Beef
Protest vox pop: 'Great, in-spec beef produced by an industry with no future'
The severe lack of young people entering into beef farming is a sign of the struggle within the industry at...
Beef
The severe lack of young people entering into beef farming is a sign of the struggle within the industry at...
Agri Politics
Farmers behind a new splinter group of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) say the faction formed in light of farm...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has remained adamant that there will be no sucker cow payments...
Pig/Poultry
The importation of pork products from Belgium at present has been described as “completely irresponsible” by the chair of the...
Dairy
Gerald Quain, chairperson of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association’s (ICMSA’s) dairy committee, said the obvious way for processors to...
Tillage
Boortmalt announced an increase on its malting barley price today. Following recent negotiations between the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and...
Rural Life
A group of farmers in Co. Meath held a protest this morning (Wednesday, September 12) in an effort to halt...
Rural Life
Daniel Hawthorne – a cattle and sheep farmer from Co. Monaghan in the process of entering the poultry sector –...
Dairy
Co-op board members meeting in the coming days to decide on August milk prices must prioritise supporting hard-pressed farmers, according...
Pig/Poultry
“Cashflow is so precarious at the moment that some pig farmers need to sell pigs solely to buy feed for...
Forestry
The level of afforestation in Co. Leitrim has been described as “disproportionate” by the president of the Irish Farmers’ Association...
Pig/Poultry
Pig processors need to up their prices if they are serious about the survival of the industry in Ireland, according...
Agri-Business
A free farm talk and BBQ is being hosted by Smart Farming participant Joe Deverell and his family in Geashill,...
Rural Life
Tributes have been paid following the news of the death of former Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) stalwart Richie Flynn over...
Grass
An immediate implementation of a low-cost loans scheme was top of the agenda for the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), amid...
Agri Politics
Time is of the essence to secure fodder to import from abroad to alleviate and prevent a potential fodder crisis,...
Agri Politics
Grain merchants and large co-ops “must stop hiding” behind “the defunct” malting barley price deal recently agreed between Boortmalt and...
Agri Politics
The current average farm income of just €31,000 is unlikely to change by the end of the year in light...