Beef
Some top tips from Teagasc on electric fencing
Electric fencing is an essential element of grassland management, for controlled grazing and utilisation of grass. The type of livestock you...
Beef
Electric fencing is an essential element of grassland management, for controlled grazing and utilisation of grass. The type of livestock you...
Dairy
In a move that has been in the offing for several months, Dairygold has launched a new Fixed Milk Price...
Agri Politics
While the announced simplification of the CAP measures is a step in the right direction – they are still inadequate,...
Beef
For forward beef animals, a fast finish of 60 to 80 days can be the most efficient. Ad-lib feeding of...
Rural Life
Under the Terms and Conditions of the new TAMS II all applications are ranked using a predetermined set of criteria....
Dairy
All the indicators are pointing towards a strong live export trade for calves to the Netherlands this Spring, according to...
Dairy
One would imagine that the slump in world low oil prices in recent months should be warmly welcomed by farmers....
Agri Politics
Have you ever wanted to farm and travel at the same time? Well now’s your chance as the world’s remotest...
Rural Life
Two-in-five (40%) farmers are currently involved in the GAA, a new survey as part of the FBD Champions for Change...
Dairy
Carbery Co-op has followed the majority of milk processors in holding its milk price for December supplies of milk. Carbery...
Agri-Business
Thousands of Young Farmers Scheme payments remain outstanding, according to latest figures from the Department of Agriculture. It says under...
Tillage
Harvest 2015 saw record yields across tillage farms in Ireland, according to Teagasc’s Crops Specialist Tim O’Donovan. Speaking at Teagasc’s Spring...
Agri-Business
English farmland values fell by almost 2% in the final quarter of 2015 to end the year at £8,165/acre (€10,567),...
Agri-Business
Lidl enjoyed the strongest growth within the grocery market with sales 11.6% ahead of Christmas 2014, according to the latest...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Ian Marshall is demanding the immediate appointment of a supermarket ombudsman with the responsibility to investigate...
Beef
In spite of a disappointing 2015, Irish beef exports to the US could still reach the €100m mark in the...
Dairy
Milk treated with ultraviolet (UV) radiation after pasteurisation has been deemed ‘safe’ under the intended conditions of use as specified by the...
Tillage
Tillage farmers should focus on keeping their costs of production in check in 2016, as the market looks set to...