Rural Life
Tonight on FarmLand in Review - a special Christmas edition of the show - we will look back at the big issues that farmers battled this year.
Breaking News
"The volatility of global dairy market prices is currently restricted by robust demand and low stocks, despite good output growth," according to the IFA.
Teagasc's research and development hub in Moorepark in Cork is a hive of commercial activity and this is growing from strength to strength.
Dairy
Teagasc is running a new entrants to dairy farming course this April in the Mayo region for the first time and uptake so far has been positive.
Recent weeks have been extremely busy across Sheep central progeny test (CPT) flocks.
On display at this year’s Grassland and Muck 2014 will be the latest additions to the Claas Disco mower and Volto tedder ranges.
Pedigree Holstein Friesian bulls registered with the Irish Holstein Friesian Association continue to be a rich genetic resource for Irish dairy farmers.
Agri Politics
Revised control measures following the confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) cases in wild boar in Lithuania and Poland were endorsed yesterday.
Poor fertility performance is still the number one barrier to profitable milk production in Ireland.
Beef
Farm unions are seeking clarification on customer specification requirements for beef following increases in deductions on ‘out of spec’ cattle.
Agri-Business
According to a report, DARD has failed in its responsibility for proper oversight of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, its research arm.
ABP Food Group has agreed an exclusive deal with Carrefour Italia to supply its Irish HerefordpPrime beef range of products.
Is your food produce artisan, artisanal, farmhouse, traditional or natural? What does these terms actually mean?
Organisers of the 16th Golden Shears, the World Sheep Shearing and Wool Handling Championships, on the look out for more than 6,000 Irish sheep.
An all-island meeting of farm organisations affected by the collapsing prices in the beef sector was very successful, according to Farmers for Action.
While there has been some small market movements over the past four weeks, Ireland's milk price position remains unchanged.
Up to 10 West Cork farmers who are opposed to cuts and penalties over land eligibility are to take a case to the High Court.
Featured
The continued survival of the Irish family farm system is dependent on the smooth transfer for a largely intact landholding to the next generation.
Teagasc has developed a new world-class profit-based index, called the Pasture Profit Index (€/ha), for perennial ryegrass cultivars in Ireland.
The door is always open for all farmers organisations and mart auctioneers on the island of Ireland to come together to combat the current beef crisis.
Environmental strategies are in place to deal with the inevitable increase in greenhouse gas emissions from the proposed expansion of dairy farming.
The removal of milk quotas in a year will profoundly modify allocation of dairy production volumes across EU countries.
CowsDNA is an Irish company set up to develop technology for ultrasound assessment of bovine reproduction.
Grass growth prediction tools are set to be available for advisors later this year and farmers at the earliest spring 2015
