Beef
'A strong live export trade for calves is essential for competition'
A strong live export trade for calves is essential for competition and to maintain a supply/demand balance in the Irish...
Beef
A strong live export trade for calves is essential for competition and to maintain a supply/demand balance in the Irish...
Beef
There appears to be little let up in the number of cattle being slaughtered in Ireland as the weekly beef...
Dairy
Despite the increased confidence among dairy farmers on the back of improving prices, IFA National Dairy Chairman Sean O’Leary said...
Agri-Business
The specific implications of Brexit for Irish agriculture must be worked through as part of the next CAP review negotiations,...
Pig/Poultry
The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Simon Coveney has been called upon to look at the Phosphorus levels allowable...
Sheep
Scanning results from early lambing flocks have left some farmers disappointed, according to Sheep Scanner Dominic Black. There was a...
Beef
BVD tissue tagging of calves is to remain compulsory in 2017, as it was agreed at a meeting earlier this...
Rural Life
Around the festive season there is sure to be a wide array of movies choices on offer, with a mixture of...
Rural Life
Gardai in Ferbane Co. Offaly are investigating a fire in a farm shed in Co. Offaly which began this morning, Wednesday,...
Machinery
Irish buyers are big players at vintage machinery sales in the UK thanks to a favourable currency exchange rate, according...
Environment
The combined farm hazardous waste collections to date, i.e., 2013 to 2016 probably represent the largest ever voluntary bulk removal...
CAP / Schemes
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has announced that 2016 payments will begin to issue this week under the Green,...
Rural Life
A 59-year-old man has died following a farm accident near Schull, Co. Cork over the weekend, the Health and Safety...
CAP / Schemes
The funding allocation directed towards a number of farming schemes will increase by 21% in 2017, the Minister for Agriculture,...
Rural Life
Approximately 400 landowners will be affected by the development of the North/South Interconnector, as the southern leg of project was...
Other
Payments totalling €725,000 has issued to 49 farmers who participated in the 2016 GLAS Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme, the Minister for Agriculture,...
Beef
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has cleared the way for the Kepak Group to acquire John Kelly Meats....
Dairy
Milk production in the US increased by 2.6% this November when compared to the corresponding month last year, figures from...