Rural Life
TD calls for one-off subsidy on meal to help farmers with low fodder
Sligo Leitrim TD Marian Harkin has called for a one-off subsidy on meal to help farmers experiencing a shortage of...
Rural Life
Sligo Leitrim TD Marian Harkin has called for a one-off subsidy on meal to help farmers experiencing a shortage of...
Rural Life
The Government has been accused of wasting a “great deal of time” before putting measures in place, particularly in relation...
Agri Politics
Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that he wants to see the tillage sector expanding, despite weather challenges this year. The...
Agri-Business
The amount of rainfall this spring has put pressure on farmers to get slurry out, and to do so in...
Agri-Business
While the new fodder transport scheme to assist livestock farmers severely affected by the prolonged wet weather conditions has been...
N.Ireland
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said that “unrelenting” wet weather means farmers are facing continued financial pressure. Lockhart, who...
Rural Life
If farmers feel “overwhelmed” by continuous wet weather impacts, then they should consult an advisor to form a plan for...
Rural Life
As the wet weather continues, Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture, Claire Kerrane, has said that government response is “not good...
Rural Life
Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has called on grocery retailers and co-ops to support farmers suffering due to poor weather...
Beef
What is being described as “incessant rainfall” across most of the country is leading to “some serious issues” on beef...
Tillage
Tillage farmers will shortly begin to see payments – worth a total €14.3 million to the sector – going into...
Other
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium has recorded October 2023 as the wettest month since daily rainfall measurements began in 1838. 195.4mm...
Rural Life
The wet weather conditions experienced this July “have been nearly as bad as the wet summer of 1985,” one farmer...
Sheep
Tightening grass supplies and poor underfoot conditions on sheep farms, have forced farmers’ hands into housing ewes that bit earlier....
Dairy
Unfortunately, the rain over the past week has forced many farmers to house their cows for a period of time,...
Sheep
Over the next few days, according to Mét Éireann, weather conditions are supposed to improve, which will hopefully allow farmers to...
Dairy
The wettest February on record meant that, unsurprisingly, the vast majority of farmers did not manage to reach the target...
Video
On this week’s FarmLand: Siobhan Walsh investigates wet weather and its effect on tillage farmers, Claire Mc Cormack speaks to...