Rural Life
Firefighters in Northern Ireland were called to a farm in Co. Tyrone this week to rescue 8 cattle that had become stuck in a slurry pit.
Tillage
ADAS has officially responded to the UK’s 30: 50: 50 targets for agriculture, established by an all party grouping of MPs at Westminster
Agri Politics
With discussion about a proposed trade deal between the European Union and some South American...
Dairy
The Butter Museum in Cork has announced the launch of a new suite of learning resources designed to...
Tillage News
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has confirmed the opening of the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS).
The Agri Aware Come Farm With Me series is set to come to a conclusion for the academic year with a ‘bumper’ webinar.
Agri-Business
Farmers and businessses urged by Agri-Food Regulator CEO to come together and "improve fairness and transparency" in the food supply chain.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon launched a public consultation on the new animal welfare strategy.
Minister of State with responsibility for food promotion, new markets, research and development,...
N.Ireland
The Derg Dutch spotted flock dispersal sale will go down in history for the breed, with the female Dutch Spotted record being smashed.
Series
This instalment in the Beat the Parasites series asks whether dosing for worms ahead of housing is still the right call for every herd
Despite a return to more challenging market conditions, autumn milk output continues to increase in Northern Ireland.
The value of Ireland’s agri-food exports increased by 65% over the 10-year period of 2014 to 2024, according to a new report from DAFM.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said that processors have to "share the pain" during the current dairy market downturn.
Rollout of a key element of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)...
Machinery
At this year's Agritechnica machinery trade show in Germany, New Holland had on its stand a concept...
Agriland and Boehringer Ingelheim are collaborating to bring farmers a practical information series...
Carbery Group has today (Wednesday, November 19) announced its milk price for October supplies, confirming another fall in its average price.
Glanbia plc is holding a ‘Capital Markets Day’ (CMD) today (Wednesday, November 19), which will...
A community-led event focused on managing the landscape of the Blackstairs Mountains will take place on Thursday (November 20).
Farm Safety
Senator has renewed his call for the establishment of a ‘farm safety agency’ during Seanad session focused on farmer mental health.
ESB Networks is set to conduct a second inspection of electricity powerlines by helicopter on Friday (December 12).
The heavy rain over the weekend will more than likely have brought a halt to the majority of grazing around the country.
Beef
Large crowds of farmers and industry stakeholders attended the 2025 Teagasc National Beef...
Tirlán confirmed that it will pay a total of 38.08c/L, including VAT, for October milk supplies at 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein.
Several EU agriculture ministers have expressed concerns over planned moves to strengthen capping and degressivity in the next CAP post-2027.
Environment
DAFM has been ordered to release Information on "inspections in relation to the cross-compliance requirements" on a farm in Co. Wexford.
Schemes
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued an update on the status of applications under TAMS 3.
A meeting has heard how a Co. Kerry farm family has been left “broken” after suffering a third suspected sheep theft in a matter of months.
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow weather warning for snow and ice in several counties in the coming days.
Irish Seed Trade Association president, Tim O’Donovan, is indicating that the autumn planting season could continue until early December
Around 130 tractors and other vehicles took part in a tractor run in Co. Down as part of a campaign to keep a rural primary school open.
Kepak is set to open applications for a young sheep farmer group that will pay members a price...
