Dairy
'Irish farmers don't Body Condition Score their cows enough'
Dairy farmers must body condition score their cows throughout the year, according to Dr Finbar Mulligan from the faculty of...
Dairy
Dairy farmers must body condition score their cows throughout the year, according to Dr Finbar Mulligan from the faculty of...
CAP / Schemes
The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed is satisfied that every effort possible is being made to complete this process as...
Grass
Over 130 members of the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) kicked the Year of Sustainable Grassland into gear at Teagasc Moorepark...
Pig/Poultry
A fourth case of avian influenza (bird flu) has been confirmed in Ireland. The case was identified in a whooper...
Tillage
Elatus Era, a new SDHI fungicide from Syngenta, based on the novel active ingredient Solantenol in co-formulation with prothioconazole, has been registered in...
Agri-Business
There is no shortage of young people who want to get into farming, but many of them face imposing obstacles,...
Agri-Business
Kerry Group workers, who are SIPTU members, at the group’s plants in Charleville, Co. Cork, have overwhelmingly voted to implement...
Sheep
Lamb supplies are tighter this week, but factories are willing to pay a little extra for quality, according to IFA National...
Agri Politics
Brazil has had no contact from Britain in relation to a trade deal, the Brazilian Minister for Agriculture, Blairo Maggi,...
Machinery
Agricultural contractors are facing soaring insurance costs, says Michael Moroney, Chief Executive Officer of the association of Farm & Forestry...
Dairy
Milk production in the 23 major milk producing States during December totaled 16.8 billion pounds, up 2.4% from December 2015, the...
Pig/Poultry
An outbreak of bird flu has been detected in a flock of 10,000 farmed breeding pheasants at a premises in...
Machinery
Abbey Machinery, based in Toomevara, Co. Tipperary, was one of a cohort of Irish manufacturers showcasing its wares at last...
Agri-Business
Ornua, Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, has announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire FJ Need...
Sheep
A flock of 200 Texel Belclare cross ewes is set to go under the hammer in a dispersal sale in...
Agri Politics
The European Commission has adopted the creation of an expert group on animal welfare, to be called the Platform on...
N.Ireland
Farmers in Northern Ireland will have to brace themselves for a change regarding the way subsidies are made available to...
Machinery
One of the most innovative companies at last week’s LAMMA farm machinery show in England was MagGrow – an Irish...