Horticulture
Watch: Ratoath Pumpkin Patch opens its gates today
The family behind Ratoath Pumpkin Patch have finalised preparations ahead of their grand opening today (Saturday, October 19). Enda and...
Harvest
Tillage News
Smallest feed wheat crop in EU since 2018 on the horizon
The very wet conditions that have impacted across many countries this summer have combined to deliver the smallest feed wheat...
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Vaccinate your pigs with an effective and convenient dose
Vaccination is a key pillar in the preventative approach to health and welfare of pigs. The pig industry has removed...
Agri-Business
Grain and oilseed harvest in Ukraine could exceed 65m tonnes
Ukraine can harvest between 65-69 million tonnes of grains and oilseeds this year, according to the Seed Association of Ukraine...
Agri Politics
Farm orgs link up to urge Taoiseach to intervene in straw decision
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) have issued a joint call for the reversal...
Sheep
Galway Wool Co-op to harvest 5,000kgs of wool at Meitheal 2024
The Galway Wool Co-op expects to have in the region of 5,000kgs of heritage Galway Wool for sale and offer...
Tillage News
Copa Cogeca: EU cereal production predicted to drop 5% in 2024
Cereal production across the 27 EU member states is predicted to reach 257.3 million tonnes this year, a drop of...
Tillage
Grasslands and croplands provided 36m tonnes of crops in 2022
Grasslands and croplands comprised over 67% of Ireland’s terrestrial and transitional ecosystems in 2018 according to the latest publication of...
Tillage
Minister must 'put money on the table' for tillage - ICSA
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue...
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Service of automatic calf feeder is 'top class' - Tipperary farmer
Ned Kelly, a seasoned farmer from Ballycommon, Co. Tipperary reflects on his six-year journey with the JFC Evolution Automatic Calf...
Machinery
AGCO's Ideal 7 gets seven cylinders in latest upgrade
Amongst the avalanche of news emerging from Agritechnica last autumn, upgrades to AGCO’s own top end Ideal combine range went...
Tillage
Harvest 2023: Cereal production down almost 500,000t
The total cereal production for harvest 2023 is estimated to be 1.93 million tonnes, which is down by 492,500t compared...
Agri-Business
Over 60 volunteers help harvest beetroot crop in Cork
Over 60 volunteers have turned up at a farm family business in Co. Cork to help harvest its beetroot crop...
Tillage
Sharp decline in EU cereal production in 2022
In 2022, an estimated 270.9 million tonnes of cereals were harvested across the EU. This was 26.7 million tonnes less than in 2021,...
Agri-Business
2023 potato harvest 'worst in recent memory'
The 2023 potato harvest has been branded as the “worst in recent memory” by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National...
Tillage Technical
US maize harvest gathering momentum
An Irish native, who has set up a seed business in Kentucky has confirmed that the maize harvest in the...
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Bord Bia audit advice for suckler farmers
In 2023, over 9,000 new members joined the Bord Bia Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme (SBLAS), primarily to fulfill...
Agri-Business
Brazil expecting record soya bean harvest
The grain harvest in Brazil for the 2023/24 season could reach an estimated 288 million tonnes (317.5 million tons), according...
Tillage News
Senator: Tillage farmers will be 'destroyed' without supports
A Fine Gael senator has told the Seanad that a small number of tillage farmers will be “destroyed” financially unless...
Rural Life
Traditional Harvest Day returns to Bunratty tomorrow
Ireland’s agricultural heritage and the fair days of the 19th century will be brought to life when the traditional harvest day...
Agri-Business
Brazil grain harvest reaches new record
Brazil has confirmed that the 2022/23 grain harvest has reached a new record at an estimated 293 million tonnes. Data...