N.Ireland
Food Fortress programme delivers security for food chain
10 years of the Food Fortress programme has delivered an unmatched level of security for the farming and food chain...
N.Ireland
10 years of the Food Fortress programme has delivered an unmatched level of security for the farming and food chain...
Beef
Research by Alltech and Archbold has confirmed the environmental benefits of grazing ruminants. The two organistions formed a strategic research...
Rural Life
The Allen Wylie memorial vintage tractor run in remembrance of a well known farmer and agricultural contractor who was always...
Rural Life
An extraordinary series of events unfolded for a family spread across north and east Cork and Mayo in 2023, culminating...
Machinery
Among its many other products on display, Bobcat has revealed a loader concept for the first time in Europe at...
Dairy
Profitable winter-milk systems rely on the availability of high-quality silage, with 75-80 dry matter digestibility (DMD) targeted to lessen the requirement...
Beef News
The breeding session has now kicked off on many spring-calving dairy and suckler farms across the country, and the sire...
CAP / Schemes
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that farmers who applied for the ‘General’ approach of...
Machinery
Pottinger released its Harvest Assist app in March of last year with the aim of increasing the efficiency of the...
Rural Life
Ireland’s farmer-owned dairy and grain cooperative, Tirlán, and its employees has chosen Aware as its new charity partner. Tirlán’s network...
Agri-Business
Over 6,500 nitrates derogation applications have been received by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) ahead of...
Rural Life
Dairy co-op Tirlán intends to concentrate on a series of milk supplier open days in September this year and will...
Rural Life
With weather beginning to pick up, potato farmers are “playing catch up” and dealing with impacts that will continue into...
Agri Politics
A candidate for the Ireland Midlands–North-West constituency in the European Parliament elections in June has said that he would look...
Dairy
Ornua, the owner of the Kerrygold brand, has said that it needs “more women at the most senior levels of...
CAP / Schemes
Almost €2.5 million has been paid to farmers as part of the hay meadow measure in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment...
Beef
The main output of livestock in agriculture is animal-sourced food according to Teagasc director, Prof. Frank O’Mara. He recently addressed...
Tillage News
Wet weather conditions in north-west Europe, especially Ireland and parts of the UK, negatively affected the yield potential of crops...