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Opinion

Letter to the editor: EU farmers being used as cannon fodder

Opinion

4 days ago

Letter to the editor: EU farmers being used as cannon fodder

Dear editor, with the EU under attack from all sides, European farmers are yet again being used as cannon fodder.

Letter to the editor: Value food? Then value producers - UFU

Opinion

16 days ago

Letter to the editor: Value food? Then value producers - UFU

As another year draws to a close, it is a natural time to pause, reflect, and take stock. The past...

Watch: Happy Christmas from the Agriland Team

Opinion

17 days ago

Watch: Happy Christmas from the Agriland Team

Agriland editor Stella Meehan reviews some of the highlights and low points for the agricultural sector - and everyone at Agriland as well.

Farming 2025 look back with Agriland

Video

17 days ago

Farming 2025 look back with Agriland

 As 2025 comes to a close, we look back on a year of contrasts in farming. Good weather and...

Opinion: FTMTA delivers one of the highlights of 2025

Opinion

20 days ago

Opinion: FTMTA delivers one of the highlights of 2025

A recently published Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) report defines the true scale of the farm machinery sector

Opinion

about 2 months ago

Opinion: Improving farm safety standards a priority for agriculture

Putting the issue of farm safety first and foremost remains the number one challenge facing Irish agriculture today.

Opinion: Improving farm safety standards a priority for agriculture

Opinion

2 months ago

Letter to the editor: Focus needed on better animal health in Europe

As the EU wrestles with the future of its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Europe is facing...

Letter to the editor: Focus needed on better animal health in Europe

Opinion

3 months ago

Letter to the editor: Marts and west Clare

Dear editor, I refer to an article published by Agriland.ie on August 29, 2025, entitled 'Keep them...

Letter to the editor: Marts and west Clare

Opinion

4 months ago

Opinion: Poor straw prices are the last thing tillage farmers need right now

Grain markets are bad enough. But, now comes news, completely out of left field, that straw prices have also taken a real hit.

Opinion: Poor straw prices are the last thing tillage farmers need right now

Opinion

5 months ago

Opinion: Ploughing will remain at the heart of Irish tillage farming

It’s hard to argue against the proposition that ploughing will remain at the very heart of Irish tillage farming

Opinion: Ploughing will remain at the heart of Irish tillage farming

Opinion

5 months ago

Opinion: As Harvest 2025 ends, it’s time to plan for the future

Harvest 2025 is fast coming to an end. The coming weeks will see tillage farmers across Ireland commit to the 2025/26 planting season

Opinion: As Harvest 2025 ends, it’s time to plan for the future

Machinery

5 months ago

Opinion: How sustainable or secure is digital farming?

All the leading tractor manufacturers and various international farming bodies such as CEMA are urging the adoption of digital farming

Opinion: How sustainable or secure is digital farming?

Opinion

5 months ago

Opinion: Why we need to put a clear focus on soil management

The month of August is one of the few times in the year when tillage farmers can put a clear focus on soil management.

Opinion: Why we need to put a clear focus on soil management

Opinion

5 months ago

Rural life: Where the reeks of hay were the stronghold of courting

18 nights non-stop, rural dancing every night. A young man’s social footsteps in a time gone by. It was not New York, it was not London.

Rural life: Where the reeks of hay were the stronghold of courting

Opinion

5 months ago

Opinion: What constitutes an Irish tillage farmer must be clearly defined

The recent income projections calculated by Teagasc highlight the need to clearly define what constitutes the term: an Irish tillage farmer.

Opinion: What constitutes an Irish tillage farmer must be clearly defined

Opinion

6 months ago

Opinion: CAP stability must be delivered by EU Commission

The future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) centres on the outworking of one core principle...

Opinion: CAP stability must be delivered by EU Commission

Opinion

6 months ago

Opinion: Is the CAP review a disaster in the making for Irish agriculture?

Every aspect of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) review that emanated from Brussels last week should send the alarm bells ringing

Opinion: Is the CAP review a disaster in the making for Irish agriculture?

Opinion

6 months ago

Opinion: Putting a clear focus on farm safety

As Farm Safety Week 2025 begins, it’s imperative for us all to consider how everyone working within agriculture can be kept safe

Opinion: Putting a clear focus on farm safety

Opinion

6 months ago

Opinion: All grain crops grown in Ireland have an inherent added value

Adding value to grain crops has long been a principle espoused by Irish tillage farmers and stakeholder groups representing their interests.

Opinion: All grain crops grown in Ireland have an inherent added value

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Opinion

6 months ago

Letter to the editor: Why are co-ops resisting rules on fairness?

Dear editor, there’s growing concern about the opposition by Irish dairy co-ops and their...

Letter to the editor: Why are co-ops resisting rules on fairness?

Opinion

6 months ago

Opinion: Irish farmers committed to improving environment

The commitment of Irish farmers to improve the environment and the conservation value of the countryside has always been taken as a given.

Opinion: Irish farmers committed to improving environment

Environment

6 months ago

Letter to the editor: NZ urgently needs more forestry

Dear editor, I worked for Beef + Lamb New Zealand for approximately eight years as sector...

Letter to the editor: NZ urgently needs more forestry

Opinion

6 months ago

Letter to the editor: An idea to tackle livestock worrying

The words of Albert Einstein - "in the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity" could be the...

Letter to the editor: An idea to tackle livestock worrying

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