Environment
New markets 'key' to organic farming potential - ICSA
A “twin-track approach” is needed to maximise the potential for the organic farming sector here, according to the Irish Cattle...
Environment
A “twin-track approach” is needed to maximise the potential for the organic farming sector here, according to the Irish Cattle...
Dairy
In excess of 1,000 people are expected to attend each day of the upcoming herd dispersal auction being held by...
Dairy
Agriculture and renewable energy group Glenmore Estate is to hold a dispersal sale of its dairy herd early next month,...
Tillage
The BioFarm 2019 conference this week certainly provided plenty of food for thought. It brought together a host of people...
Dairy
Seán Condon has been organic farming for the past 13 years and operates what he describes as a “very low-cost...
Environment
Farmers could be able to do more for biodiversity and nature – at little cost – with education and “contact...
Agri-Business
The Irish organic sector will be “driven by market opportunities”, the Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture at...
Tillage
Liam Ryan is in a sector where demand is outstripping supply and keeping up with that demand is his biggest challenge....
Environment
Demand for organic produce in Europe could be a real opportunity for Irish organic farmers, according to Grace Maher. The...
Tillage
In farming, the conventional and organic world might not seem the easiest bedfellows, but they met in peace for a...
CAP / Schemes
The payments debacle around the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been described as “disgraceful and unacceptable”. The Organic Farmers Representative...
Forestry
Budget 2018 has brought about continued major investment in forestry, Bord na gCon (Irish Greyhound Board), commercial horticulture and the...
Opinion
By Dermot McNally “Be sure to take all your organic information with a pinch of salt.” Farmers are, among other...
Agri-Business
The Green Party has called upon the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, to re-open the Organic...
Rural Life
The final episode in the current series of Ear to the Ground is set to focus on organic beef farming....
Rural Life
The owners of a 13ac organic farm, worth $450,000, in North Carolina in the US are willing to hand over...
Rural Life
An Irish surfer, Fergal Smith, who turned his hand to organic farming has featured in the latest video released in a...
Agri Politics
Organic farming made up just 1.6% of the available agricultural land in Ireland in 2015, the second lowest in Europe, the...