Rural Life
Meade Potato Company showcases sustainability at 5K fun day
The fresh produce grower and supplier, Meade Potato Company, welcomed over 1,500 revellers to its farm in Lobinstown, Co. Meath,...
Rural Life
The fresh produce grower and supplier, Meade Potato Company, welcomed over 1,500 revellers to its farm in Lobinstown, Co. Meath,...
Agri Politics
The European Commission will allow for a higher rate of advance payments under the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and...
Rural Life
When a mother’s five-year-old son tells her he wants to tell his daddy all about his first day at school...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine “recognises” the importance of hedgerows and woodland habitats and their roles in...
Dairy
Liam Brophy – who is in his second year of the Professional Diploma in Dairy Farm Management – has completed...
Sheep
Michael and Alymer Power operate a mixed enterprise of pedigree sheep and cattle in Ballyhibbin, Co. Limerick. Michael works full-time...
Rural Life
Diane Banville, who is originally from Co. Clare but now living in New Ross, Co. Wexford, is acutely aware now...
Property
Located at Hampton Demesne, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, is a highly productive tillage holding on 45ac, in one parcel. Savills is facilitating...
Sheep
The Donegal Pedigree Wicklow Cheviot Breeders’ Group is set to host its annual show and sale at Stranorlar Mart, Co. Donegal....
Agri-Business
Representatives from the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Grain Committee have mounted a second protest this morning, Saturday, October 5. The...
Dairy
With 98% of our country’s ammonia emissions coming from agriculture, farmers are coming under increasing pressure to include protected urea...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has revealed that he has appointed a chairman to the incoming...
Rural Life
A new event ‘The Future is Rural’, exploring rural sustainability through food, farming and community energy, will take place on...
Environment
Although the global population is considered stable, in Ireland the corncrake is a species of high conservation concern due to...
Rural Life
Diane Banville lost her husband Kevin (33) in a farm accident outside New Ross, Co. Wexford, in 2014. The couple...
Rural Life
Six months on, farmers from Moore – a small rural community in Co. Roscommon between Athlone and Ballinasloe – continued...
Sheep
“Importing lambs for slaughter is the next big flashpoint between farmers and factories,” according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’...
Dairy
In 2015, Mark Drohan and his father David, along with six other farmers in the same area, decided that they...