Rural Life
Fodder Crisis Family Support Fund launched by the ICSA
A new initiative to support farm families deeply affected by stress arising from the fodder crisis has been announced by...
Rural Life
A new initiative to support farm families deeply affected by stress arising from the fodder crisis has been announced by...
Rural Life
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, encouraged farmers to look after their well-being during this difficult...
Agri Politics
Actions for TB eradication must be sensitive for farmers’ needs and take into account the scale of losses incurred by...
Agri Politics
The dairy industry is a “balloon that is ready to burst”, Patrick Kent, the president of the Irish Cattle and...
Agri Politics
The level of “vilification” and “misinformation” being peddled about agriculture, farmers and the source of quality food is “out of...
Agri Politics
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is gearing up to host its 25th anniversary dinner celebration in Kilkenny...
Environment
All landowners affected by the proposed Shannon to Dublin water pipeline will be supported by the Irish Cattle and Sheep...
Agri Politics
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed’s announcement of €4.25 million to be allocated for the introduction of a Fodder Import Support...
Rural Life
Two combine harvester drivers were arrested in a tillage field in Co. Wexford earlier today (Tuesday, August 21), according to...
Sheep
The store lamb trade is feeling the brunt of the fodder shortage as drystock farmers opt to make extra bales...
Sheep
Sheep farmers right around the country are struggling to have their lambs slaughtered with factories fully booked up, according to...
Sheep
Revisions to the planned mandatory extension of electronic identification (EID) to all sheep has meant that “some sense” has prevailed, according...
Rural Life
The signing of a contract with the Wicklow Uplands Council for the provision of deer management services in Wicklow has...
Beef
Breeding farms have a bigger challenge than trading farms when it comes to a fodder crisis, according to the Irish Cattle...
Beef
An urgent review of market support measures such as the Aid to Private Storage (APS) scheme for beef has been...
Environment
Consultation and respecting the wishes of landowners is key to any greenway strategy or proposals, according to the Irish Cattle...
Beef
Recent beef price cuts – described as “opportunistic, misguided and short-sighted in the extreme” – have knocked €180 off a 400kg...
Environment
Irish Water has been urged not to use the current dry weather as an excuse to “force a pipeline across...