Farm Safety
Increasing carnivore population threatens EU livestock - Copa-Cogeca
Certain populations of large carnivore species are causing increased conflict which is exacerbated by challenging legal frameworks, according to a...
Farm Safety
Certain populations of large carnivore species are causing increased conflict which is exacerbated by challenging legal frameworks, according to a...
Video
William John Fitzmaurice is a suckler and sheep farmer based between Athleague and Rour Roads Co. Roscommon. He is farming...
Beef News
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Livestock Committee chair has called for “immediate direct financial supports” to offset rising input costs...
Rural Life
Legislation is needed before the summer season to ban dogs from farmland and hills, according to an Irish Farmers’ Association...
Agri-Business
The number of cattle slaughtered in January rose by over 7% compared to the same month in 2021, according to...
Beef News
The latest Eurostat livestock report which was published this week shows that some livestock figures in the EU are in...
Opinion
The term ‘animal cruelty’ is a very emotive one and, no doubt, will jar with every farmer reading this article....
Dairy News
The overall number of cattle, sheep and pigs in the country increased in December 2021, according to the Central Statistics...
Agri-Business
Students from the Dundalk Institute of Technology’s (DkIT) Diploma in Food and Agri-Business are a winning team in the first...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president, William Irvine, believes that production agriculture and the environment are two sides of the...
Agri Politics
The Irish Beef and Lamb Association (IBLA) has called for written contracts to be mandatory when farmers agree to sell...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland (NI) Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots has voiced his concerns about some requirements relating to the movement of livestock...
Agri-Business
The recently formed coalition government in the Netherlands has earmarked €25 billion, to be made available until 2035, to aid...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have published a map outlining the bovine population per km2 across...
Environment
The grass-based nature of Irish livestock farming gives it “certain positive environmental characteristics” which contribute to the low carbon footprint...
Opinion
It became very clear during the hiatus between the general election in February last year and the formation of a...
Beef
Teagasc vets and researchers are undertaking a research project to establish baseline data on the health, welfare and behaviour of...
Dairy
The minister for agriculture in the Netherlands has said that she wants to see a ban on the import of...