Sheep
Pics: Lambing 2016 is well underway on farms across the country
The 2016 lambing season has well and truly began with farmers across the country and the UK spending many hours...
Sheep
The 2016 lambing season has well and truly began with farmers across the country and the UK spending many hours...
Agri-Business
Uncertainty regarding weaker dairy prices is hampering the demand for land, according to the latest Irish Agricultural Land Market Review...
Pig/Poultry
A leading pig farmer has slammed the €1m pig aid payment allocated to Irish pig farmers as ‘absymal’. It comes as...
Beef
Atresia or waterbelly, is a genetic defect found in many mammals, and has been called a silent killer of new-born...
Agri-Business
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has completed his ‘diplomatic offensive’ in Central America to try open up new...
Environment
Persistent falls of rain are promised this weekend with spot flooding likely in parts, according to Met Eireann. Today, Friday,...
N.Ireland
Farmers and food producers in Northern Ireland must be highly efficient if they are to overcome challenges caused by ongoing global...
Beef
Fianna Fáil has committed to introducing ‘island of Ireland’ suckler beef label if voted into government. Fianna Fáil Agriculture Spokesperson...
Tillage
Winter crops had a fantastic start last autumn, but a series of winter storms have caused significant losses, according to...
Rural Life
A 15-year-old girl in Germany has trained her cow to jump like a horse, after her parents told her she couldn’t...
Agri-Business
IFA meetings to elect a new Munster Regional Chairman will take place in March. IFA National Returning Officer Jer Bergin...
Other
The EU public intervention scheme is now over one-third full just six weeks into 2016, according to latest figures from...
Rural Life
One farmer in north Co. Dublin is sick of being the victim of rural crime and thinks it’s time for...
Other
Fianna Fail’s Agriculture Spokesperson, Eamon O Cuiv has criticised the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney’s decision not to attend this...
Agri-Business
Wednesday night’s IFA presidential debate in Limerick was dominated by talk of money – from the IFA levies to the...
Sheep
A shortage in supply, improved factory prices and good factory demand are the three factors keeping lamb prices strong, according...
Agri Politics
The French Government announced yesterday that it will cut the tax bills paid by its farmers by the equivalent of...
Agri-Business
IFA this week met with the EU Commission in Brussels to discuss the new rules on simplification of the CAP...