Agri Politics
Election fever: 'Let the best man win'
As the clock ticks down to the election of the next president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association...
Agri Politics
As the clock ticks down to the election of the next president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association...
Agri Politics
Farmers voiced “huge anger” at the government’s reluctance to launch a fodder crisis scheme during an Irish Cattle and Sheep...
Grass
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is holding a meeting on the looming fodder crisis at the Slieve...
Environment
The newly-announced national Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH), will not be funded “on a pocket full of change”, according to...
Rural Life
An extension of hedge cutting and vegetation burning dates was pushed for by the president of the Irish Cattle and...
Agri-Business
Two of the countries leading farming organisations outlined their Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform priorities ahead of the publication of...
Agri-Business
Farm organisations have broadly welcomed today’s announcement of a new five-year licence for popular weedkiller glyphosate; ending months of deadlock...
Tillage
Irish farming needs balance between the livestock and tillage sectors, according to the president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep...
Environment
Farming – in Ireland or other EU countries – should not be framed in a negative light in relation to...
Rural Life
Rural people want more resources in community policing, stiffer sentences for repeat offenders and closer consultation between rural stakeholders, local...
Rural Life
There will be a special information night – titled Rural Isolation, Mental Health and Learning to Cope – on this evening...
Rural Life
The issue of agricultural crime is a far bigger issue than official Garda statistics would suggest, according to Irish Cattle...
Rural Life
Ensuring the sustainability of the family farm model and finding solutions to price volatility are red line issues for Irish...
Rural Life
The threat of Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) must be removed as a means of acquiring land for non-essential infrastructure projects...
Environment
The decision of UN Climate Change to partner with Ethanol Europe Renewables Ltd provides strong vindication for the argument that...
Agri-Business
Irish farmers’ organisations have had mixed reactions to the news that the inter-family age limit of 67-years-of-age is to be...
Agri-Business
The food chain needs to be much more transparent if farmers are to have any chance of making a viable...
Agri-Business
The increased funding of €25 million for the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme in Budget 2018 has been welcomed...