Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a statement outlining a recent data protection breach in its ranks.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has launched the 2019 US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership.
Tillage
The recommended list of maize varieties for the 2018 season has been published by the Department of Agriculture.
Dairy
Cryptosporidia is the most common cause of calf scour in Ireland, according to the Department of Agriculture's Veterinary Surgeon Colm Brady.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture is reporting a significant number of enquiries to its new Fodder Aid Scheme.
The European Commission (EC) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) presented proposals aimed to help ease access to finance for farmers
Beef
The total number of live weanling exports have dropped by 9,885 head from January 1 to December 12, compared to the same period in 2014.
Environment
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has criticised the Department of Agriculture for its handling of ineligible features on many Irish farms.
Tranche 2 of the GLAS scheme has proved hugely popular amongst farmers with the scheme already significantly oversubscribed.
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has confirmed that over 1,700 cattle farmers in Ireland will receive payment under the 2014 Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) Compensation Programme.
GLAS 2 is filling up with over 11,500 applications created to date, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Total live cattle exports from Ireland have dropped by 24% with 52,513 fewer cattle being shipped between January 1 and November 7, 2015.
Farmers applying for some of the schemes under TAMS II have until next Monday (November 30) to submit their applications online.
The European Commission has today published a regulation to reimburse €410m to European farmers.
Livestock in counties with an Atlantic coastline in the North West, West and South are at higher risk of liver fluke infection this winter.
The cumulative beef kill at beef export plants has dropped by 5%, figures from the Department of Agriculture show.
Latest figures from the Department of Agriculture show a recovery in the sales of compound fertiliser over the nine months to the end of June.
The total number of weanling exports have dropped by 7,490 from January 1 to October 31, figures from the Department of Agriculture show.
Approvals for new TAMS II farm building grants cannot be made by the Department of Agriculture on an individual basis.
The cumulative throughput of cattle at beef export plants has dropped by 6%, figures from the Department of Agriculture show.
The cumulative throughput of cattle at beef export plants has dropped by 5%, figures from the Department of Agriculture show.
It doesn't take a genius to understand that below cost milk production is not sustainable, according to John Comer.
Approval letters for Tranche 1 of GLAS are expected to be finalised before the end of this week.
