Sheep trade: Spring lamb quotes slip once again

June 3, 2020

Sheep

Man in 70s killed in Cork farm accident

June 3, 2020

Rural Life

A man in his 70s was killed in a farm accident in Co. Cork…

Who were the highest CAP direct payment beneficiaries in each county?

June 3, 2020

CAP / Schemes

Last week, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine published a list of…

Analysis: Dairy commodity prices continue surge in recent weeks

June 3, 2020

Agri-Business

Dairy commodity prices continued their surge higher over the last couple of weeks, according…

Department urged to protect agri stores from veterinary medicine supply changes

June 3, 2020

Agri Politics

A new EU regulation on the sale of veterinary medicine could mean that farmers…

‘There won’t be much of a second cut without rain’ – McCormack

June 3, 2020

Grass

With the weather holding out warm and dry at the moment, concerns over grass growth are not letting up, and the need for…

NI agricultural census to go paperless for the first time in 174-year history

June 3, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Annual Agricultural and Horticultural Census is set to go completely online for the first time in its 174-year history, because of…

Annual Embrace Farm Remembrance Service to be held as a virtual event

June 3, 2020

Rural Life

The annual Embrace Farm Ecumenical Remembrance Service is set to take place as a virtual event later this month. In light of the…

Dairy farm success with non-antibiotic approach to udder health issues

June 3, 2020

Higher milk sales are allowing an Irish dairy farming partnership to more than double its return on investment in a non-antibiotic udder health…

Farm to Fork ‘must mean reversal of cheap food approach’

June 3, 2020

Agri Politics

The EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy “must mean a reversal of the traditional EU approach” of prioritising cheap food at retail level, according…

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IFA president tells EU Commissioner: ‘CAP cut simply won’t wash’

June 3, 2020

CAP / Schemes

The president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has told the European Commissioner for Agriculture that the approximate 9% cut in real value…

Sheep marts: Tough week for spring lambs

June 3, 2020

Sheep

The spring lamb trade took a dip across nearly all marts last week, as a pull in factory quotes contributed to prices dropping…

Which mowers are cutting 3,000ac a year for Co. Westmeath contractor?

June 2, 2020

Ultan Duffy from Ballinahown, Co. Westmeath, is an agricultural contractor running three Krone mowers: an ECF 320CV front mower; an ECR320CV rear mower;…

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Stressed spring barley and the final fungicide

June 3, 2020

Tillage

Awns are out on spring barley crops across the country and while disease pressure has been low it is important to put on…

UFU ‘drive-in’ AGM decision expected this week

June 2, 2020

N.Ireland

Executive members of the Ulster Farmers’ Union are expected to make a decision over the next few days on whether the union’s 2020…

‘Double standards on social distancing rules need to be addressed’ – rural TD

June 2, 2020

Agri Politics

Clarification has been sought from Irish authorities over “double standards” regarding social distancing rules following protests over the weekend. Independent TD for Laois…

Latest GDT concludes with marginal rise in index

June 2, 2020

Dairy

The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event finished with a marginal rise in index, building on a previous slight increase on the last…

NI Minister of Agriculture raises a glass to World Milk Day

June 2, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s dairy sector joined their counterparts around the globe on World Milk Day (June 1) in raising a glass in thanks to…

The Living Bog Project listed as finalist in Natura 2000 Awards

June 2, 2020

Environment

An Irish raised bog restoration project has been nominated for one of Europe’s top environmental awards. The Living Bog project, which commenced in…

‘Just Transition update welcome; but horticulture peat sector needs urgent action’

June 2, 2020

Tillage

Growing Media Ireland (GMI) – a body which represents the majority of the country’s privately-owned producers of horticulture peat – has welcomed the…

Capacity for agriculture as contributor to sequester carbon ‘immense’

June 2, 2020

Environment

The capacity for agriculture to be a net contributor to carbon sequestration through bioenergy is immense, according to the newly-elected president of the…

Child airlifted and 5 others injured in crash involving tractor and silage trailer

June 2, 2020

N.Ireland

Five people have been injured and a child airlifted to hospital following an incident involving a tractor drawing a silage trailer in Co.…

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