Dairy
'Star' performer: 2020 Milk Quality Awards trophy goes to Donegal
Ornua and the National Dairy Council (NDC) have revealed the Starrett family, supplying Aurivo Co-op, as the winner of the...
Dairy
Ornua and the National Dairy Council (NDC) have revealed the Starrett family, supplying Aurivo Co-op, as the winner of the...
Beef
One of the remaining deadlines for the first tranche of the Beef Data Genomics Program (BDGP) scheme was yesterday (Saturday,...
Rural Life
A fire ripped through the building of Oldcastle Co Op in Co. Meath last night (Saturday, October 31) with significant...
Machinery
Bobcat has recently unveiled its new R-Series loaders and excavators at the company’s “largest ever virtual launch event” in Europe,...
Rural Life
A Tuam-based textile artist’s sheep breed wool portraits feature at Project Baa Baa, a programme celebrating the cultural, economic and...
Tillage
The recent wet weather means it is ideal weather for slugs to be out and about in tillage crops. Farmers...
Buildings
On the outskirts of Clifden town, in Co. Galway, an old “charming” farm building on the farm of Terri O’Rourke...
Rural Life
Halloween (October 31) is a scary, spooky time of the year when a lot of people enjoy getting (and giving)...
Agri-Business
In Ireland, the majority of the tillage crops produced are used for animal feed, but food-grade crops are becoming more...
Beef
On Saturday, October 24, the Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed Society held its annual October sale in Tullamore Mart for both...
Sheep
Grazing conditions have been difficult over the last fortnight, as ground conditions continue to deteriorate. Over the coming weeks, the...
Beef
Last week a total of 37,143 head of cattle were processed. This figure has suffered a decline of 520 head...
Rural Life
Third-level students have been “abandoned” by the government, according to the Rural Independent Group of TDs. The group feels that...
Rural Life
“It’s not necessarily easy for women in rural Ireland to access the menopause services they need. Many are working full time....
Rural Life
More than 85,000 tractors/excavators/dumpers were registered in Ireland in 2019, according to a report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO)....
Rural Life
A Roscommon farmer conducting repairs under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) traditional farm buildings grant scheme, in a bid...
Agri-Business
Nearby grain prices dropped back this week, but are still relatively steady. Matif wheat for December was at €206/t on...
Green Acres
By Teagasc’s Seán Cummins and James Fitzgerald The 2020 grazing season is beginning to draw to a close on farms...