Opinion
Ciaran Fitzgerald: 'Is Irish agriculture destined to struggle and drift?'
Is Irish agriculture destined to struggle and drift, like Irish Water, or invest and innovate to address its challenges like...
Opinion
Is Irish agriculture destined to struggle and drift, like Irish Water, or invest and innovate to address its challenges like...
Dairy
The border region had the strongest recovery in agricultural operating surplus in 2019 according to the latest data from the...
Rural Life
Employment in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector has fallen below 100,000 persons, according to figures from the Central Statistics...
Agri Politics
The existing Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for farmers is going to rollover for a period of 12 months. Systems within...
Agri-Business
Levels of optimism among business owners in the food and agri-business sector have fallen when compared to how businesses were...
Environment
If you were an extra-terrestrial coloniser and you discovered a new planet in a distant solar system to colonise –...
Environment
In the early days agriculture had 37% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for Ireland and, now-a-days, it’s 33%...
Agri-Business
Jon Parry has been appointed principal of Gurteen College and will take over the reins this week from his predecessor...
Environment
Methane and nitrous oxide are the two main gases associated with agriculture. Nitrogen (N) is used to feed the animals...
Agri Politics
It’s very serious. In fact it’s a mess; a disaster and farmers are in very serious trouble. There is a...
Agri Politics
Concerns for the future of farming along the border region in the aftermath of Brexit were brought to the fore...
Environment
In Ireland, we need to look at what can work for us in terms of energy and understand better how...
Agri Politics
At the moment, Ireland is producing 10 times the calories needed yet we import yogurts from Denmark and sell them...
Environment
The new Climate Action Plan commits the agri-sector to delivering 16.5-18.5 Mt CO2 eq. cumulative abatement from agriculture as well...
Agri Politics
The latest exit poll results from REDC RTÉ regarding the European Elections indicate that Independents 4 Change candidate Mick Wallace is...
Agri Politics
A national meeting to discuss mart insurance has been put on hold as the organiser endeavours to address the matter...
Rural Life
A Co. Cork farmer and a local processor who are at loggerheads over a bonus payment are due in court...
Agri Politics
Questions have been raised over whether or not there is sufficient funds to meet the needs of farmers in the...