Agri Politics
A farmer spraying a field of pink tulips in the Netherlands has been filmed by a drone and the colour contrasts are something that has to be seen.
Opinion
If Ireland wants to export significant quantities of beef, then the taste issue will have to be addressed.
The EU Commission has confirmed to the IFA that Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) will be ratified next Tuesday, May 26.
Agri-Business
France's Parliament has voted unanimously in favour to ban food waste from large supermarkets by outlawing the destruction of unsold edible food, France Info reports.
Latest figures from the Department of Agriculture shows that 100,448 applications to the Basic Payment Scheme have been made to date.
Dairy
Arla Foods is to decrease its UK June milk price by 1c/kg, the co-operative has announced. Arla increased its April milk price by 1.5c/kg and held that price into May.
Environment
Met Eireann says the weekend will be dry and mild with temperatures reaching 20 degrees in places. Next week will start off dry and bright, it says.
The Musgrave Group has sold its UK business, which operates the Budgens and Londis brands, to UK wholesale provider Booker for €57m.
Beef
Latest figures show that just over 20% of the Minister's target number of applications the new suckler scheme has been received to date.
Tillage
There are tremendous prospects for young people from Ireland to establish attractive share farming opportunities in western Poland
Sheep
Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has ruled out the introduction of an al-island sheep meat label.
It is in the interests of the global dairy sector for China to have its own sustainable milk industry
Grass
Spring milk producers wanting to maximise milk from grazed grass, must also maximise silage quality
Rural Life
Ann Farrell from Longwood, Co. Meath had a lucky escape when one of the cows on her farm charged her and trampled her after it gave birth to a bull calf.
Many young farmers who are under 40 years of age will be excluded from the new 60% farm buildings grants, according to the IFA's Flor McCarthy.
The deadline for submission of GLAS applications has been extended.
A sheep was found in a block of flats in Dublin city centre yesterday (May 20) by An Garda Siochana. The ewe was discovered in Oliver Bond Street flats.
The 6-year contract requirement for the recently announced Beef Data and Genomics Programme has been slammed by the ICSA
The optimal calving age for dairy replacement heifers is 23 months, according to Professor Jud Heinrichs, from Penn State University
The EU Commissions proposal on organic farming regulations is "too ambitious" for Ireland, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney.
There are no plans to close any of the Department of Agriculture's Regional Veterinary Laboratories, according to Minister Simon Coveney.
Despite cold weather grass growth rates have improved slightly this week, depending on farm fertility and location.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has moved to provide clarification in relation to elements of the new Beef Data and Genomics Programme.
