Rural Life
FarmLand: Agri insight on government talks; and shearing with the best
On this week’s FarmLand, we look at the coalition government formation and how the programme for government will affect Irish agriculture;...
Rural Life
On this week’s FarmLand, we look at the coalition government formation and how the programme for government will affect Irish agriculture;...
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On this week’s FarmLand, we look at the coalition government formation plus how the programme for government will affect Irish...
Sheep
Normality, to some extent, resumed at Baltinglass Mart last Saturday, June 13, as the first live auction for sheep –...
Beef
The European Commission’s Aids to Private Storage (APS) scheme, introduced back in April, allocated some €45 million for the private...
Sheep
A bit more life seems to be coming back into the cast ewe trade, with mart managers reporting prices of...
Sheep
Unfortunately – as has been the case for the last few weeks – lamb prices are heading in the wrong...
Rural Life
The Agricultural Science Association (ASA) is hosting a webinar this Wednesday, June 17, on ‘The Importance of Farm Safety for...
Agri Politics
Macra na Feirme has welcomed mooted intentions to carry out both a baseline biodiversity survey and a national hedgerow survey,...
Agri Politics
The programme for government, hammered out over recent weeks and months by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party,...
Agri Politics
The agriculture chapter of the programme for government, initial details of which came to light yesterday, Sunday, June 14, is...
Agri Politics
The agriculture chapter of the programme for Government has “some good aspects, but lacks specifics in relation to funding commitments”,...
Agri Politics
Talks on agriculture involving Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party, as part of wider programme for government talks,...
Sheep
Over the last number of weeks, grass growth rates have taken a huge hit in account of the dry weather...
Sheep
Sheep farmers should not be left out of any support packages aimed at mitigating the impact of Covid-19, according to...
Beef
The agricultural output price index decreased by 4% in April this year, compared to March, according to figures from the...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is in talks with the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) to ensure...
Beef
Following the mass testing of meat plant staff at a number of facilities for Covid-19, 13 individuals had to be...
Sheep
It would be “madness” for EU negotiators to make any lamb import offer to New Zealand at this time in...