Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has published overview reports for each of the country's 46 river catchments.
Rural Life
Farmers have been warned to be aware of two different sets of rules around hedgerow removal or they could end up facing penalties.
Beef
Bord Bia has been called on to protect Irish beef in Britain ahead of a possible spike in beef from Brazil entering that market.
Winter beef finishers have started to move out to marts to commence buying store cattle for the 2026/2027 season.
A Teagasc Future Beef national farm walk due to take place this week in Co. Clare has been rescheduled.
Agri Politics
“Genuine farmers” should not pay the price for weaknesses in the system when it comes to CAP, according to MEP Barry Cowen.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been warned that Brazilian beef imports could begin to out-compete UK-grown products within days.
Machinery
Following another successful year at the National Ploughing Championships, Merlo will return in 2026 with a range of telehandlers.
CAP
Agriculture "cannot be forced to compete with other national spending priorities", MEP Ciaran Mullooly has said.
Soil moisture deficits will decrease across the country with more unsettled weather in the coming week, Met Éireann has said.
FBD Young Farmer of the Year
A total of 15 young farmers across Ireland have been shortlisted as semi-finalists for the FBD Young Farmer of the Year Competition 2026.
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon is proposing to use leftover funds from the Fuel Income Support Scheme for fertiliser supports.
Schemes
There is concern among the organic farming sector that the flagship scheme for that sector will not reopen to new entrants this year.
Ploughing 2026 Exhibitor
Following becoming a finalist in the Innovation Arena in 2025, Genocells is returning to the National Ploughing Championships this September.
The FCI is seeking an "urgent" meeting with Minister Martin Heydon after green diesel prices hit a peak for the year last month.
Tillage
Irish merchants are confirming that tillage farmers have switched their seed procurement priorities from winter oilseed rape to hybrid rye.
Dairy
Having the appropriate paddock size will be critical over the autumn months following a tough couple of months.
A €3 million on-farm integrated grass biorefinery and anaerobic digestion demonstration plant has been officially launched in Co. Cork.
Sheep
A "three-fold approach" is needed to ensure ewes are fit for breeding after a challenging summer, says Teagasc sheep specialist Ciaran Lynch.
What triggered a VCI president’s resignation, was there a TB testing link and are there questions over governance for the body to answer?
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has increased after the latest trading event today (Tuesday, September 1).
Independent Ireland has been called on to ramp up its campaign against the Mercosur trade deal in light of the ban on Brazilian products.
Successful reproductive performance is crucial to dairy farms' profitability, yet the period around calving is about much more.
The Belgian Beltex Breeders Society of Ireland hosted its premier show and sale on Friday, August 28, at GVM Tullamore Mart, Co. Offaly.
Krone's new BiG Pack Plus and Pro balers are designed to share components as "identical icons", but with slightly different philosophies.
The agroecology advocacy group Talamh Beo has said the retailer 'charter' on Irish horticulture will not address the 'crisis' in the sector.
Take-all, not barley yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV), had the greatest impact on Irish winter barley grain yields recorded during Harvest 2026
When grass regrowths stalled in late July on the farm of Micheal and Kieran Dunne in Trim, Co....
Great Britain’s milking herd declined 34,500 year-on-year, the biggest drop in five years, according to new figures released from AHDB.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has said a move to ban Brazilian beef exports to the EU is "the right call".
Mullinahone Co-op is heading to the National Ploughing Championships again this year, and with plenty of attractions set for its stand.
Women in agriculture and food production are being celebrated for International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF).
