Rural Life
Aurivo raises €40,000 for Irish Guide Dogs as charity of the year
Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind has received a €40,000 donation from Aurivo as part of the co-op’s charity of...
Ploughing 2022
Machinery
Style and purpose feature on new tankers and trailers
Among the machinery stands at the Ploughing this year were two companies with new products that have so far escaped...
Sponsored
Bord Bia embarks on 4-day trade mission to Southeast Asia
This week (October 7 to 10), Bord Bia, along with the Department of Agriculture, embarks on a four-day trade mission...
Tillage
Ploughing 2022 was about getting back to basics
Competition ploughing is all about getting back to basics, rekindling skills that have been handed down over many generations. Many...
Tillage News
IFA targets sustainable growth within the crops sector
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) wants to see sustainable growth within the crops sector become a reality over the coming...
Machinery
First showing of tractor simulators at Ploughing 2022
Having recently announced a €1.2 million investment in driving simulators to train tractor drivers, Teagasc took one along to Ploughing...
N.Ireland
Edwin Poots lays out future for farm support in Northern Ireland
Agriculture minister Edwin Poots has set out clear perspectives on the future of farm support in Northern Ireland. Speaking at...
Dairy News
Dairy farmers urged to invest in new technologies
Dairy farmers are being strongly encouraged to invest in new technologies as a means of improving efficiency levels within their...
Machinery
Machinery Focus: Tumosan tractors bring budget relief
Tumosan Tractors from Turkey is one company that is carrying on the grand old tradition of producing Fiat lookalikes, a...
Sponsored
Minimise your tax bills with solar PV
With the year end fast approaching, now is the time to be planning on what can be done to minimise...
Rural Life
Video: 'Today was agricultural!' Highlights from day 3 of Ploughing 2022
The National Ploughing Championships drew to a close yesterday (September 22) with an attendance of 70,000 people, bringing the total...
Machinery
Ploughing 2022: Innovation in bid to improve farming efficiency
Invention and farming are never far apart and this was amply demonstrated in the innovation tent at Ploughing 2022 in...
Tillage
Ireland crowns two ploughing world champions
History has been made because for the first time ever, Ireland has crowned two world ploughing champions at Ratheniska Co....
Tillage News
Ploughing 2022: Good year for Irish Tillage farmers
Pat Cleary, a committee member of the Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG), has confirmed that tillage farmers have had a...
Rural Life
Ploughing 2022: Mood for event 'buoyant and positive'
The National Ploughing Championships is coming to a close this evening (Thursday, September 22) after its return for the first...
National Ploughing Championships
Video: Sights and scenes from day 2 of Ploughing 2022
A record breaking 115,500 people attended day two of the 2022 National Ploughing Championships (Wednesday, September 21). The attendance was...
Sponsored
Watch: Calor provides instant hot water solution for Kilkenny dairy farmer
Access to hot water is crucial to Irish dairy farms. All farms require a reliable and consistent method of heating...
Farm Safety
Farm safety: 'Machinery and livestock not to blame for accidents'
“The core cause of farm accidents is not machinery or livestock, it comes down to an individual decision at the...
Rural Life
Ploughing attendance: 70,000 on day 3 for a total of 277,000
The third day of the 2022 National Ploughing Championships has seen 70,000 people pass through its gates, for a total...
Rural Life
Aldi announces winner of brown bread baking contest
Darragh O’Brien from Co. Kildare has been announced as the winner of the 9th Aldi National Brown Bread Baking Competition...
Rural Life
Ploughing 2022: Farmers urged to mark up to prevent thefts
Farmers are being encouraged to mark and log all of their property in a bid to reduce farm thefts and...