N.Ireland
£12m FBIS-C scheme to open to NI farmers on January 10
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that Tier 2 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme – Capital (FBIS-C)...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that Tier 2 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme – Capital (FBIS-C)...
Rural Life
An emerging preferred route for the Galway to Athlone cycleway will use publicly owned lands as much as possible, according...
Sheep
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has welcomed the announcement that exports of UK lamb to the US market can...
Agri-Business
Irish Farmers’ Associstion (IFA) president, Tim Cullinan, addressed the members of the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development...
Agri-Business
Rising fertiliser prices has been one of the main topics of conversation in farming circles for months now, with the...
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today (Friday, December 10) published the first report from its ‘Climate Change in the...
Rural Life
The weekend weather forecast indicates that it will be a mixed front with a good amount of cloud and showers...
Beef
The number of beef cattle processed last week at factories approved for slaughter by the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Sheep
Last week’s sheep kill (week ending December 4) saw an increase of 2,824 head on the previous week, figures from the...
Dairy Technical
The tail end of the year is when surplus dairy heifers tend to be sold / bought, however with 2021...
Opinion
Ethical Faming Ireland very much welcomes the outcome of the vote by the ANIT committee of inquiry into long distance...
Agri-Business
Bord Bia has won the contract to promote EU beef, lamb, dairy and horticulture across Asia, Europe and the U.S...
Agri-Business
Calls for a report on the use of horticultural peat moss to be published continue with Growing Media Ireland (GMI)...
Rural Life
Over 74,000 farms were classified as beef specialists last year, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). As part of...
CAP / Schemes
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has said that there is “major concerns” for commonage farmers due to...
Agri Politics
Macra na Feirme has said that it has written to Green party MEP, Ciaran Cuffe, concerning his letter to banks...
Agri-Business
In terms of EU milk production, growth is projected to slow down to 0.5% per year, reaching around 162 million...
Environment
Grassland and shrub-covered areas used to graze animals or as sources of fodder have declined by 191 million hectares over...