Agri-Business
The average family farm income in 2025 was highest in the south-east at just over €79,000, according to new data.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) Dairy Committee is calling for bovine passports, commonly known as blue cards, to be digitised.
The European Commission today unveiled its first-ever Livestock Strategy, setting out a roadmap to help Europe's livestock sector thrive.
Dairy
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has recorded another decline in its latest trading event today (Tuesday, July 7).
The ICBF has confirmed details about key changes to the economic values in the Euro Star suckler breeding index.
Podcast
Billy Kelleher MEP Ireland has officially taken the helm of the EU Council Presidency for the...
Government expenditure on TB hit €48.5 million to the end of June this year, according to the DAFM.
N.Ireland
Minister of Agriculture Andrew Muir has today (Tuesday, July 7) published Northern Ireland's first Tree Planting Action Plan.
Opinion
Roxane Feller, director-general, AnimalhealthEurope, believes that the EU’s new livestock strategy will mean a healthier Europe.
Environment
Copa Cogeca has said the EU's Animal Health Law needs more financial mechanisms to "compensate farmers for disease-related losses".
Agri Politics
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the European Union (EU) needs a Budget that can match its ambitions in terms of security and defence.
Farmers have been left "fully exposed to the additional costs generated" by the CBAM, according to Copa Cogeca.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme.
Renewable energy supports for farmers, in particular, need special attention in Budget 2027, say the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation.
A young farmers group has said that if generational renewal is a European priority, “it must also become a European investment priority".
One person was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after their tractor was involved in a single-vehicle collision in Co. Armagh.
Commissioner Michael McGrath has said farmers will continue to have 'predictability and stability' on income support under the next CAP.
ICOS wants farmers to get ahead of disease pressure by implementing pre-weaning vaccination programmes for this year's weanling crop.
Cattle Trade
Tullow Mart in Co. Carlow held its weekly cattle sale on Friday, which saw 300 cattle through the ring with numbers up on previous week.
An IFA delegation is due to meet Kinisla management this week to discuss farmer concerns in relation to the co-op's new milk supply contract.
The European Parliament has adopted measures designed to alleviate the impact on farmers of rising fertiliser prices.
Road Safety
Omagh & Enniskillen road policing interceptors stopped a HGV on Friday, 3 July after observing it towing a low loader with a dangerous load.
Castlerea Co-Operative Livestock Mart, Co. Roscommon, held its weekly sale on Thursday (July 2), where over 180 lots went through the ring.
Farmers for Action (FFA) has confirmed that it will participate in Northern Ireland’s Nutrients Action Programme (NAP) public consultation
Northern Ireland dairy co-op Dale Farm has reported a "strong financial performance" for the year ending March 2026.
The number of farm households where the farmer or their spouse had an off-farm job dropped to an average of 59% in 2025.
Volkswagen has replaced mechanical lawnmowers with a flock of 100 sheep beneath more than 31,000 solar panels powering its plant in Poland.
In the latest episode of Agriland's Groundbreakers series, a Co. Meath dairy farmer shares why...
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has confirmed that a recall has been issued for batches of Gouda cheese.
The overall level of gross new investment on Irish farms increased by 7% in 2025, according to new data from Teagasc.
A top price of 11,500gns was achieved at The Summer Sizzler sale over the weekend in Ballymena Mart in Co. Antrim.
Lungworm
Dung sampling or taking a faecal egg count (FEC) sample "is not a reliable test for detecting lungworm" in young cattle, according to Teagasc.
