Opinion
The consecutive heat waves that have characterised 2026, up to this point, have highlighted the importance of utilising water to best effect.
Something radical has to be done to stabilise the ship that is Irish tillage: so why not a levy of all grain imports?
Forget about the politics of farming, all that tillage farmers want to do is enjoy the pleasure of a bright harvest day.
Roxane Feller, director-general, AnimalhealthEurope, believes that the EU’s new livestock strategy will mean a healthier Europe.
Forget the harvest and silage making: the biggest priority on family farms right now is that of keeping children safe
More than ever, plant breeding holds the key to the future sustainability of production agriculture around the world.
The onset of the current hot spell will hasten the ripening of all winter cereal crops: Harvest 2026 is almost upon us.
ICMSA president Denis Drennan responds to an article by environmental commentator and former CCAC chairperson Prof. John Fitzgerald.
Prior to the IFA staging a sit-in at Bord Bia’s HQ in Dublin, it could have been said that Irish cattle prices were at record high levels.
Letter to the editor: Going into harvest 2026 and morale in the tillage sector is at lowest point I have ever seen.
The world is hurtling towards a cliff edge in terms of its future food security needs. This reality is now accepted fact.
Tillage farmers are fast coming to the conclusion that they are now a bit of an afterthought within Irish agriculture.
Fertilisers may not get much attention in our daily lives but they are behind almost every meal we eat.
John McLenaghan assumes the presidency of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) at a time of significant challenge for farming in Northern Ireland.
William Irvine can look back on his six years as an Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) office bearer with tremendous satisfaction
What a transformation a week’s good weather can bring about: spring 2026 has sprung in all its glory at long last.
The need for the farming and food sector to attract large numbers of our brightest and best young people is obvious.
Met Éireann is indicating that a return to more normal weather could be coming our way over the next fortnight.
DAFM Minister, Martin Heydon, will soon have an opportunity to put the needs of Irish agriculture centre stage.
Easter has always been synonymous with all that is good about Irish sheep production. And long may this continue to be the case.
The current calls to reverse the ban on the sale of turf as a means to deal with the rising fuel...
It’s hard not to conclude that mental stress and anxiety are the two greatest health challenges facing farmers of all ages.
The true start date to spring in the minds of Irish farmers over many generations has traditionally been St. Patrick’s Day.
