Rural Life
'I've gone back to my roots' says beetroot-juice producer
Co. Offaly native Anne Marie Feighery has, literally, gone back to her roots on the family farm just outside Kilcormac,...
Family Farm
Agri-Business
Copa Cogeca: Family farming will pay a high price under permit proposal
Copa Cogeca, which lobbies for 22 million European farmers has said that thousands of family livestock farms will be unfairly...
Agri-Business
Small family farms facing 'mass exodus' - councillor
A Kerry county councillor has claimed that there will be a “mass exodus” from small family farms, unless the sector...
Rural Life
Family farm model has 'remained the bedrock' - McConalogue
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has spoken at the Oxford Farming Conference today (January 6, 2022)...
Rural Life
Farmer's view on avoiding pitfalls of an 'inheritance nightmare'
One farmer has called for what he describes as “an inheritance nightmare” across many Irish farms over the years to...
Agri Politics
'It is vital that...no farms are sacrificed for what some may perceive as the greater good'
Protecting family farms should be a focus of the new agriculture ministerial team, according to the Irish Natura and Hill...
Rural Life
Farm safety webinar to hear from an emergency responder
The Agricultural Science Association (ASA) is hosting a webinar this Wednesday, June 17, on ‘The Importance of Farm Safety for...
Rural Life
'The vision is there will be no more one-off housing in very rural settings in this country'
One-off housing in the countryside is set to become a thing of the past if new planning rules are implemented...
Dairy
Disappearing dairies: Small family farms 'squeezed out' of US market
Reporting from Lexington, Kentucky, US. In November 2014 Eddie Gibson, a dairy farmer from Walton, Kentucky, became the first farmer...
Agri-Business
Vulture funds: IFA will get 'best possible outcome' for farmers
A motion focusing on vulture funds, which had been put forward at a previous committee meeting, was withdrawn at the...
Beef
Increased feedlot numbers 'threaten Ireland's family farm model'
Concerns have been raised over the increasing feedlot kill figures on the overall beef market by Sinn Fein MEP for...
Agri-Business
Vulture funds warned to back off or face 'rural revolt'
‘Vulture funds’ have been warned off going after Irish farmers and rural dwellers by political party Renua Ireland. According to...
Agri-Business
Cash flow crisis on UK family farms
Half of farms in the UK are no longer making a living from farming itself, and 20% generated a loss even...
Rural Life
'We need to find a mechanism to protect family farm units'
We need to find a mechanism to protect family farm units, according to IFA President Eddie Downey. Speaking on Newstalk...
Agri-Business
Calls for Commissioner Hogan to address power of the supermarkets
Europe’s political framework needs to address the power of supermarkets according to Gerd Sonnleitner, UN Goodwill Ambassador for the 2014...
Rural Life
Generating success on a dairy farm
To mark the International Year of the Family Farm, Teagasc is producing a series of online videos highlighting the importance of...
