Pig/Poultry
As a consequence of the below average pigmeat prices, the first signs of a decline in the...
Environment
Lime is required on up to 65% of dairy farms, the statistic is a major concern as land is the new...
Beef
The main aim of the new suckler scheme is to produce a more balanced national beef herd, according...
Dairy
A common observation by dairy farmers is that late autumn grass does not have the same ‘power’...
Agri Politics
We talk about sustainable food supply chains but it’s not sustainable to squash a producer,...
The Derrypatrick farm is a suckler beef systems research farm established at Teagasc, Grange,...
Grass
The quality of silage offered to animals can have a big impact on their production and performance,...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture recently announced a public procurement competition relating to...
Things got a little heated at a recent Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) meeting in New Ross,...
Sheep
The sheep trade for the week ending October 16 has steadied on the back of reduced...
Fonterra’s milk collection across New Zealand in September was 8.7% lower than September last...
After a drop to 1.05 USD/EUR in March 2015, the euro started slowly appreciating again against the...
Co-op boards need to encourage more young people to become involved in the co-ops and to do this...
Herdwatch, the farming app, has been awarded a Net Visionary Award by the Irish Internet...
Cattle supplies at Irish export meat plants for the week ending October 9 totalled 31,327 head,...
The slurry spreading season came to a close yesterday (October 15) and according to the Minister of...
A mainly dry weekend is in store, according to Met Eireann’s latest forecast. Apart from a few...
Farmers will be paid their final AEOS payments next month, the Minister for Agriculture Simon...
One of the key recommendations arising out of the Food Harvest 2020 report was for Teagasc to set...
Imports are set to account for an increased share of the US beef supply in 2015, according...
Dairy farmers can generate a profit but, despite this profitability, can still struggle with cash...
Over 25,000 farmers are still waiting on their Areas of Natural Constraint payment, according to...
The ICBF’s Gene Ireland Programme will aim to achieve much greater rates of genetic improvement,...
