Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: Tuesday's focus on Machinery and Transport
The Farm Safety Week initiative continues today, Tuesday, with the topic of ‘Machinery and Transport’ being the key theme focused on,...
Rural Life
The Farm Safety Week initiative continues today, Tuesday, with the topic of ‘Machinery and Transport’ being the key theme focused on,...
Rural Life
As the fifth annual Farm Safety Week in Ireland and the UK gets underway, there is a “real concern” that...
Tillage
The launch of a tillage crisis fund, worth an estimated €1.5 million, for farmers who lost crops during last year’s harvest due...
Agri-Business
Government-supported, low-cost loans for working capital and on-farm investment have been identified as a key priority in the Irish Farmers’...
Breaking News
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has suspended its protest at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine this afternoon,...
Beef
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has welcomed the free trade agreement signed between the EU and Japan this morning, July...
Tillage
A trailer load of 4X4 round bales of straw has arrived at the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture, Food...
Tillage
The rumoured €5,000 maximum payment limit per farmer under the proposed tillage crisis fund has been described as “an insult...
Agri Politics
An increase in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget is needed to create a competitive, strong, sustainable agricultural sector, according...
Agri-Business
Following his election as Taoiseach yesterday, Leo Varadkar has been issued with a submission from the IFA relating to the...
Rural Life
As young farmers attempt to become ever more efficient, more intensive and more profitable, land ownership has taken a backseat...
CAP / Schemes
The Department of Agriculture’s administration of some recent farm schemes has been branded ‘totally unacceptable’ by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)....
Agri-Business
Joe Healy, Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) President, has paid tribute to Michael Noonan, following the announcement of his intention to...
Agri-Business
The President of the IFA, Joe Healy, has paid tribute to Enda Kenny following his announcement that he intends to retire...
Agri Politics
The President of the IFA (Irish Farmers’ Association), Joe Healy, met with the EU’s chief negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier,...
Agri-Business
The shortage of labour supply at farm level will restrict the agriculture sector in the future, according to the IFA’s President...
Agri Politics
IFA President Joe Healy has claimed that unfair trading practices (UTPs) by retailers are costing farmers and agricultural co-ops around Europe...
Agri-Business
The threats posed by Brexit to Irish agriculture were top of the agenda as the IFA President Joe Healy met...