Rural Life
Farmers cutting silage this summer have the opportunity to support the Children’s Medical & Research Foundation (CMRF) Crumlin, by purchasing...
Zurich Insurance is currently seeking candiates with farming experience for an apprenticeship in insurance practice. In its second year running,...
N.Ireland
The survival of farming and agri-food in Northern Ireland hangs in the balance as a result of Brexit, according to...
CAP / Schemes
With a total of 87% of farmers submitting their application to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) online in 2017, Pat...
Agri-Business
The Irish government and the European Commission have both been called upon, by Food Drink Ireland (FDI), to ensure that food regulation...
Beef
The Brazilian meat scandal proved there are “systematic failures” in the controls in Brazil and the EU can no longer...
Eligible dairy farmers in Northern Ireland have less than a week to apply for the EU Exceptional Adjustment Aid (EAA) package,...
Some major food-service companies like McDonalds and Subway are “setting the agenda” on the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals,...
ICSA Rural Development Chairman Seamus Sherlock has slammed Ulster Bank for “profiteering” on the agricultural cash-flow support loan scheme. Ulster...
Environment
National and international microbiology experts, researchers and stakeholders from the agricultural sector gathered on Tuesday, May 23, at Teagasc Johnstown...
Farmers, foodies and families have begun the countdown to the 2017 Cork Summer Show, Munster’s largest agricultural show, which takes...
Farming is the occupation with the highest risk of fatalities in the country; with a rate nearly 10 times the...
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) at Loughgall, Co. Armagh will host a ‘More from Grass’ event on Tuesday, June...
Convenience food group Greencore has reported a 46% rise in revenue for the first half of the financial year. Revenues...
IFAC Accountants has been announced as the winner of the ‘Employer of the Year‘ award at the Irish Accountancy Awards...
Nearly one-third of farmers are planning on increasing investment in the next year, according to the results from a Bank...
A draft report produced by a working group, and chaired by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, was submitted to...
Tillage
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the European Commission’s plan to re-authorise glyphosate for ten years. The European Commission...
