
Agri Politics
President Higgins: Global food system is 'fundamentally flawed'
The world “must face up to some difficult questions” around how it feeds the planet, President Michael D. Higgins has...
Agri Politics
The world “must face up to some difficult questions” around how it feeds the planet, President Michael D. Higgins has...
Machinery
The United Nations has recently published a report entitled The State of Food and Agriculture 2022 in which it looks...
Beef News
When the Uys family from Shanahoe, Co. Laois visited their friend Danie Kotze’s farm in the Kalahari desert in Namibia...
Agri-Business
Animal health distributor Bimeda has acquired veterinary pharmaceutical company Afrivet, meaning the company now has the largest footprint of any...
Agri-Business
The first shipment of grain to Africa from Ukraine since the Russian invasion began has embarked on its journey. The...
Rural Life
Agriculture has the potential to help Africa overcome its raging hunger crisis, if long-term investments are made in the continent...
Agri-Business
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new phase of its agricultural policy initiative...
Agri-Business
Grants of up to €250,000 are being offered to Irish agri-food companies to develop new markets in Africa. The Africa...
Rural Life
Irish agri-food companies are being sought to develop commercial projects in Africa to benefit communities there. Minister for Agriculture Charlie...
Environment
Huge swarms of locusts – capable of devouring entire fields worth of crops in just 30 seconds – are sparking...
Beef
Ugandan beef cattle “will have an honoured place on the tables of post-Brexit”, according to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson....
Agri Politics
Agriculture’s vital role in eradicating poverty and promoting economic growth in Africa is being witnessed in person by Irish Farmers’...
Rural Life
A farmer from Co. Kerry has commented on his experiences of seeing first-hand how his last dairy cow, which he...
Rural Life
Cork dairy farmer Paula Hynes swapped changing clusters for Kenyan challenges when she travelled 7,000km to the east African country...
Rural Life
The Franciscans at Mountbellew, Co. Galway, are appealing for farm equipment for their new agricultural college in north-west Uganda. A...
Opinion
This year, 2016, is such a significant year for us all in Ireland. It is the 100th anniversary of the...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney is leading a week-long trade mission to West Africa. Speaking before his departure, Minister...