Rural Life
'Rural Ireland will die' without new housing guidelines - senator
A delay in publishing updated rural housing guidelines is leading to rural communities “dying on their feet”, according to Senator...
Rural Life
A delay in publishing updated rural housing guidelines is leading to rural communities “dying on their feet”, according to Senator...
Rural Life
The temporary removal of development levies required to connect new homes with roads, water and other services will be a...
Rural Life
The government has today (Tuesday, November 15) announced that the €50 million vacant-property scheme is to be expanded to include...
Dairy Technical
The 2022 grazing season will be remembered by most for the challenges it posed at different times of the year....
Dairy Technical
The end of August is in sight, which means that we are now moving into autumn and the build-up to...
Beef
Rubber mats are a happy medium between concrete slatted floors and straw bedding, according to Teagasc researcher Cathy McGettigan. A...
Buildings
Studies carried out in recent years have shown that beef cattle prefer lying on rubber mats over concrete slatted floors,...
Rural Life
A genuine economic or social need will have to be established to justify new rural housing in a significant portion...
Dairy Technical
For a spring-calving herd the busiest time of the year is the calving season, so getting ahead of yourself and...
Dairy Technical
Heifer mastitis can be a significant issue on farms, with it threatening production and udder health in the first and...
Beef News
With temperatures due to hit 18° over the coming days, and the muggy conditions also set to continue, farmers are...
Dairy Technical
As we enter mid-October, the housing of heifers and cows for the winter period is drawing close – or on...
Dairy Technical
The controlling of mastitis causing bacteria is important during the dry period, anything that can be done to minimise the...
Rural Life
A Green Party TD has said that there is a “new estate in Dublin” where the wastewater is being stored...
Dairy Technical
At this point of the lactation cycle, most farmers have their cows scanned to determine their pregnancy status – you...
Video
As part of the Green Acres Calf To Beef Programme with Teagasc, AgriLand is hosting a series of programmes presented...
Sheep
Tightening grass supplies and poor underfoot conditions on sheep farms, have forced farmers’ hands into housing ewes that bit earlier....
Beef
Respiratory diseases cause more deaths in young growing cattle in this country than any other disease, according to Teagasc. The...