Rural Life
Two more farm deaths as men die in tragic Donegal accident
Two more farm deaths have occurred when two men were killed in a farm accident in Co. Donegal yesterday evening....
Farm Accident
Rural Life
Farm safety push welcomed by health body
A renewed emphasis on farm safety by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has been welcomed by the world’s largest...
Sponsored
Transition milk replacer-fed heifer calves produce more milk in 1st lactation
Heifer calves fed a transition milk replacer in their first 10 days of life produced a remarkable 947L more milk...
Agri-Business
Getting results in Dairygold
Getting results in Dairygold doesn’t happen by accident and are driven by a culture of performance, according to Dairygold CEO...
Rural Life
Face the FACTS - don't be the next farm fatality
In this article, Teagasc Advisor Anthony O’Connor looks at some of the facts around farm fatalities. F is for farm, it...
Dairy
Intensive dairy farmers most at risk of farm accidents
If you’re a full-time dairy farmer, over 55 years with over 30ha, you’re more likely to have a farm accident...
Rural Life
8 year old girl dies in farming accident, another critical
An eight-year-old girl has become the latest person to die in a farming accident this year, bringing the total number...
National Ploughing Championships
ESB Networks launches new farm safety booklet
Electricity is a wonder of nature: it is also extremely dangerous. Those were the key themes addressed by Minister for...
Rural Life
Are you licensed to pull? Survey says most aren’t - Macra
At the National Ploughing Championships next week, Macra na Feirme, the young farmers and rural youth organisation, will highlight the...
Sponsored
Native Tree Area Scheme: Making it easier to plant trees
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Rural Life
'The bullock reared up and submerged my Dad in the river. There was nothing we could do'
As the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine launches a National Farm Safety Initiative, and in the first of...
Rural Life
Another farm death involving machinery
Another farmer has been killed in a farm accident, bringing the death toll from farming-related accidents this year to 21....
Agri-Business
20 farm deaths this year, 10 involved machinery
The news of another farm fatality was the opening greeting of the Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA) National Conference on...
Machinery
Farm accidents are preventable, says HSA as two children die within days of each other
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has said that farm accidents are preventable, after two children die in the past...
Other
Two deaths last week brings farm deaths to 16
In the same week as National Farm Safety Day, two farm deaths have occurred, including the death of Offaly’s U-21...
Rural Life
‘National Farm Safety Awareness Day’
Today is National Farm Safety Awareness Day and all stakeholders in Irish agriculture are calling on farmers to take time...
Sponsored
Milk replacer: Advice on maximising early-life calf growth
During the past decade, calf rearing systems around the world have adopted higher allowances of whole milk or of calf...
Beef
Comment: It’s time to stop rushing
The weather for the next few days is set fair. So, let’s hope that farmers and contractors will have the...
Agri-Business
Slight fall in profits for FBD, as Storm Darwin damage to top €130m
Insurer FBD has reported a fall in pre-tax profits in 2013, which it said was caused by a small number...
Breaking News
Cork man dies on farm
Gardai and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) are investigating the death of a 26-year-old man who died in a...
Breaking News
Dairy expansion money matters: Are you a chicken or a pig?
Dairy farmers need to learn from the mistakes of the Celtic tiger property boom and not leap into post-quota expansion. This...