Beef
Grass measuring delivers the goods for Co. Galway farmer
Niall O’Meara runs a herd of mainly Limousin and Simmental cows outside Eyrecourt, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. The farm is home...
Beef
Niall O’Meara runs a herd of mainly Limousin and Simmental cows outside Eyrecourt, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. The farm is home...
Dairy
2017 has been quite a good year for grass growth, according to Teagasc’s Micheal O’Leary. The PastureBase Ireland administrator said:...
Machinery
CEMA, the European agricultural machinery industry body, is calling on the EU to focus on “a fact and priority-based approach” when...
Beef
Irish beef farmers are depending on EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan and the Minister for Agriculture,...
Rural Life
The reported decision by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to rule out an extension to the deadline for...
Machinery
As we look ahead to Agritechnica 2017 – Europe’s and possibly the world’s biggest showcase for farm machinery innovations –...
National Ploughing Championships
An interesting new square bale collector, developed by Wilson Engineering, was launched at last week’s National Ploughing Championships. Called the...
Agri-Business
Computer systems are just ‘tip of the iceberg’ for workers at Kerry Group’s Listowel plant as a campaign of industrial...
Agri-Business
Brexit is looming, but Mash Direct – one of the North’s best-known food exporters – is thinking ahead by launching...
Rural Life
Emergency services have been called to a farm in Co. Cork as a man has been trapped following a trench...
Environment
Gusts of up to 100kph are expected in some counties along the west coast, as Met Eireann has issued a...
Rural Life
The Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Jim Daly, met with IFA (Irish Farmers’ Association) representatives this...
Rural Life
Two men were arrested by members of An Garda Siochana and stolen farm machinery was seized as part of a...
Beef
Brazil’s agriculture ministry is of the opinion that the ban on fresh Brazilian beef exports to the US could be...
Rural Life
Speaking from the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday (Wednesday, September 27), Macra na Feirme National President, James Healy, welcomed the...
N.Ireland
33 firefighters were called in to rescue a number of cattle which fell into a slurry tank in Northern Ireland...
Tillage
The harvest is ongoing in the north-east of the country at present. Spring crops such as barley, wheat, oats, oilseed rape...
Sheep
One farmer in Co. Galway is at his wits’ end as his father’s flock of sheep suffered yet another dog...