Environment
'No right-minded farmer would light an illegal gorse fire and walk away'
No right-minded farmer would light an illegal gorse fire and walk away, Teddy Creedon, who is an IFA Hill Representative on the...
Environment
No right-minded farmer would light an illegal gorse fire and walk away, Teddy Creedon, who is an IFA Hill Representative on the...
Agri-Business
Farming organisations must stand up for small family farms, according to Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice. The Roscommon–Galway TD was speaking in...
Agri Politics
Brexit represents the biggest challenge which Irish agriculture has faced since the foundation of the state, according to Minister for...
Agri Politics
The European Union’s CAP (Common Agricultural policy) budget may well come under pressure post-Brexit, according to EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil...
Agri-Business
The IFA’s Brexit policy will be underpinned by three core themes: the maintenance of the closest possible trading relationship between...
Agri-Business
Speaking on RTE’s Morning Ireland programme this morning, CEO of Dairygold Jim Woulfe outlined – in monetary terms – how...
Tillage
The campaign group Uplift is asking Irish people to join the ongoing global efforts to ban glyphosate. The pressure group...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer frustration has reached ‘boiling point’ over the delay in GLAS payments, according to the IFA’s Rural Development Chairman Joe...
Agri-Business
The threats posed by Brexit to Irish agriculture were top of the agenda as the IFA President Joe Healy met...
Sheep
Sheep farmers can only consider producing early spring lambs in the future if fixed-price contracts, which return a viable price, with...
Agri-Business
A range of political leaders, at both Irish and EU level, and key stakeholders in the Irish farming and food...
Agri Politics
As had been widely predicted, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been given the green light to proceed with a...
Tillage
The IFA has now concluded its two-year malting barley deal with Boortmalt for 2017 and 2018 crops, according to Deputy President...
Dairy
Expectations are rising that prices paid at next week’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event will rally strongly on the back...
Tillage
There is huge grower disquiet regarding the details of the current Boortmalt malting barley contract, according to a representative of...
Forestry
There is mounting concern that the rate of farmer (forestry) planting will continue to fall, if farmers are not paid...
Beef
The cattle trade is continuing to drive forward with the base price for steers at €4.00/kg and heifers at €4.10/kg,...
Beef
New figures, released by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), show that some 530,000 Irish cows are enrolled in the first...