Environment
EU ministers have been urged to become as “self-sufficient as possible in terms of energy” –...
Beef
Rural Life
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Strong weather conditions and near-record farm gate prices are positioning Irish agriculture for...
Almost €50,000 has been raised over the last three years from the Wrap It Pink campaign – and...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, recently reiterated his strong...
Details of a new call for research proposals in selected agri-food related areas under the...
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from Irish agriculture are projected to increase by 9% relative to...
Grass
A tractor and trailer carrying bales of silage was recently stopped by members of An Garda...
It looks as if midweek showers will interrupt farmers and agricultural contractors who are busy...
Maximising the feed value from homegrown forages and cereals in dairy and beef diets with the help...
How does rural life inspire us? What are the challenges facing farmers today? Do people know where...
News that private-sector buyers in Turkey have been given the all clear to purchase weanling bulls...
The latest report from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) indicates that Irish heifer prices...
Tillage
Eamonn Burke is a farmer with a difference; he has no land of his own. The Co. Galway man farms on...
Broadband has been supplied to the rural area of north-west Sweden by voluntary groups. The...
Machinery
A huge array of mostly very modern contractor-owned machinery went under the hammer at an auction...
Preparing cattle for housing starts weeks before they move indoors and treating for parasites is a...
Dairy
Milk price volatility will remain a major challenge for the dairy sector, according to AFBI...
Farmers and ‘Rebels’ from Co. Cork are set to dominate the make-up of this year’s...
While we have learned to ‘talk the talk’ on mental health issues, we now need to ‘walk the...
N.Ireland
A group of vintage traction enthusiasts and a Co. Tyrone agricultural show society have been...
Director Ken Wardrop, from Portarlington Co. Laois, has lined up a farmer’s son for his latest...
Farmers must maximise silage quality, irrespective of the production systems they are following,...
