Tillage
Tillage: Crop input costs and grain prices are not aligned
The key challenge facing tillage farmers around the world right now, is the non-alignment of crop input costs and grain...
Input costs
Tillage
Tillage: New indicative guide to crop margins released
Teagasc has just published its Crop Costs and Returns 2024 overview. It is intended as an indicative guide to crop...
N.Ireland
Number of farmers in NI now seeking overdraft increases
An Northern Ireland agricultural accountant has confirmed that significant numbers of farmers in NI are seeking overdraft increases from their...
Agri-Business
CSO: Value of milk production to fall by €1.4bn in 2023 to €3.6bn
The value of milk production in Ireland in 2023 is forecast to drop by almost €1.4 billion to €3.6 billion...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser prices to fall by over 30% in 2023 - CSO
Preliminary estimates for agricultural input prices show that fertiliser prices are set to fall by 30.4% this year, according to...
Agri-Business
CSO: Milk price almost 35% lower than last year
Milk prices have dropped significantly in the 12 months up until July 2023 and are now 34.7% lower than last...
Agri-Business
'Relentless pressure' from processors is unacceptable - UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said the “relentless pressure” put on farmers from processors over the last number of...
Agri-Business
Farmers must be a 'priority' in upcoming Budget 2024 - Tóibín
Farmers must be a “priority” in the upcoming Budget, according to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD who said that many farmers...
Agri Politics
CAP support 'essential' to help farmers amid unstable markets
Ongoing support through the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is “essential” to help farmers maintain their resilience as they respond to...
Horticulture
Market response needed to ensure viable horticulture sector
Input price inflation in the horticulture sector continues in 2023, a new report by Teagasc which compares production costs of...
Dairy
ICMSA: Fall in global input prices must be reflected in Ireland
One farming organisation has questioned why the decrease in international input prices is not being reflected in the prices that...
Sheep News
Interview: Donegal IFA chair - young people won't come into farming
The recently elected Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Donegal county chair, Joe Sweeney, has said that his main priorities in his new...
Horticulture
Irish farmers are 'struggling to stay' in the horticulture sector
The launch of Supervalu’s ‘Let’s GROW‘ campaign saw Ireland’s horticulture sector, and the struggles it is currently facing, put under...
N.Ireland
Falling prices are leaving sheep sector under pressure - UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said that falling sheep prices are leaving the sector under immense pressure and that...
Sheep
'Lamb trade could take weeks to recover'
The sheep trade continues into the week on a downward trend as base prices at the higher end of the...
Agri-Business
CSO: Fertiliser price jumped by 94% in a year
The cost of fertiliser in November was 94% higher than the same month in 2021, the Central Statistics (CSO) has...
Agri-Business
Genfitt report 2022: Lower confidence in state of agri-sector
Co. Mayo-based farm machinery parts, spares and tools wholesaler Genfitt has released its annual Knowledge Report for 2022, which surveyed...
Dairy
European Milk Board demands energy price caps in dairy sector
The European Milk Board (EMB) has called for energy price caps for various actors in the dairy sector in order...