Rural Life
'Wrap' on the knuckles: Tractor driver stopped with unsecured load
Tractor drivers hauling bales have been urged to always ensure that their loads are tightly secured after a driver hauling an...
Rural Life
Tractor drivers hauling bales have been urged to always ensure that their loads are tightly secured after a driver hauling an...
Agri Politics
The Dáil will take the “unprecedented step” of questioning three cabinet ministers in a single Dáil session on the scale of...
Environment
After a fairly dry and sunny period in much of the country at the start of this week, weather conditions...
Green Acres
On the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme farms, an increase in the number of spring-born, Holstein Friesian (HOFR) calves...
Tillage
From peas to spring barley Kevin Egan has great variation in the crops he walks. The agronomist works with Liffey...
Beef
Issues relating to a shipment of live cattle to Algeria “have been resolved”, with the boatload now expected to depart...
Tillage
Tillage farmers around the world are facing into a difficult summer and harvest. A recent agri-recovery initiative launched in Canada...
Rural Life
An 18-year-old man has died following an accident on a farm yard in Co. Meath, according to An Garda Síochána....
Sheep
Some 300 sheep were on offer at Blessington Mart’s tender sale on Tuesday last, May 12. There was an improved...
Sheep
Ireland’s sheep flock increased by 2% in 2019 on 2018 levels, the latest sheep census figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food...
Machinery
Japanese machinery manufacturer Kubota has announced an investment in the Indian company behind the Farmtrac tractor range. With this arrangement...
N.Ireland
As housed dairy systems become more popular, CAFRE staff are advising farmers to reconsider the financial benefits of sticking to...
Rural Life
Social farming is being embraced by three generations of the Sullivan family from Lemybrien, Co. Waterford. Brian, the youngest of...
Sheep
Lamb trade remains solid with tight supplies of spring lamb and strong demand driven by the end of Ramadan and...
Tillage
In this installment of the Crops Watch series in association with TerraChem, Margaret Murphy gives some advice on controlling weeds...
Beef
Similar to last year, the 12 farmers participating in the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme used a number...
Sheep
Speaking to farmers over the last week, they have said that they have come across a couple of flock health...
Beef
Sourcing calves from dairy herds is drawing to a close on the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme farms...