Rural Life
Cattle dead following livestock lorry accident in midlands
A number of cattle have reportedly had to be put down following a road accident in Co. Laois this morning...
Rural Life
A number of cattle have reportedly had to be put down following a road accident in Co. Laois this morning...
Opinion
Earlier this week I heard of a potato grower in Co. Antrim who has lost almost 100ac of crop to...
Rural Life
The former Portlaoise Livestock Mart is to enter a new chapter – as a market and car boot sale venue....
Rural Life
Truck drivers hauling animals should be on alert for fake animal welfare inspectors, officials in Northern Ireland have said. The...
Rural Life
The Tullamore Show, the centre-piece of the Irish livestock show scene, took place in Butterfield Estate, Co. Offaly today. Record crowds...
Agri-Business
Farmers should avoid exposure to payment risk when selling livestock, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) National Livestock Chairman,...
Rural Life
A number of stray cattle were cleared off a road in Co. Monaghan yesterday evening (July 30), according to AA...
Rural Life
Farmers have been challenged to improve livestock handling systems, in order to make them safer and more efficient, on the...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the UK’s most prominent regions for the intensive farming of poultry, according to reports. There...
N.Ireland
A 21-year-old farmer has been recently convicted at Omagh Magistrates’ Court for transporting an unfit animal, according to the Department of Agriculture,...
Rural Life
A livestock haulier has received penalty points and a fine from Gardai for causing a stink with his leaky truck. The haulier’s...
Rural Life
Farm deaths have more than doubled the number of fatalities recorded for the first five months in 2016 in an...
Rural Life
Three people have been injured following a bull attack in a Co. Clare mart, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA)...
Beef
An Offaly-based road haulier that counts livestock among its services has been fined €4,000 for “false or misleading records” on...
Agri-Business
Co-operative marts group Central Auctions (Birr, Nenagh and Roscrea) has appointed Michael Harty as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding outgoing CEO...
Rural Life
A farmer in his late 70s has died following an accident, which is believed to have involved livestock, in Co....
Grass
Livestock farmers have been urged to roll their silage ground now by the Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland...
Beef
Livestock farmers should make the most of spring grass by getting stock out to graze where possible, according to CAFRE...