Grass
Video: Tackling first-cut silage in Co. Meath
Last week, Martin Hanley from Tara in Navan, Co. Meath, got his first phone call of the silage season from...
Grass
Last week, Martin Hanley from Tara in Navan, Co. Meath, got his first phone call of the silage season from...
Agri Politics
The Government’s decision to allow mart businesses to facilitate livestock trade under strict standard operating procedures has been welcomed by...
Sheep
Tuesday’s announcement that livestock marts will reopen – albeit in a limited capacity to facilitate ‘essential services’ in relation to...
Beef
The limited reopening of livestock mart services has been welcomed as an “essential step in maintaining the food supply chain”...
Agri Politics
The country is in the midst of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. Here (below) are the latest farming-related updates and developments...
Agri Politics
The reopening of livestock marts for a limited range of essential services, while complying with Government guidelines regarding the Covid-19...
Agri Politics
A submission has been sent by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to both the Government and the European Commission in...
Beef
Mart managers across the country are to receive written confirmation from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine outlining...
Beef
Welcoming the announcement that marts are to reopen with restrictions, Associated Livestock Marts (ALM) said that responsibility is now with...
Agri-Business
The announcement by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine that marts will be able to reopen to provide...
Agri-Business
Confirmation of a derogation that will mean marts will be allowed to handle livestock trading in a limited way has...
Agri-Business
Under a new Government announcement, marts will be able to reopen to provide “a very limited range of essential services”...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will issue guidance to marts on “a very limited range of essential...
Sheep
On Tuesday, March 24, the news broke that all livestock marts across the country were to suspend trading in an...
Sheep
The uncertainty surrounding the sheep trade continues, as quotes become hard to come by, as factories keep their cards close...
Beef
As all livestock marts are now closed across the island of Ireland, farmers – at the moment – may have...
Beef
Amidst anecdotal reports of “numerous” farm-to-farm transactions on the ground, the Mart Managers of Ireland (MMI) is urging the Minister...
Beef
In light of new social distancing rules and tightened restrictions amid efforts to limit the spread of Covid-19, the question...