Agri-Business
Food and live animals made up largest share of exports to UK
Food and live animals made up the largest share of exports to the UK in November 2024, according to the...
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Machinery News
8% fall in new tractors licensed for first time in 2024 - CSO
2,131 new tractors were licensed for the first time between January and December of last year, according to the Central...
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Give your dairy hygiene programme a spring clean
Having a dairy hygiene programme in place is crucial, as when spring arrives, Irish dairy farmers are in the thick...
Agri-Business
How can farmers appoint third party contacts with DAFM?
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has outlined how farmers can appoint third party contacts to act...
Agri-Business
Sheep slaughterings down 35% in year to November - CSO
The number of sheep slaughtered in November stood at 191,000 head, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics...
Agri-Business
Less than half of farmers have a succession plan in place - CSO
Less than half (46.5%) of farm holders had a succession plan in place, according to the latest data from the...
Agri-Business
Dairy cow numbers jump by 42% in decade to 2023 - CSO
The total number of cattle in Ireland in 2023 stood at 7,341,481, according to data published today (Tuesday, December 17)...
Machinery News
CSO: 8% drop in new tractors licensed for the first time
1,976 new tractors were licensed for the first time up to the end of October 2024, according to the Central...
Agri-Business
Nearly 460 DAFM data breaches since 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has reported almost 460 data breaches since 2016. The figure was...
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Watch: The multipurpose material for the agricultural sector
Discover how Stokbord is the multipurpose material for the agricultural sector and is taking the agricultural and equestrian world by...
Agri-Business
Eurostat: EU agricultural prices down in Q1 2024
Agricultural prices in the European Union for both outputs and inputs not related to investment declined in the first quarter...
Forestry
Farmers accounted for 47% of afforestation in 2023 - CSO
The area of new forestry planted by farmers accounted for 47% of total afforestation in 2023, according to the Central...
Agri-Business
90% of DAFM suppliers paid within 15 days of issuing invoice
The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) paid 90% of its suppliers within 15 days in the first quarter...
Agri-Business
Sharing data on farming activity with EPA 'hugely important'
Sharing data on farming activities with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is “hugely important”, the director of the Office of...
Agri-Business
CSO: Cork has highest number of registered septic tanks
Cork was the county with the highest number of registered domestic waste water treatment systems (septic tanks) at 56,281 in...
Agri-Business
CSO: Consumers pay 10c less for milk than last year
The national average price for two litres of full fat milk decreased by 10c to €2.18 in the year up...
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Real profits start after 3rd lactation - are your cows making it?
Are you aware that the real profits begin after the third lactation? Research shows that it typically takes two lactations...
Dairy Technical
Milk recording: Is it time to complete the first of 2024?
Milk recordings are a useful tool used by dairy farmers for understanding and keeping control of cell counts on farms....
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Complete an early milk recording
The importance of milk recording is not lost on many dairy farms, but there are still a large number of...
Rural Life
Research programme using AI for weather and climate services
Met Éireann and University College Dublin (UCD) have launched a new research programme using artificial intelligence (AI) and data science...
Rural Life
Council of EU ministers adopts new farm data network
The Council of the EU has given its final green light to the proposed new Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)....