Ifac has advised farmers to agree wages with their employees on a gross basis to avoid additional costs due to...
April 23, 2022
Attracting and keeping staff on many Irish dairy farms continues to be an issue as the busy spring-calving period approaches....
January 18, 2022
Labour continues to be an issue on many Irish dairy farms, with good help hard to find and even harder...
December 1, 2021
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is currently reviewing the occupations lists of a work permit pilot scheme to...
September 23, 2021
Earlier this week, John Keane hosted a Macra na Feirme Young Farmer Development Group (YFDG) ‘Walk and Talk’ on his...
August 23, 2021
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has been called on by Labour TD Seán Sherlock to “fast-track...
September 16, 2020
Consumers can either have cheap fruit and vegetables or pay a fair price to farmers and workers – not both,...
April 17, 2020
Milking your herd 13 times in a week may seem confusing for some, but it is common practice on many...
June 29, 2019
A recent Teagasc study looked at the milking time distributions on Irish dairy farms. 37 commercial dairy farmers were involved...
July 16, 2018
Results of a Teagasc study, which analysed labour issues on 38 dairy farms – with herd sizes ranging from 60...
July 14, 2018
The ability of agricultural industries to attract the people they need to sustain themselves is a concern shared in most...
July 10, 2018
Farming in Easkey, Co. Sligo, the Dunphy family has overseen a major expansion of their dairy farm in recent years....
March 24, 2018
It’s preposterous that Irish milk producers should be calling for non-EU labour to make up the manpower shortages now apparent...
January 28, 2018
Established in 2011 by the four west Cork co-ops – Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh and Lisavaird – Shinagh Dairy Farm is...
January 26, 2018
Since the abolition of milk quotas, the Irish dairy herd has undergone considerable changes; farmers are now milking more cows...
January 19, 2018
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed is “willing” to consider labour permits for non-European Economic Area (EEA)...
January 17, 2018
At the age of just 40, Pat McCormack is the youngest ever president to take the helm at the Irish...
January 10, 2018
The mayhem associated with calving a large number of cows over a short period of time is fast approaching for...
December 30, 2017
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