Rural Life
FarmLand - Season 3 Episode 3
The ferocious farmer backlash to the announcement that 99,000t of beef from Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will make its way...
Rural Life
The ferocious farmer backlash to the announcement that 99,000t of beef from Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will make its way...
Tillage
Up to 80,000 rural jobs could be created if suitable farm enterprises opted to diversify into hemp production, a Teagasc...
Agri Politics
Consumers “don’t understand” the economic costs associated with environmental compliance inside the farm gate, a farm lobby group leader has...
Environment
With Ireland set to miss its EU carbon emissions reduction target for 2020 and optimism for meeting its 2030 target...
Rural Life
Following the return of FarmLand season three last week with a European Commission special, this week’s episode sees the focus...
Rural Life
What is the current state of play on the reform of the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020 – and...
CAP / Schemes
With just shy of 50,000 online applications already submitted for the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Department of Agriculture, Food...
Beef
Farming in Doon, just outside Ferbane, Co. Offaly, Hughie Egan runs a herd of 85 Kiwi-cross cows under a spring-calving...
Dairy
Some dairy farmers are now looking for bulls that might be “a little bit harder” calving, but are “good” on...
Rural Life
On tonight’s episode of FarmLand – the last episode of season two – Siobhan Ring geneticist at the Irish Cattle...
Sheep
Based in Crubany, Co. Cavan, John Hewitt is a sheep farmer who is lambing 140 ewes this year. He explained...
Rural Life
On this week’s episode of FarmLand, Macra na Feirme national president elect Thomas Duffy gives his first official sit-down interview...
Agri-Business
ESB Networks and policy makers need to “make grid access free” for micro-generation, Pat Smith, the chairman of the Micro-Renewable...
Rural Life
Renewable energy, beef prices, illegal dumping and Brexit are all under the microscope tonight, Thursday, April 4, on the latest...
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has stated that he is “willing to facilitate” a review...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, says he is engaging with the meat industry “at every...
Rural Life
Planning, training, taxation advice and a good solicitor are essential starting blocks to embarking on a farm diversification project, according...
Rural Life
On tonight’s episode of FarmLand, as the turmoil and drama of Brexit continues to unfold in Westminster, the Minister for...