drop in cattle prices "impossible to explain".
