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New markets ‘key’ to organic farming potential – ICSA

May 8, 2020

A “twin-track approach” is needed to maximise the potential for the organic farming sector here, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’…

Over 1,000 people expected per day at 3-day herd dispersal auction

February 5, 2020

Dairy

In excess of 1,000 people are expected to attend each day of the upcoming herd dispersal auction being held by Glemnore Estate this…

Ireland’s largest organic farm to hold dispersal sale of dairy herd

January 8, 2020

Dairy

Agriculture and renewable energy group Glenmore Estate is to hold a dispersal sale of its dairy herd early next month, the group revealed…

Food-grade crops key to profit for this organic farmer

November 8, 2019

Tillage

The BioFarm 2019 conference this week certainly provided plenty of food for thought. It brought together a host of people from different sectors…

Dairy focus: Farming ‘outside of the norm’ in Co. Limerick

June 9, 2019

Dairy

Seán Condon has been organic farming for the past 13 years and operates what he describes as a “very low-cost system of production”…

‘Farmers want to do right by nature – all it takes is a bit of education’

May 21, 2019

Environment

Farmers could be able to do more for biodiversity and nature – at little cost – with education and “contact on the ground”,…

‘Irish organic sector will be driven by market opportunities’ – Doyle

February 14, 2019

Agri-Business

The Irish organic sector will be “driven by market opportunities”, the Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture at the Department of…

Tillage focus: Organic vegetables from the farm gate to your Christmas dinner plate

December 22, 2018

Tillage

Liam Ryan is in a sector where demand is outstripping supply and keeping up with that demand is his biggest challenge. This year the…

‘Irish organic farmers have a real opportunity on their doorstep’

November 29, 2018

Environment

Demand for organic produce in Europe could be a real opportunity for Irish organic farmers, according to Grace Maher. The development officer for…

‘Non-organic farmers are starting to need to think like organic farmers’

February 11, 2018

Tillage

In farming, the conventional and organic world might not seem the easiest bedfellows, but they met in peace for a recent AHDB Monitor…

Organic payments debacle ‘disgraceful and unacceptable’

February 1, 2018

CAP / Schemes

The payments debacle around the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been described as “disgraceful and unacceptable”. The Organic Farmers Representative Body has called…

Budget 2018: Allocations for forestry, organics and more

October 12, 2017

Forestry

Budget 2018 has brought about continued major investment in forestry, Bord na gCon (Irish Greyhound Board), commercial horticulture and the organic sector. An…

The losers in organic farming

June 17, 2017

Opinion

By Dermot McNally “Be sure to take all your organic information with a pinch of salt.” Farmers are, among other things, business people…

Calls to re-open Organic Farming Scheme as ‘opportunities for farmers are being lost’

April 19, 2017

The Green Party has called upon the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, to re-open the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS).…

Video: Ear to the Ground focus on organic beef farming

February 28, 2017

Rural Life

The final episode in the current series of Ear to the Ground is set to focus on organic beef farming. Striking a better…

13ac farm worth $450,000 up for grabs in an essay competition in the US

February 2, 2017

Rural Life

The owners of a 13ac organic farm, worth $450,000, in North Carolina in the US are willing to hand over the title of…

Video: From surfing around the world to organic farming in the west

December 9, 2016

Rural Life

An Irish surfer, Fergal Smith, who turned his hand to organic farming has featured in the latest video released in a popular online food…

Less than 2% of land used for organic farming in Ireland

October 26, 2016

Organic farming made up just 1.6% of the available agricultural land in Ireland in 2015, the second lowest in Europe, the latest Eurostat figures…

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