In 2005/2006 as the Doha round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks seemed set on an inevitable ‘giveaway trade’ deal...
April 1, 2021
Is Irish agriculture destined to struggle and drift, like Irish Water, or invest and innovate to address its challenges like...
November 18, 2020
The border region had the strongest recovery in agricultural operating surplus in 2019 according to the latest data from the...
October 8, 2020
Employment in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector has fallen below 100,000 persons, according to figures from the Central Statistics...
November 19, 2019
The existing Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for farmers is going to rollover for a period of 12 months. Systems within...
October 28, 2019
Levels of optimism among business owners in the food and agri-business sector have fallen when compared to how businesses were...
September 13, 2019
If you were an extra-terrestrial coloniser and you discovered a new planet in a distant solar system to colonise –...
September 8, 2019
In the early days agriculture had 37% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for Ireland and, now-a-days, it’s 33%...
Jon Parry has been appointed principal of Gurteen College and will take over the reins this week from his predecessor...
September 6, 2019
Methane and nitrous oxide are the two main gases associated with agriculture. Nitrogen (N) is used to feed the animals...
September 5, 2019
It’s very serious. In fact it’s a mess; a disaster and farmers are in very serious trouble. There is a...
September 1, 2019
Concerns for the future of farming along the border region in the aftermath of Brexit were brought to the fore...
August 31, 2019
In Ireland, we need to look at what can work for us in terms of energy and understand better how...
July 29, 2019
At the moment, Ireland is producing 10 times the calories needed yet we import yogurts from Denmark and sell them...
July 28, 2019
The new Climate Action Plan commits the agri-sector to delivering 16.5-18.5 Mt CO2 eq. cumulative abatement from agriculture as well...
July 9, 2019
The latest exit poll results from REDC RTÉ regarding the European Elections indicate that Independents 4 Change candidate Mick Wallace is...
May 25, 2019
A national meeting to discuss mart insurance has been put on hold as the organiser endeavours to address the matter...
April 15, 2019
A Co. Cork farmer and a local processor who are at loggerheads over a bonus payment are due in court...
April 12, 2019
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