Beef
The Department of Agriculture issued a map outlining the predicted risk of disease caused by liver fluke infection in livestock this winter.
Agri Politics
The IFA has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon to pay the full €75/cow under the Beef Welfare Scheme.
Agri-Business
Almost 3,000 cattle from Uruguay have been stranded on a ship near the Turkish coast due to issues with tagging documentation.
Winter housing is now underway in most parts of the country and with this, pits of silage and cuts...
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said the live Irish cattle trade can continue through France once it complies with new requirements.
Experience shows that the adoption of good practices can make livestock systems truly sustainable...
Dairy
The number of dairy cows in the country fell by around 36,000 (-2.2%) in the year to June...
Sheep
The number of sheep slaughtered between January and August 2025 fell by 18.7% when compared with...
The number of cattle in the EU has fallen by over 7 million head in the past decade, according to...
The distinctive black and white colours of the Holstein Friesian breed of cattle is not a unique...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is seeking laboratory services to test samples for BSE and scrapie.
The number of cattle in Ireland as of June 1, 2025, was more than 276,000 head below the same time last year, according to DAFM figures.
Rural Life
Boyne Fishermen's Rescue and Recovery were tasked to an assist cattle in Co. Louth from high flooded water.
Between January and June 2025, cattle slaughterings decreased by 1.1% when compared with the same period in 2024, according to the CSO
By Gordon Deegan A judge has stated that “there is nothing the court can do to assist” in...
The Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon has outlined the requirements that must be fulfilled for a person to deal less than 100 cattle.
A new series of short Animal Health Ireland (AHI) videos on dairy cow lameness, now available online, have been launched
Ensuring cattle are meeting their target weight gains at grass is essential in any profitable farming system.
The ICMSA has expressed disappointment in the decision of Stena Line to withdraw its Rosslare to Cherbourg ferry service.
An outbreak of contagious lumpy skin disease (LSD) has been confirmed for the first time in France yesterday, June 29, 2025.
Livestock populations are continuing to decrease across the EU according to the latest data from Eurostat.
10 cattle have been killed on a farm in Cavan following lightning which struck parts of the county on Friday evening, June 6.
Between January and April 2025, cattle slaughterings grew by 0.5% when compared with the same period in 2024 according to the CSO
